Job Description

Smoking Gun Interactive, a Keywords Studio, is an industry-leading game development studio founded in 2007 by award-winning industry veterans. SGI is fearless in creating IP and boldly partners with renowned brands to develop a wide range of world-class, immersive titles and interactive experiences that resonate with strategy gamers worldwide and entertain millions of casual players every day.As an Associate Producer at Smoking Gun Interactive (SGI), you\xe2\x80\x99re an experienced team leader with excellent communication skills, and expertise in managing projects, priorities, schedules and team membersRequirementsIn this role, you will:

• Help drive the development of a game title from pre-production to final product release, with an eye towards meeting defined budgets, schedules and quality targets;
• Partner with the Producer, Directors and Team Leads to develop and communicate a clear vision for the product;
• Support the producer in driving the product quality and enable the team to do great work with a strong sense of ownership, responsibility and accountability for quality;
• Communicate vision across all disciplines, evangelize the \xe2\x80\x98why\xe2\x80\x99 of how those features fit into that vision and ensure the best quality game is achievable within constraints;
• Facilitate / run daily stand ups;
• Proactively assess and identify risks, mitigate them early and communicate both issues and proposed solutions clearly;
• Create and maintain project management documents including status reports, project plans, post-mortems and compiling of historical information;
• Interface with publishing or other business partners on milestones and other deliverables, as needed.

To be successful in this role, you must have:

• 3+ years of relevant game production experience, with at least 1 shipped titles, in a Production or Project Management capacity;
• Well-versed experience in project management practices and software packages, ideally with JIRA (Atlassian);
• Strong scheduling and documentation skills as well as the ability to understand the technical side of the work involved (or willingness to learn);
• A serious love of games.

It would also be helpful if you had:

• PMP, CSM or CAPM certification;

Benefits

• 10 days vacation leave
• 5 paid days personal leave
• 7 paid sick days
• Life Insurance & Accidental Death & Dismemberment
• Dependent Life Insurance
• Long Term Disability (LTD)
• Extended Healthcare Benefit
• Dental Care
• Hybrid working
• Training & Development

Salary Range: $60,000 - $90,000

Smoking Gun Interactive