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Producer | Full Time | Remote, Office and Hybrid Options Available

Extended deadline – Midnight, Sunday 19th March GMT

Are you a people-focused Producer with an outstanding talent for development methodologies, a good understanding of developing long term projects and a passion for working with small indie games companies?

Are you a problem solver, motivator and detail-oriented team player who isn’t afraid to establish your own ideas into an existing team? If this sounds like you, read on!

Lo-Fi Games Ltd is a small independent games company that prides itself on making excellent games whilst making sure our team are well looked after. We are looking for a Producer to join us in our latest project currently in development.

This is a permanent role, which can be either based in our Bristol office full time or hybrid, or be fully remote. We have a life>work mentality with amazing long-term prospects, great benefits and support for our staff with the option to relocate to a creative and bustling city full of tech and games startups, nicknamed ‘Silicon Gorge’.

This is not just a project management role! While we might be a small company with a modest-sized production team, the games we build are vast and complex and we aim big. As such, the Producer role is much more hands-on – you’ll be working closely with the visioneer behind the world of Kenshi, helping to turn his ideas into actionable game design documents and getting involved with the day-to-day team management.

You will be working closely with the department leads to keep the development and design teams working collaboratively towards milestones through to delivery and post-release content, with a focus for on-time delivery within budget.

Responsibilities

Ensure the vision of Kenshi 2 is delivered to the high standard expected with the values of Lo-Fi Games Ltd always followed
Work with executive management team to craft the vision of Kenshi 2, and to review and develop schedules, milestones and resource requirements to ensure achievement of the Game Director’s vision
The development is already underway, so you will need to assess, plan and oversee the project, looking for ways to improve product quality, productivity, processes, pipelines and interactions between the different parts of the team and sub teams
Resolve conflicts and manage leads as their head of department
Establish and maintain communication with leads and their teams, helping everyone bring their contributions together and in alignment – be a key interdisciplinary point of contact for all teams
Ensure timely delivery of milestones while safeguarding quality of work in accordance with predefined project schedule and values of the company
Schedule workload and sprints for each team, including risk assessment and management (lore/writing, art, design, development, QA, localisation)
Work with the leads to establish sprint capacity and estimates – communicating constraints on demand vs availability on time/scope to the strategy board
Work with senior management to identity staffing or resources requirements, utilising forecast planning and recognising any expected points of risk or failure
Attend/conduct regular standups
Arrange and work with QA to triage game issues and drive updates to the game service
Support team members to assess and clear blockers and help manage backlogs to ensure best performance
Always striving to improve pipeline and process, and bring pivots or ideas to the Strategy Board
Arranging for beta testing and focus groups, if applicable
Planning and allocating funding for the different dev teams within a set budget, working with finance and management in the ongoing budgetary process
Clearly communicate progress of project, teams and any issues arising as such to senior management regularly
Miscellaneous tasks to aid the team where possible, such as writing game manuals or producing assets etc.

Requirements

Persevering and tenacious in extracting required information and getting what is needed to move forward
Proactive, positive, autonomous and self-motivating; completely able to take charge where needed while still being flexible, identifying issues and actively seeking solutions with the Game Director
Excellent interpersonal skills, combining leadership and diplomacy with a positive can-do mindset
Two years’ experience as a Producer in the games industry, preferably with experience working with scaling indie companies, OR five years’ experience as a Product Manager in another industry
Must have shipped at least one video game title or launched a major product
A keen interest and understanding of video games and video game development
Great track record of running successful, multidisciplinary teams
Extremely strong project management skills – fluent with Agile methodology
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Comfortable working with diverse personalities
An excellent knowledge of production, the difficulties generally encountered by teams and solutions tailored to their requirements
Ability to analyse problems and provide consistent guidance on different areas such as art, game design, programming, organisation, business
Good understanding of project budgeting and risk analysis
Excellent organisational skills
A great knowledge of the indie gaming market and community/consumer expectations
A basic knowledge of game development and relevant software including Unreal Engine
Experience with Asana, Google Workspace and MS Office Suite

Benefits

Permanent position at our standard 32.5 hours per week
Super flexible working – our core hours are between 12pm and 4pm (GMT)
28 days holiday plus bank holidays
Relaxed environment with a strict company policy of no crunch
Private Bupa healthcare
Excellent team welfare benefits and support
Mental health support with Spill and Bupa – 24 hour assistance and support with two ‘no questions’ extra days off a year if you need it
Free Merch!
Regular, inclusive team socials, both in person and online
Extra benefits for people who stick with us!

Lo-Fi Games is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We encourage a full range of diversity in our team and strongly encourage all people to apply, especially those from under-represented groups.

Newly extended deadline for the application is is midnight, Sunday 19th March GMT. Please apply with your CV and cover letter.

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We accept non-UK applicants, there are no sponsorship options available for this role.

Successful applicants working outside of the UK will be engaged as subcontractors.

We are members of the Good Employment Charter and Safe In Our World.