Producer (Game Development)

TL;DR

Producer (Game Development): Managing cross-disciplinary goal teams and supervising key areas of game development from concept to completion with an accent on project management, team leadership, and timely delivery of high-quality content. Focus on prioritising work, removing blockers, and conducting performance reviews for team members.

Location: Onsite in Guildford, UK. Sponsorship cannot be offered for this vacancy.

Company

hirify.global is a BAFTA-winning studio known for producing compelling storytelling titles in AAA games like Until Dawn and The Dark Pictures Anthology.

What you will do

• Manage several cross-disciplinary goal teams, ensuring quality implementation.
• Run daily catch-ups, plan sprints, and track milestones in project management tools like Jira.
• Proactively raise challenges to project progress, highlight concerns, and suggest solutions.
• Develop contingency plans to handle unforeseen challenges and ensure project continuity.
• Line manage a team, providing leadership, support, feedback, and conducting performance reviews.
• Partner with Discipline Leads to ensure performance reviews include constructive feedback and clear objectives.

Requirements

• Proven experience as a Producer within game development.
• Strong understanding of the game development lifecycle and multi-discipline workflows.
• Experience running or supporting scrum teams and delivering against defined milestones.
• Excellent organisational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Confidence in decision-making, prioritisation, and problem-solving under pressure.
• Demonstrated leadership skills and experience managing people and teams.

Nice to have

• Experience with Jira, ShotGrid, or similar production tools would be beneficial.

Culture & Benefits

• 25 Days Annual Leave (3 of which are used when the studio closes for an end-of-year break).
• Private Medical Insurance (BUPA) and Medicash assistance (including dental and optician support).
• Life Assurance (6 x annual salary), Pension Scheme, and Employee Assistance Programme.
• Income Protection and Enhanced Family Leave (maternity and paternity pay).