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Job Title: Senior Producer
Company: Mutant Arm Studios
Location: Bend, Oregon
This opportunity is for a full-time position in Bend, Oregon. Mutant Arm Studios employees are all working from home due to COVID-19. This WFH policy extends to anyone that Mutant Arm Studios hires between now and till it’s safe to return. All new-hire onboarding is being done remotely, and any equipment that you might need for projects at Mutant Arm Studios will be shipped directly to you. Once safe to do so, we’ll help assist in your relocation.
Mutant Arm Studios is an up-and-coming independent developer, based along the beautiful Cascade mountain range, in sunny Bend, Oregon. We are a fun-sized group of highly skilled developers, led by an Industry proven AAA Design team, working with one of the industry’s most prominent publishing partners.
At Mutant Arm Studios, one of the core pillars of our company is to hire team members who are game developers FIRST, and specialists second. Our goal is to build and maintain a focused group of game-makers, who are looking to approach game development in a creative and holistic way, and truly connect with players. We have done it all before, and our mission now is simple: “Let’s make some seriously cool games, with some seriously cool people”.
THIS IS NOT AN ENTRY OR MID-LEVEL POSITION.
As the Senior Producer you’ll report into the Production Director and working closely with the respective leaders on the development team for tactical execution of the overall production plan and implementation of the development culture.
Day to day responsibilities:
- Provide ongoing risk assessments with respect to team health, process bottlenecks, the schedule, and overall quality
- Identify and provide strategies to address potential roadblocks or team issues
- Identify inefficiencies and execute on opportunities for development process improvements, while helping define and encourage production best practices
- Champion special game and production related projects
- Working with other Producers and discipline leads to define Sprint milestone goals
- Tracking and communicating progress and problems during Sprints
- Oversee multiple feature teams at once and own features and process; ensuring the team is aligned throughout development
- Work with different development teams to track tasks against a schedule, ready to provide context or accommodate adjustments as necessary
- Work with Quality Assurance to assess, triage, and distribute bugs
- Work with content development teams to ensure alignment with Production schedule and design objectives
- Facilitate team meetings to evaluate designs, track tasks, coordinate reviews, resolve workflow obstacles
- Act as the primary communication point between multiple teams, departments, and stakeholder
Requirements:
- 6+ years of production experience
- Prior experience in video game development – major contributions to at least one title
- Self-starter able to drive projects from concept to completion
- Excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills
- Excellent time management skills
- Must be detail oriented and display strong problem-solving skills
- Strong communication skills
- Strong multitasking skills
- Positive attitude and passion for making games
- You’re user-focused, passionate, self-driven, solutions-focused, and innovative
- Experience working with Agile and Kanban methodologies
Nice to have:
- Familiar with Jira
- Passion for Multiplayer FPS games
- Experience with working on a live game
Mutant Arm Studios is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, pregnancy, age, sexual orientation, marital status, protected veteran status, medical condition or disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Mutant Arm Studios