Description
Lead Producer
Deck Nine Games is growing! We are looking for an
outstanding Lead Producer to join our award-winning narrative adventure team.
As Lead Producer you will partner with the Game Director as the ultimate
leaders of the game, driving the creative and production vision for the game.
This is a multi-year project still in the early stages with a team of 80+
developers.
Please apply through our website: https://deckninegames.com/careers/
Responsibilities
• Master the production
variables in a narrative adventure development cycle
• Own a flexible production
plan capable of surviving change
• Collaborate with your
partner, the Game Director, to utilize data and schedules to help drive
decisions large and small
• Establish milestone schedule
and deliverables
• Inform, collaborate, and
negotiate with Publisher throughout project life cycle
• Mentor a team of junior and
senior producers on the project
• Identify and mitigate risks to
team and project before they happen
• Contribute solutions to team,
product, and studio problems
• Evangelize a positive,
collaborative, creative studio environment that focuses on accountability
• Be a safe harbor during the
inevitable anxiety storms of development
Requirements
• 10+ years of overall game
development experience and 7+ years leading production for AAA PC/Console
games
• Excellent verbal and written
communication, time management, and conflict resolution skills
• Pro at managing competing
priorities and remaining calm and positive in the face of stress and
conflict
• Willing to get your hands dirty
with scope and schedule
• Strong knowledge of project
management software, ideally Excel, Jira, and MS Project
• Deep knowledge of game
development – team dynamics, common development hurdles, game engines and
technology, development milestone definitions, production process and
methodology, outsourcing and co-development, scheduling, etc.
• An experienced driver of
accountability and improvement within organizations and teams of a comparable
scale and complexity
• A desire to work and support a
diverse and inclusive environment
Extra Credit
• Experience with
narrative adventure games
• Experience with cinematic
pipelines and workflow
• Worked in another discipline:
programming, art, design, narrative, animation, et cetera
Benefits
• Remote work eligible
• Competitive salary plus
lead bonus
• Generous PTO including paid
parental leave
• Health, dental, and vision
insurance for you and your family
• Growth opportunities for your
career
If you are a talented and passionate game
developer and you are looking to challenge yourself, please apply today! Full-time
position available, onsite at our Westminster, Colorado studio or remote, and
applicants must already be authorized to work in the U.S.
Salary Range:
$100,000-$150,000 DOE
**Please note
that the compensation information is a good faith estimate for this position
only and is provided pursuant to the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act and
Equal Pay Transparency Rules. It is estimated based on what a successful
Colorado applicant might be paid. It assumes that the successful candidate will
be in Colorado or perform the position from Colorado. Similar positions located
outside of Colorado will not necessarily receive the same compensation. **
About Deck Nine
Here at Deck Nine Games our
passion is storytelling games. We are an independent game
developer dedicated to crafting AAA interactive story games that
inspire, transform, and entertain players. In 2021 we released Life
is Strange True Colors, which went on to win multiple awards for storytelling
and visuals, including best storytelling for 2021 and a VGA for Games for
Impact. Recently we announced that we are developing a game for the hit sci-fi
Amazon series, The Expanse. Our prior titles have won multiple awards,
including Game of the Year and nominations for VGA and BAFTA awards. The studio
is 100+ amazing people both located in our headquarters in sunny Westminster,
Colorado and spread throughout the world permanently remote.
As the crafters of stories that encompass the
full breadth of life’s experiences, Deck Nine is committed to building a
diverse, inclusive, and multicultural team in which people from all walks of
life feel inspired to do their best work. We are proud to be an equal
opportunity employer and believe deeply in the creativity and strength built
from diversity of race, religion, disability, gender, gender identity and
expression, sexual orientation, nationality, and the many other qualities that
make us different.
If this sounds appealing to you, please apply
now!