Producer

1 Month ago • 2 Years + • Product Management

Job Summary

Job Description

We are seeking a Producer to join our Sonic Mobile team, responsible for developing popular games like Sonic Forces, Sonic Dash, and Sonic Boom. The Producer will collaborate with development teams and liaise with stakeholders to ensure projects are delivered to a high standard and meet key milestones. Key responsibilities include owning the planning process for development and live operations, ensuring project planning goals are well-structured, reporting progress internally, and escalating issues as needed. The role involves managing approvals and sign-off processes with stakeholders, ensuring timely production of in-game and documented materials, and effectively communicating design, quality, and timing goals to the development team. Additionally, the Producer will address blocking issues, ensure the team has the right resources, work with legal and licensing on product requirements, coordinate third-party providers, and collaborate with marketing and branding teams.
Must have:
  • 2+ years experience running live mobile games
  • Worked on at least one product through its entire lifecycle
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Self-starter with strong time management and organizational skills
  • Passion for creating games
Good to have:
  • Experience using Helix Plan (formerly Hansoft)
  • Experience working with licensed IPs
  • Ability to communicate effectively with different audiences on game-related topics
Perks:
  • Flexible benefits package (ULEV car salary sacrifice, life insurance, income protection, private healthcare & dental)
  • Enhanced contributory pension scheme
  • Wellbeing and work-life balance support (duvet day, volunteer day, free health check, annual flu jab)
  • 20 flexible work from home days (increases to 26 with long service)
  • Annual personal performance and studio profit-related bonus scheme
  • Free SEGA games on Steam
  • Home technology discounts
  • Discounted gym membership
  • Ride-to-work scheme
  • Core hours with flexible start and end times
  • 12 days of training per year

Job Details

Producer - Sonic Mobile We’re seeking a Producer to join our Sonic Mobile team, developing Sonic Forces, Sonic Dash and Sonic Boom – games with over one billion combined downloads to date! As theProducer, you will work alongside thedevelopment teams andliaisewith stakeholders both within & outsideofthe SEGA business, helping to deliver our projectsto a high quality and deliver on our key milestones.  KeyResponsibilities 

  • Own the planning process across development and live operations on the Sonic Mobile projects. 
  • Work with thedevelopmentteam to ensure project planning goals are well structured & progress is reported internally, escalating issues as required. 
  • Manage approvals & sign-off processes withinternal/external stakeholders, ensuring timely production of in-game & documented materials to achieve this. 
  • With support from the project leads and other key stakeholders, ensure design, quality & timing goals are effectively communicated within the entire development team. 
  • Maintain efficiency withintheteam byaddressingall blocking issues in a timely manner. 
  • Work withtheproject leads to ensuretheteam has the right resources and equipment to meet expected deliverables and deadlines. 
  • Work with legal and licensing on licensing requirements of products to ensure terms are agreed and abided by throughout the product lifecycle. 
  • Help co-ordinate 3rdparty providers of services to ensure deliveries mesh with internal requirements & pipelines (art, music, audio, etc.). 
  • Collaborateclosely with the marketing and branding teams throughout the product lifecycle to ensure that all requirements and assets are planned and delivered in line with the product marketing strategy. 

Essential Skills & Experience 

  • Requires a minimum of2yearsexperience running livemobile games in a production capacity,having worked on at leastoneproduct through its entire lifecycle. 
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. 
  • Self-starter with superior time management and organisational skills. 
  • Passion forcreatinggames. 

Desirable Experience 

  • Experience of usingHelix Plan (formerly Hansoft)as a project management tool. 
  • Experience working with licensed IPs. 
  • Ability to communicate effectively with different audiences on a broad range ofgame relatedtopics: technical, business and creative. 

 Why work at HARDlight? 

  • Access to a comprehensive flexible benefits package that includes ULEV car salary sacrifice, life insurance, income protection, private healthcare & dental insurance schemes, and an enhanced contributory pension scheme. 
  • Wellbeing and work life balance support that includes a duvet day, volunteer day, free health check and annual flu jab. 
  • 20 flexible work from home days, that increase to 26 with long service. 
  • Annual personal performance and studio profit related bonus scheme. 
  • Free SEGA games on Steam and home technology discounts. 
  • Discounted gym membership and ride-to-work scheme. 
  • Set of core hours with flexible start and end times. 
  • 12 days of training a year to help improve your skills. 

This role is based on site at our Leamington Spa studio, UK. We offer hybrid working allowing Monday and Friday as work from home days.

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