Senior Producer

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Posted 11 October 2022
Salary Negotiable
LocationLondon
Job type Permanent
DisciplineProduction
Reference18157
Contact NameConnor Green

Job description

We’re working with Supersolid to find a Senior Producer to head up the production department and take charge of production processes. Supersolid are based in the heart of Central London, they're a fast-moving, creative studio whose people are what makes it fun, exciting, and productive.

In this role, the successful candidate will run an agile team of talented developers and artists on a brand-new game title - working closely with a Game Designer and the company’s leadership team to plan and realise the vision for the game long-term.

You'll be responsible for running all agile sprint planning sessions, retrospectives, and all other artefacts for the project, ensuring that all sprint goals are set properly, tasks are estimated, and deliveries are made on time.
As Senior Producer you will also manage the production team, running one-to-one sessions and annual reviews, as well as working closely with both the producers and the VP of Product to increase productivity and continuous improvement of processes across the company.

You'll bring your expertise and experience to level up Supersolid’s production practices, keeping stock of what processes different projects in the company use and ensuring that all the teams learn from each other.

Your responsibilities…
  • Run a cross-discipline agile team working on a new game title, working with product, client & server developers, designers, 2D & 3D artists, and QA to develop the project from concept, through marketing tests to launch
  • Run all agile processes on your project team
  • Be a strong link between your development team and company stakeholders
  • Own production processes across the studio
  • Work with the production team to ensure that different teams learn from each other and that production principles are upheld
  • Line management of the production team

Your characteristics...
  • Can keep a firm eye on the big picture project progress, while happily being hands on when necessary
  • Proactive in identifying issues in the team no matter the disciplines and dealing with them in a timely fashion
  • Receptive to feedback from your team and studio management
  • Willing and able to champion continuous improvement of processes throughout the company
  • Able to process complex information and adapt to new situations
  • A motivator who is tuned into the needs of their colleagues
  • A skilled negotiator who is used to dealing with both internal and external stakeholders


The skills and experience you’ll bring to the role…
  • 5+ years games experience (majority in a production role)
  • Experience shipping multiple game titles (ideally in the FTP mobile industry)
  • Extensive Agile (preferably Scrum) project management experience
  • Proficient with Google and Microsoft Office software
  • Desirable Experience
  • Unity
  • Other management styles such as lean and waterfall
  • Localisation
  • Change management
  • Managing a team
  • Atlassian software, particularly Jira and Confluence


Perks and benefits include…
  • Relocation support
  • Flexible working hours
  • Discretionary bonus based on company and individual performance
  • Support to learn, develop and progress with Supersolid
  • Amazing supersocials, company outings, game jams, Friday night drinks and more!
  • 28 days holiday and additional days off between Christmas and New Year and a tenure reward scheme where you will gain extra holidays