Lead Producer
Our Mission
Radical Forge is a Middlesbrough, UK-based developer that has provided co-development services on a range of AAA and indie titles. In 2021 the company created their first original IP, 'Bright Paw', which was published on PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One/Series S/X, Google and iOS by Rogue Games. We are currently working on our newest IP, Southfield, which you can look forward to playing soon!!
Since its beginnings in 2017, the company has grown to over 60 incredibly talented, collaborative, and creative individuals. We are the sum of our skills, passion, and, most of all, our people. We firmly believe that treating individuals with genuine respect, understanding, and kindness creates a welcoming culture that allows creativity to thrive and for individuals to join together to create games they are genuinely proud of.
Your Mission
- Ensure that all aspects of production promote a positive team culture and reflect Radical Forge’s people first ethos.
- Lead the production team, be a role model with a supportive and coaching mindset.
- Manage budget, resource planning, and on time delivery of all projects - providing regular updates to company leadership.
- Establish appropriate production frameworks, with a mindset of continuous improvement.
- Ensure that each project vision is aligned at Lead level, is clearly understood by the wider team and all deliverables contribute to the delivery of that vision.
- Facilitate strong communication and collaboration at the Lead level across all disciplines.
- Use your experience to manage internal and external stakeholders, proactively negotiating, problem solving and resolving challenges as they arise.
- Diagnose production issues and blockers and have the ability and initiative to fix any issues.
- Be flexible and adaptable to changing demands.
Skills Summary
- Previous experience of working at a senior level in a producer role within the games industry or equivalent.
- Full project lifecycle experience across a variety of project types including prototyping, self publishing and work for hire.
- Experience of managing multiple complex projects and keeping activities on track.
- Strong communication, facilitation, problem solving and presentation skills.
- Able to produce processes others can easily follow.
- Expert Jira skills as well as strong understanding of a range of project management software packages.
This role can be office based, hybrid, or remote within the UK.
We will require all applicants to have a pre-existing right to work in the UK.
The role will initially be a 12 month contract with the potential to extend after this.
Interested in the job but don't feel you match the criteria? If you feel passionate about this role or joining the Radical Forge team we would still like to hear from you! We value our company culture, and we’re always looking for creative individuals from a variety of backgrounds to join our team!
Equal Opportunities Promise
All employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status or veteran status. We will also consider employment for qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law.
- Department
- Production
- Locations
- Middlesbrough
- Remote status
- Fully Remote
- Number of open roles
- 1
KICK ASS BENEFITS
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Open & Honest
We keep our employees in the loop every quarter about where we are heading as a studio and what's going on behind the scenes.
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Flexible Working
We offer flexible work hours with the option to work from home part-time or always.
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Employee Health Benefits
We offer private healthcare, including a cash plan to help with day-to-day health costs such as dental, optical, physiotherapy, and more.
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First Fridays
Every first Friday of the month, everyone is free to work on group projects, self-directed learning, research games, and share what they've learned.
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Well-being Allowance
Employees are able to claim back up to £50 a month for personal health and well-being costs. This includes gym and sports memberships.
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Fitness Workshops
We regularly have yoga and PT classes for all staff to get involved in. We also run online sessions for remote employees.
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Paid Game Subscription Service
We reimburse our employees for a chosen game subscription service. This can be Switch Online, Xbox Game Pass, Prime Gaming, Apple Arcade or similar.
OUR CULTURE
We offer a safe-haven for your creativity, where you’ll be treated with fairness, respect and honesty. We take that shit really seriously. We’re transparent with all our staff about what we’re doing and where we’re going, and our leadership keep you in the loop.
We’re inclusive too. We’re devotedly LGBTQ+ and POC friendly, and we know the best teams are diverse ones where everyone feels accepted and supported.
Speaking of support, we’ve partnered with the mighty Safe in Our World to continuously educate our understanding of mental health so we can better serve our team. We also have trained mental health first aiders throughout the studio, and provide private healthcare that includes access to therapy and GPs.
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