Producer - Game Development
Company: Heavy Iron Studios
Location: Los Angeles
Posted on: March 20, 2023
Job Description:
Recognized as a leader in developing mass-market titles for
video game consoles, Heavy Iron Studios, Inc. is a video game
developer based in Los Angeles, California originally founded as a
THQ studio in 1999. Heavy Iron is now a part of Keywords Studios
and under Keywords Studios' Game Development service line, we
provide game development support to many of today's most popular
game titles.
Heavy Iron has worked in close partnership over the years with
developers such as Activision, Amazon Games, Bandai Namco, Epic
Games, Riot Games, Square Enix, Ubisoft, and more to offer
compelling, interactive gaming experiences across multiple
generations of console platforms. Heavy Iron Studios is actively
looking for a Producer to join our team.---The Producer will work
with the production team and team leads across all areas of the
project to manage the development process, including team
scheduling and milestone planning, identifying dependencies and
possible workflow blockages, facilitating communication across
disciplines, and identifying and managing high risk areas of
production. Our culture promotes collaboration, and we enjoy
working together. We are always looking for exceptional talent for
our team. We want to hear from you if you meet the qualifications
and have an interest in working on exciting projects. We pride
ourselves on creating quality and timely products for our partners
and players.--- Duties & Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with the art, design, programming leads and project
management to coordinate, schedule, track, and manage the project's
production requirements to ensure that project tasks are
successfully completed on time
- Act as a primary communication bridge between our clients and
our development teams
- Contribute to the development and refinement of the production
management processes to increase production efficiency and
quality
- Coordinate and communicate both medium-and-long term
development plans, as well as day to day tasking, predicting issues
and troubleshooting where needed
- Coordinate and align workflow across multi-disciplinary
teams
- May lead or assist with managing the dependencies and
development process with internal and external partners including
the Audio, Legal, QA, Marketing and outsource groups Requirements
- At least 2-4 years of project management experience in PC or
console game development, combining experience in industry
disciplines, including programming, art, animation, design, or
QA
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the
ability to communicate effectively with all levels of personnel in
art, design, programming, and management
- Experience creating project schedules and monitoring the
progress of department milestones and individual tasks against
those schedules
- Demonstrated ability to implement and manage appropriate
production processes to meet the specific needs of individual teams
& projects
- Excellent organization and prioritization skills, attention to
detail and the ability to multi-task
- Strong knowledge of MS Office including Excel, Word, and Power
Point
- Experience managing a team through a minimum of one full cycle
of video game development Pluses:
- Bachelor's degree or higher
- Ability to identify, anticipate risks, and engage in creative
problem solving
- Proactively takes on own initiatives to suggest and improve
project management tools and processes
- Proficiency with JIRA, Confluence, and other project management
tools and applications
- Development experience as a discipline specific contributor
(artist, designer, programmer, or QA tester) Benefits
- Benefits package including Medical, Dental and Vision
- Sick leave
- Paid vacation
- Corporate holidays, including floating holidays
- Disability coverage
- Paid Basic and AD&D insurance
- Voluntary FSA, HSA
- 401(k) retirement plan with company matching
- Work alongside dynamic individuals in the dubbing and gaming
industry
- Work within a company with upward career growth opportunities
The salary range reflected is an estimate of base pay and varies
per state. The base pay range may vary if an offer is made for work
in your location. The pay range in CA is between $50,000 -
$100,000.
Keywords: Heavy Iron Studios, Los Angeles , Producer - Game Development, Other , Los Angeles, California
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