Producer London, England
Job description
We’re Hutch, a mobile games developer & publisher with studios in central London, Dundee and Canada. Our mission is to build the most diverse and engaged automotive gaming community on mobile. Our games have been played by over 300 million people, with new titles in development.
We believe in putting our people first. Here you can make games without sacrificing quality time with family and friends. We strive to ensure our people are happy and healthy.
Our teams are small and empowered, they have the independence to take on creative and technical challenges together, to work collaboratively, to make great games and have fun along the way.
We believe in; Looking after our people, small empowered teams, complete transparency, test, learn repeat, community at the core and the freedom to focus on what truly makes a difference to our players.
We’re driven by our players! Come and Join the mission!
Producer | London | Permanent
Hutch is looking for an experienced Producer to join the team in London, working on a new, unannounced title. As one of two producers on the project, you will work with the team to help develop and deliver the roadmap for the live game. You will help keep things on track, ensuring that the team is effective and productive, but also that team members are happy and fulfilled in their work. We believe in ‘servant leadership’ so we’re keen for our Producers to make the team's lives easier by supporting them to do their best work.
We follow Lean and Agile principles, therefore someone with experience with Agile, strong project management techniques and experience working within a F2P games studio would be ideal.
In return, we offer a truly autonomous environment where you help to define what success looks like. You will work together with the team to identify problems and create appropriate solutions. You will be empowered to make your own decisions and have a genuine impact. At Hutch, we’ve always been an industry leader in fostering great work-life balance. We’re a company that doesn’t crunch - and our producers are at the forefront of protecting a happy, productive culture that puts people first.
Responsibilities:
- Own the agile process for the game team - running daily scrums, planning sessions and other Agile ceremonies.
- Run sprint retrospectives and lead the team in examining, iterating upon and enhancing development processes.
- Lead the team in feature scoping and help to develop the product roadmap.
- Ensure deadlines are realistic, achievable and well communicated.
- Budgeting responsibilities - help to forecast future spend and keep the budget up to date.
- Work and coordinate with other teams both internally and externally (such as marketing, outsourcers, tools and localisation).
- Enhance and protect a positive team culture.
- Identify, communicate and manage risks to keep development on course.
Requirements
- Previous production experience (or equivalent) in video games, preferably in mobile free-to-play, running as a live service.
- An understanding of the F2P business model & mobile development.
- A solid understanding of Agile and Scrum development processes.
- An understanding and appreciation for lean development principles and how to implement them.
- Experience using project management tools like Jira, Asana, Monday.
- Strong emotional intelligence and a genuine interest in the wellbeing of the team.
- Great written and verbal communication skills.
- Confidence in communicating updates and issues with the team and across the wider studio.
Bonus Points
- Experience with Jira is preferred, for task and bug tracking, running sprints and managing workflows.
- A love of cars, motorsport and things with wheels!
Benefits
Life at Hutch
Our HQ is in the heart of Shoreditch in central London. We have additional offices in Dundee and Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia. We're an agile, creative team with people at the core of our values. We reward our employees with;
- Hutch is now a 4-Day Work Week company*
- Flexible working hours
- Remote working 2 days per week
- Excellent salary
- Private health care
- Enhanced Maternity (18 weeks) and Paternity leave (6 weeks)
- Access to mental health initiatives such as private mental health coaching
- Support to learn, develop and progress within Hutch
- Free snacks and drinks
- Social events, game launch parties, Thursday night drinks and much more
- This will mean that Hutch employees will work a maximum of 4 days per week (30 hours/week) Mon-Thurs, with zero reductions in pay (compared to a 5 day working week).
We value diversity and as an equal opportunity employer we encourage applications from all suitable applicants. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
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Come and find out more about Hutch. We make racing games, but it’s not the only thing that drives us - https://www.hutch.io/
