Chief of Staff

TL;DR

Chief of Staff: Turning CEO priorities into action and ensuring smooth studio operations, with an accent on strategic execution, operational leadership, and cross-team coordination. Focus on leading high-impact initiatives, improving cross-functional processes, and driving clarity and alignment across Production, Creative, and Business functions.

Location: Remote

Company

hirify.global is a startup multimedia studio best known for its hit indie horror game "Poppy Playtime".

What you will do

• Own and facilitate the leadership operating rhythm, including scheduling, setting agendas, tracking action items, and ensuring follow-through.
• Prepare briefs, reports, and presentations for leadership and board meetings.
• Translate studio goals into quarterly and annual plans (OKRs, roadmaps, milestones) and track progress across teams.
• Lead high-priority cross-functional initiatives and special projects that require coordination across Business, Creative, and Production.
• Improve workflows and processes across Design, Engineering, Art, and Production, partnering with producers to streamline collaboration.
• Serve as a central point of coordination between Creative, Production, and Business teams, facilitating alignment on priorities, dependencies, and timelines.

Requirements

• 4–7+ years in operations, production, program management, consulting, or startup leadership roles.
• Experience directly supporting executives or leadership teams.
• Strong project and program management skills.
• Exceptional organization, meeting facilitation, and communication skills.
• Ability to influence without authority and comfortable juggling multiple priorities in a fast-moving environment.
• Proactive, self-directed, reliable, with a low ego and team-first mindset.

Nice to have

• Experience in a game studio or creative production environment.
• Passion for games and creative teams.

Culture & Benefits

• Support internal communications and company updates.
• Help maintain a healthy, accountable, and low-ego team culture.
• Reinforce operational discipline while protecting creative autonomy.
• hirify.global is an equal opportunity employer.