Producer

Pocket Sized Hands is seeking a Producer to collaborate with our growing team to help create amazing titles with world-renowned IPs such as Rick and Morty and Oddworld. At Pocket Sized Hands, you will join a diverse team of brilliant, innovative Game Developers who push boundaries. We encourage a creative, open environment where new ideas are shared, and skills are developed through a continual improvement mindset. Our team works on exciting projects for multiple platforms including PC, Console, and VR.

About the Role

As a Producer at Pocket Sized Hands, you will take responsibility for coordinating development work, helping to ensure projects stay on schedule and helping to improve our workflows and processes within the studio. You will work alongside the leadership team and other departments, facilitating communication and project delivery. You’ll drive the development process from pre-production to launch, balancing team needs with project requirements and client expectations.

Responsibilities

• Work with team leads to define milestone and sprint deliverables for the team and then help to drive the successful delivery of all objectives.
• Create a detailed project plan and development schedule. Manage project milestones, monitoring progress and daily workflow.
• Identify risks, roadblocks, and bottlenecks that may prevent the team from achieving their goals and escalate issues when necessary.
• Work closely with leadership, production, and other team members to define processes and workflows that enable efficient delivery of our projects.
• Own and drive project ceremonies (e.g., daily stand-ups, planning, and retrospectives) to ensure they are effective and efficient.
• Use production tools (jira or similar) to organize task allocation and plan sprints for the projects, keeping the team organized, and facilitating the creative and technical development process.
• Provide clear and complete status updates to internal stakeholders and manage clients through both written and verbal communication.

Requirements

• Interpersonal Skills: Great interpersonal skills, able to listen to and understand problems and provide constructive support.
• Communication: Able to present ideas and communicate effectively within the team, as well as across disciplines, whether in verbal or written form.
• Teamwork: You enjoy working in a collaborative, multi-disciplinary team environment and are comfortable giving and receiving constructive feedback.
• Detail-Oriented: You have a high level of attention to detail and are adaptable to changing priorities.
• Self-Management: Ability to manage your time and tasks effectively across multiple projects.
• Planning and Problem-Solving: Excellent planning and problem-solving skills, able to identify potential problems and come up with creative solutions.
• Production Tools: Proficient in using project management tools (e.g., Jira, Trello, Asana, Monday.com) or similar software to track progress, allocate tasks, and manage development pipelines.
• Growth-Oriented: Open to receiving and integrating feedback as a tool for personal and professional growth.

Benefits:

• Private Healthcare
• Cycle to work scheme
• Flexible working hours
• Sustainable working practices
• 28 days holiday increasing yearly to 33 days.

Start Date: Febuary 2025, The office will be closed for 2 weeks over the Holidays so you may not receive a response until January. 
Job Type: Full-time.
Holiday: 28 days increasing yearly to a maximum of 33 days.
Salary: £35,000 - £45,000 /year (depending on experience)
Required experience: A portfolio of relevant work
Location: Dundee,  Our team is predominantly office based with a small number of people working fully remotely, however we do offer a hybrid working model and are supportive of flexible arrangements to help our people thrive. For this role, flexibility comes with a balance and you'll be office-based at least 50% of the time in order to facilitate key project ceremonies and ensure there is a significant amount of organic ('water-cooler') contact time with co-workers you might not be on the same project as and our Senior Leadership team.