Senior Producer

Playground Games is looking for a Senior Producer to join our Horizon team on a permanent 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 looking to expand our diverse team as we continue driving forward our BAFTA award-winning Forza Horizon franchise. 

About the role:

This Senior Producer will be working primarily with our Level Design and Environment Art teams to deliver best-in-class visuals and gameplay. You will facilitate communication between multiple development disciplines, including outsource partners, track and manage risks, and will be responsible for the successful costing, planning, and execution of this area.
Our ideal candidate is an experienced Senior Producer, who has worked with Environment Art and Level Design teams previously, preferably taking in the full production cycle from concept to ship. They understand key process dependencies, are passionate about their craft, and are highly skilled in all aspects of project management with track record to prove it.

This is a permanent role based at our facilities in Royal Leamington Spa.
We have a hybrid work model in place with a minimum of 3 days a week in studio. Relocation assistance is available if required.  

What you’ll do:

• Demonstrate sound production process, problem solving, analysis, and curiosity
• Produce reports, documentation, and attend stand-ups
• Create and deliver presentations to key stakeholder groups, including Project Directors
• Identify and elevate project risks, bringing together appropriate groups to apply mitigation
• Collaborate with the Team Leads to cost, schedule and track the delivery of work
• Monitor bug databases, working with QA to ensure accurate reporting of issues during test phases
• Line manage and mentor junior producers, facilitate team planning sessions, and drive process improvements to enhance production efficiency and effectiveness

What you’ll bring:

• Confidence with a range of project management packages such as Jira, MS Project etc
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• A fluency in art, game design and technical fundamentals, including console platform considerations
• 5+ years of Production experience, with demonstrable work on at least 1 published AAA title.
• A strong understanding of Microsoft Excel, and the MS Office package in general.
• Experience with line-management.
• An interest in driving games and the Forza Horizon franchise is a plus.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join 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. 
If you require any reasonable accommodation to apply for this position, please contact us on recruitment@playground-games.com