Producer at Squanch Games

As a producer at Squanch Games, you’ll work to create production plans, move a team through the production pipeline, and ship games! A qualified producer is organized, professional, courteous, hard-working.

Requirements:

• 3+ years of video game industry experience
• At least 1 shipped title as an Associate Producer or Producer
• Thorough knowledge of the game development process and constraints
• Eye for detail and ability to break down large problems into manageable, achievable tasks
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Localization and outsource experience a plus but not required
• Jira, Excel/Sheets or other comparable project management software experience

Description

As a producer at Squanch Games, you’ll work to create production plans, move a team through the production pipeline, and ship games! A qualified producer is organized, professional, courteous, hard-working, an effective communicator, and loves working with people. If this sounds like you, apply to become a Squancher!

Responsibilities:

• Creates a production plan (resource plan, scope breakdown, project delta dashboards, risk log, tracking towards established development periods/milestones, team roadmap) for their team and tracks the team’s progress towards the creative vision.
• Partners with one or a group of Leads to move a team’s work through the production pipeline, deliver multiple features or initiatives, and drives the team to meet goals/milestones created by the Directors, Leads or the team itself.
• Owns a subset of the project i.e. Narrative / Gameplay end to end - from concept to ship to any post release needs.
• Identifies problems (project, personnel, creative) and works with Directors/Leads to come up with creative solutions to overcome them.
• Investigates, assesses, and delves into the technical or emotional side of project management (specifically the one you index less on). You strive to be as at home in a project plan as you are in a 1:1 with a colleague (and vice versa).
• Work on being an autodidact: Nobody has all the answers so you know how to go looking for & find them.
• Learn to use & discuss the appropriate production methodology for the situation to ensure that the team has clarity in goals and the path to accomplishing them whether through agile, waterfall, etc.
• Identifies and reports on where the project or an initiative stands (using a mix of data & qualitative resources).
• Have an understanding of development pipelines (especially those ubiquitous to Squanch).
• Be a great translator for your team to leadership.
• Ship games! You are learning the particular nuances of submitting titles to one or more platforms and seek to document these processes for the betterment of the studio.

Requirements:

3+ years of video game industry experience

At least 1 shipped title as an Associate Producer or Producer

Thorough knowledge of the game development process and constraints

Eye for detail and ability to break down large problems into manageable, achievable tasks

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Localization and outsource experience a plus but not required

Jira, Excel/Sheets or other comparable project management software experience

Benefits:

• Salary range: $75,000 to $115,000 depending on experience
• Health, dental & vision insurance
• Short term & long term disability insurance coverage
• Paid parental leave
• 401k and FSA
• Flexible PTO and work from home policies
• Bonus to ensure a comfortable work from home setup
• Monthly snack box
• Monthly stipend for WFH expenses

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