Game Producer (Senior Project Manager)

Devoted Studios is a production management company for external development in video games. With a mission to create equal opportunity for all talent globally to work on the games of their dreams, Devoted Studios aims to decentralize game development. We partner with 1400+ programmers, artists, and designers, from freelancers to small studios, all over the world, and not only match them to project opportunities but manage the production from A-Z.

We have started a number of new projects and now we are looking for Game Producer (Senior Project Manager).

Please take a look at our podcast “Devoted Speakeasy”
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAousen4rlCqtAvW8GhmUwA

Please also review our website for more information
www.devotedstudios.com

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We can’t wait to meet our next Devotee! <3

What are you working on?

• Genres: Action, Adventure, Puzzle, Racing, Role-playing, Simulation, Strategy, Music / Rhythm, Sports, Shooter, Casual, Fighting, Platformer, Kids Games
• Platforms: PC, Mobile, Browser, Social, iOS, Android, Console

Team size and structure?

24

For which tasks (responsibilities)?

• Manage timelines and production schedules for 2D and 3D art production.

• Review vendor estimates, put together production budgets. Own project P&L

• Manage and own task estimation, identify and timely communicate risks, identify critical path impediments

• Lead production meetings with clients and vendors and create actionable items for the art team

• Collaborate with the Creative Leads on the quality bar for a variety of game art disciplines including UI, environments, characters, VFX, lighting, and animation

• Work with production, engineering, and other disciplines to ensure a collaborative, efficient approach to the creative development of the game

• Lead planning and agile sprints for the creatives

• Communication with Vendors / Partners

• Scheduling and managing the projects, reporting

What kind of professional are we looking for?

• PM Experience: 4/5+years at Gamedev projects management

• Thorough knowledge and experience in project management, methodologies, and tools

• Attentiveness to details and documents creation is a must

• Ability to design and document agile production processes

• Ability to understand and negotiate critical art requests versus displacement of scheduled work

• Experience with JIRA, Perforce and other Project Management Tools

What is important for us in a person?

• Excellent written and oral communication skills; ability to present to large audiences including, but not limited to, the senior executive staff

• Strong self-organization skills

• Strong leadership skills with experience managing large internal development teams; ability to inspire and motivate