Senior Technical Producer
Studio Gobo, United Kingdom
Job Description
Studio Gobo is an established AAA games studio, part of the Keywords family. Our team has worked on multiple world class projects for companies such as Guerrilla Games, Arkane, Warner Bros, Ubisoft, Disney and Tencent. Projects include Redfall, Hogwarts Legacy, For Honor, Marvel Super Heroes: Guardians of the Galaxy and Star Wars: Rise Against the Empire playsets for Disney Infinity 3.0.
We are looking for a Senior Technical Producer to join the team on an unannounced AAA game. The ideal candidate will be confident working with a large development team and executing on an external publisher’s vision. As a Senior Technical Producer at Studio Gobo you will be accountable for the timely delivery of the game and qualitative execution of the technical aspects of the project, working with a team of directors, producers, engineers and external production team.
Studio Gobo is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We offer you a comprehensive benefits package and an award-winning environment to work in, rating 4.8 out of 5 stars for employee satisfaction on glassdoor.com!
A Senior Technical Producer at Studio Gobo...
- Schedule amp; Planning: Lead the production on the project, set out the road map, define milestone goals and create a project schedule. Establish processes to ensure the on-time delivery of the project to high-quality standards.
- Management: Lead, mentor and empower the production team, and set clear ownership for effective collaboration.
- Dependencies: Clearly identify any cross-team and cross-function dependencies and develop mitigation plans.
- Risk Management: Identify areas of risk early and create solutions to manage these before they impact the project.
- Pipelines amp; Workflows: Work with subject matter experts to develop pipelines and workflows that minimise risk and allow for predictive planning.
- Client Management: Build a trusting and collaborative relationship with external partners.
- Communication: Communicate with all key stakeholder’s project progress and quality.
Things we'd love to see from you:
- Several years of game development experience in a senior producer role or equivalent on console projects.
- The ideal candidate will have experienced a full project cycle on an AAA console game as a senior producer.
- Solid understanding of game development and video game technologies, with experience in all phases of development.
- Understanding of technical aspects of game development, console platform compliance and game mastering; ideally through experience working with UE4 or UE5.
- Excellent leadership skills that empower the talents and drives action to deliver success.
- Established communication, people, interview, presentation, organizational and documentation skills.
- Experience with agile development processes, specifically Scrum and Kanban.
- Highly skilled in the use of Excel, Jira, and other project management tools.
Please also let us know if you have:
- Experience working with external teams and publishers, or outsourcing vendors
- Experience working on character action games
Benefits
When you join Studio Gobo you can expect to enjoy a unique culture. Whether its participating and relaxing with one of our wellness benefits or discussing the latest games over lunch cooked by our in-house chef. The Studio knows that it’s the best people that make the best games and this is what Studio Gobo invests in. Below you will find all the benefits and perks you can enjoy as a Studio Gobo team member.
Benefits
- Holidays - 22 days’ annual leave entitlement, plus 3 days’ studio closure over the Christmas period, giving a total of 25 days paid annual leave plus all 8 UK bank holidays.
- Bonus Anniversary Holidays - An additional day of annual leave for each year’s anniversary working at Studio Gobo, to a maximum of 5 extra days!
- Generous Annual Bonuses
- Visa amp; Relocation Package - For qualified employees, we will pay for the visa costs for you and your family. We will also provide you with a relocation allowance.
- Company Pension Scheme Employer contribution matching award-winning pension scheme provided by NEST under the UK governments automatic enrolment scheme.
- Employee Share Purchase Plan (ESPP) - ESPP is an easy way for staff to get involved in entry level company ownership or make a small profit on savings.
- Private Medical Insurance Scheme Full private medical cover provided by BUPA Private Healthcare.
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