Looking for a part-time or full-time producer

Are you an organised person with good interpersonal skills? Are you capable of noticing potential problems before they manifest? Are you able to see the future? If any or all of the above are true, keep reading.

We’re a team of very good people making a very good game. The problem is, very good games take a very long time to make and we want to spend more of our time making and less of our time planning/coordinating.

Right now we are 3 people working full-time and 3 people working part-time. We’re a distributed team communicating mostly over Slack, you don’t have to be based near any of us but we are ideally looking for someone in a European timezone.

Essential:

  • Good interpersonal skills - able to be the intermediary between different team members, prevent or resolve conflicts, and identify workflow changes that would make everyone’s lives easier.
  • Ability to notice potential problems before anyone else, and come up with plans to avoid or deal with them.
  • Flexibility of production style - knowledge of iterative production methodologies may be valuable but you need to be able to adapt to the needs of the team.
  • A sense of priorities that focuses on the health of the team over the completion of the project (but that still gets the project over the finish line).
  • Based in Europe.
  • Some relevant previous experience - this is not an entry-level position though we do welcome applications from people who have worked in related creative industries.

Preferred but not required:

  • Experience having shipped a game.
  • Experience transitioning a team used to making short projects with small teams into a medium-sized team working on a longer-term project.
  • Enthusiasm for thinky puzzle games like A Good Snowman Is Hard To Build and Cosmic Express.
  • Misc skills like writing emails/blog posts, video editing, marketing, customer support, paperwork, hiring, etc. - none of this is strictly in the core job description but sometimes things just need doing.
  • Whatever you’re good at - maybe we don’t know we need it.

This is a paid position, starting immediately, either part-time or full-time until at least April 2020. If we ask you during the interview process to do trial-run work you would be paid for that time also. You will be expected to provide your own work space, laptop, and internet connection. All the software we use is free online software: Slack, Skype, Google Docs, Google Calendar, Unity, etc.

Women/non-white/trans/queer people are encouraged to apply. Everyone is encouraged to apply even if you don’t feel entirely qualified - all being well we will have a budget for training/mentorship. If you have any queries or questions, please get in contact.

To apply, email alan@draknek.org with the subject line “Game producer job”. Applications should address why you feel you are suitable to the role, and reference relevant experience. Initial application deadline is December 3rd, with a rolling application period after that if we don’t find the right person immediately. Update: applications have now closed.