Associate Producer - Contract

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.  

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