Associate Producer - Contract

2 Weeks ago • All levels • Game Production

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Job Description

Playground Games seeks a contract Associate Producer for their Fable team. This role involves collaborating across disciplines to deliver high-quality features using modern development methodologies. Responsibilities include focusing team alignment, problem-solving, applying continuous learning to production challenges, and making data-driven decisions. The ideal candidate has full project lifecycle experience in an internal production role, experience with project management software, strong communication skills, a grasp of game design and technical fundamentals, and risk management experience. The position is based in Royal Leamington Spa with a hybrid work model and relocation assistance available.
Must have:
  • Full project lifecycle experience
  • Project management software expertise
  • Strong communication skills
  • Game design & technical understanding
  • Risk management experience
Perks:
  • Relocation assistance
  • Hybrid work model

Description

Playground Games is looking for an Associate Producer to join our Fable team on a contract basis.   

About us:  

As a first-party Xbox Game Studio, we are passionate about making genre-defining games that are accessible, beautiful, and, most of all, fun. We are excited to be rebooting the much-loved Fable franchise and are expanding our diverse team to create a new classic in the action RPG genre.   

About the role:  

Playground Games is looking for a skilled and experienced Associate Producer for the Fable team to work on our open world action RPG project. As an integral part of the production process, you’ll be interacting with all disciplines and driving the delivery of high quality features using modern development methodologies. 

In addition to your knowledge of production practice, you will also have an understanding of design and technical fundamentals. Your keen eye for detail and risk management experience will allow you to achieve exceptional quality in all aspects of game production, driven by your genuine passion for games and games development. 

This is a contract role based at our state-of-the-art facilities in Royal Leamington Spa, with a hybrid work model in place. Relocation assistance is available if required. 

What you’ll do:  

  • Focus alignment and teamwork within a team or department to achieve project-wide goals and respond efficiently to changing demands and circumstances. 
  • Demonstrates sound production process, problem solving, analysis, and curiosity. 
  • Apply continuous learning to production challenges to advance production skills. 
  • Effectively approach problems via building and apply knowledge base to the best effect and make decisions with conviction. 

What you’ll bring:  

  • Full project lifecycle experience in an internal production role 
  • Exposure to a range of project management software packages 
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills 
  • A good grasp of game design and technical fundamentals, including console platform considerations 
  • Risk management experience 
  • An eye for detail 

This is a fantastic opportunity to make “world-class games” with an established, talented, and collaborative team at one of the industry’s most exciting first-party game studios. 

Playground Games is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, we believe that diversity and inclusion fuels creativity.  We are dedicated to creating a safe, comfortable and welcoming working environment.    

We strive to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports and celebrates the diverse voices of our team members.  It drives our innovation and connects us closer to our players.  We are committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion across age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.   

At Playground Games we recognise the importance of self-development, career progression, well-being and retention of our colleagues. We celebrate difference and welcome everyone to join us and to be themselves at work.  

If you require any reasonable accommodation to apply for this position, please contact us on recruitment@playground-games.com 

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About The Company

Playground Games was established in 2010, bringing together some of the most experienced and talented developers from the UK industry, with the vision to create genre-defining titles for a global audience. Since then, we’ve created five critically-acclaimed, award-winning hits; our Horizon games have garnered more than one hundred awards and have been played by many millions of fans. 


Today, Playground has two world-class studios in Leamington Spa. In our original HQ, we continue to support and grow the huge, vibrant Horizon community. In our new studio on the other side of town, we are excited to be developing Fable, a new beginning for the legendary franchise.

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