Game Producer/Project Manager
Game Producer / Project Manager
Responsibilities will include: • Help shape the direction of projects, creatively, technically and process-wise. • Evaluate, understand, and document project requirements for the team. • Coordinate collection and distribution of project deliverables. • Coordinate efforts across one or more projects. • Communicate with team members, including artists and programmers, to project development schedules, project status. • Communicate with clients. • Communicate with upper Management all schedules, budgets, and resource maps, and status updates. • Build and manage a small and flexible internal interactive software development team to tackle a variety of short-term and long-term projects and company goals. • Manage internal and external projects and partners within a defined budget and schedule in order to ensure their success. • Manage external developers and contractors based on contractual requirements in the creation of code, art, sound, or other assets. • Establish and maintain project procedures, facilitate status meetings, produce status reports and distribute project documentation and schedules. • Identify and resolve conflicts between schedule, budget and design goals. • Proactively track and maintain the master development schedule daily, identifying and fixing interdependencies early before they become problematic. • Proactively identify risks associated with meeting project milestones; ensure necessary and appropriate steps are taken to resolve difficulties which may impede progress or compromise achievement of projects objectives. • Foster positive working relationship and teamwork within the development teams with an emphasis on communication. Drive communication among all team members. • Perform as liaison between upper Management and project staff as required. • Work directly with upper Management on the inner workings of projects and processes.
A Producer with experience in Flash-based development (of any kind) is a plus. We are interested in candidates with experience in any interactive software development production and project / team management.
Qualifications and skills: • CANDIDATES MUST HAVE FAMILIARITY WITH THE FOLLOWING TECHNOLOGIES: o Internet Software Product Development (HTML, XML, CSS, PHP, ASP, JavaScript, Flash) o Internet and software application development and project management experience and related management experience. o Degree in Computer Science or other technical discipline is preferred but not required if candidate has proven experience. o Prior experience writing software functional specifications. • Personal characteristics: Self-directed, detail-oriented problem-solver. • Ability to create, track and maintain comprehensive and complex project schedules. • Excel as a team player and strive to maximize team/department performance. • Skilled at distributing information and maintaining communication among many groups. • Must be able to work easily across disciplines and divisions. • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, knowledge of business and technology trends and strong interpersonal/relationship management skills. • Familiarity with Mobile technologies a plus.
Zero G Games was founded in 2005 by Mark Lowe and Zack Ford, two game developers with extensive experiences in the games and software industries including employment at companies such as Electronic Arts. Today the Zero G Games team comprises web designers, 2d and 3d artists and animators, character illustrators and print specialists, recording and studio engineers, and is equipped with an array of professionals to handle all development needs. Our dedicated professionals are the top talent in the world, and together we create a synergy that you’ll have to experience to believe.
Since the inception of web-based, multi-player game experiences, Zero G Games has been at the forefront of creating extensive web applications. New concepts have been the focus of Zero G Games, combining traditional game play with rich community features. Zero G Games has developed turnkey platform and game solutions for companies including Games.com, iWin.com, and Yahoo! Games.
We are looking to hire immediately and have full-time as well as part-time contract work available. Work will be local - positions open at either location: Huntington Beach, CA and Los Angeles, CA. If you feel you might qualify please contact Zack Ford, our CTO at info@zeroggames.com. Please include your name and contact info (phone, e-mail), resume (attachment of word docs etc. ok), links to any samples or portfolio pieces, and the best time to reach you by phone. Please only attach resumes at this time, URLs to portfolio pieces is great, if you need to attach work samples please wait to be contacted before sending – but let us know you have them available.
We look forward to hearing from you!