London

40k

My client is one of the world's most recognised and respected games companies, has a rich history within the games industry and a number of genuine AAA IP's within their portfolio.

Position Overview
The primary objective of a Producer is to account manage and project manage both the clients internal and external studios to ensure that the company delivers quality product to its consumer base on time and on budget.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Account manage development studios to build and maintain a successful relationship with the company.

• Work closely with each development studio and define level of management and support required on a title-by-title, studio-by-studio, deal-by-deal basis

• To project manage each product ensuring a consistent approach for all products

• To report on progress of development internally and escalate issues as required

• To produce research and help to run focus group for products or genres as required

• To work with legal and licensing on licensing requirements of products to ensure licenses are agreed and abided by through the product life cycle

• To act as a ‘sales person’ internally with sales and marketing departments, and promote the strengths of products from pre-production through product lifecycle

• Work closely with Marketing to position and create strategic direction for products from pre-production stages

• Work closely with Marketing through the product life cycle to ensure that all marketing requirements are planned and deliver in line with the product marketing strategy

• To be involved in the new products process and evaluate games submissions and concepts in commercial terms.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Recent experience of multiplatform development

• Strong account management and project management skills

• A good level of experience in external games development

• Strong relationship building skills

• Good communication and problem solving skills

• Commercial and financial awareness

• Strong verbal and numeric reporting skills

• Attention to detail

• Knowledge of key consumer groups within Europe

• Knowledge of competitor products and sales trends within the industry

• Ability to be visionary with the product, be creative and work closely with marketing on the positioning of titles

• Knowledge and experience of PC and console games development

• An ability to evaluate games from a commercial focus versus personal focus.

Candidates will need a strong level of PS3 & X360 experience and a good understanding of what the key development requirements are that set these platforms apart from PS2 and Xbox.
Excellent knowledge of the current games market is also key.

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