Producer

As a Producer you will be responsible for management of project development across all stages and work with internal and external stakeholders to deliver key milestones.

Third Kind Games is one of the largest independently owned game development studios in the UK, based in Royal Leamington Spa. We also have remote studios in Poland and Spain. Our three studios have been built on the same original spirit and values since our beginning. Founded in 2016 by nine leaders in the industry, with extensive experience in the development of critically acclaimed titles such as Guitar Hero Live and DiRT, we’ve been growing ever since. Today we work with some of the biggest names in the games industry such as Blizzard, Amazon, Microsoft and Mythical Games.

Alongside several new high-profile, unannounced projects, our team is also working on our own IP, so TKG is an incredibly exciting place to be right now. We are also setting new benchmarks for creativity in the games industry, driving technical expertise in programming alongside creative innovation.

What is it like to be a Third Kinder?

We are a diverse team of people. We are collaborative, open-minded creatives who embrace ideas and knowledge from everyone in our team, with the aim of developing and inspiring ourselves, our projects and our games.

Work life balance and flexibility are very important to us and our team. At TKG we offer a place where our team can be their most creative, imaginative and confident selves. We want all of our team to feel valued, appreciated, and free to be who they are at work. TKG recently received a GOLD Award in Mind Charity’s Workplace Wellbeing Index, recognising our dedication to our team’s mental health and wellbeing.

Role Overview

• Working with project leads to define requirements and milestone deliverables.
• Building and maintaining project backlogs, roadmaps, schedules and documentation, and assisting in the management of task and bug prioritisation.
• Coordinating the work of cross-functional teams to manage feature development and content integration.
• Facilitating communication and planning across internal project teams and external contacts and resources.
• Ensuring features and content follow established documentation and development workflows.
• Assessing and managing project risks, resource blockers, quality concerns and scope changes, and support in solving problems and resolving issues across the development team.

What we are looking for from a Third Kinder

You would:

• Have the ability to create, track, and maintain schedules across multiple teams and/or projects.
• Understand the technical and production elements to ensure a practical concept is delivered and exceeds the customer expectations.
• Keep team members motivated and working efficiently and toward project goals.
• Be naturally inquisitive, you keep up to date with emerging technologies and industry trends and developments.
• Be highly adaptable and a great problem solver.
• 2+ years' experience in a similar role.
• Proven ability working in a team.
• Experience using task management and bug tracking software.
• Experience working with Unreal, Unity or a similar engine.

Skills it would be great to have

• At least one shipped title on a modern console platform.
• Knowledge of platform (PC, MS, Sony, Nintendo, etc) submission processes.

If you think this is the role for you please send us your CV and an introductory email, which helps us to get to know you better. We aim to respond to your application within 2 working days.

Usually we will conduct a telephone interview, prior to any face to face or virtual interviews.