Assistant Producer (Games)
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Job Summary
Assistant Producer (Games)
Location: Glasgow Office Based
Role Type: 6-month fixed Term Entry Level
As an Assistant Producer you will support the production team and the wider development team in the daily coordination of a project. Your primary responsibility is to keep information flowing clearly and ensure that the team is organised informed and able to focus on doing their best work.
This role focuses on providing hands-on organisational support including scheduling meetings maintaining documentation collecting updates from developers running playtests preparing reports and assisting with the smooth running of production processes. You will work closely with Associate and Senior Producers to help ensure the project remains on track and that progress is clearly visible across the studio.
This position is ideal for someone at the start of their production career who is highly organised proactive dependable and passionate about game development.
Core Responsibilities
- Support Associate and Senior Producers with day-to-day coordination of the project team.
- Arrange schedule and prepare meetings including taking clear actionable notes and distributing them promptly.
- Assist in gathering regular updates from developers and ensuring information is accurately reflected in project tracking documents.
- Help maintain Jira boards or other project management tools by updating tasks logging bugs and ensuring information is current.
- Support in preparing and running internal playtests including note-taking player guidance and collating feedback.
- Assist with tracking milestones deliverables and deadlines under the guidance of the production team.
- Help monitor sprint progress and maintain visibility of blockers risks and outstanding tasks.
- Coordinate with different disciplines (Design Art QA Audio Engineering) to ensure requests dependencies and information are properly recorded and passed on.
- Assist in organising external services (e.g. voice-over sessions localisation QA support) when required.
- Support the creation of reports documentation and summaries for internal use and senior management review.
- Help collate and prepare materials for marketing demos and store submissions when needed.
Requirements
- Strong organisational skills with excellent attention to detail.
- Confident communicator who can relay information clearly and professionally.
- An understanding of basic production methodologies (Agile Scrum Waterfall) and a willingness to learn more.
- Familiarity with Jira or other project tracking tools (or the ability to learn quickly).
- A foundational understanding of game development pipelines.
- A proactive supportive attitude with a passion for helping teams succeed.
- A genuine interest in video games and game development.
Advantageous Experience
- Previous experience in a production QA or coordination role within games or another creative industry.
- Experience with game engines (Unity or Unreal).
- Familiarity with other disciplines such as QA Design or Art.
- Experience assisting or running small meetings presentations or play sessions.
- Console platform knowledge (Switch PlayStation Xbox).
- Basic understanding of creative tools such as Photoshop Premiere or similar.
Required Experience:
Junior IC
Key Skills
- Archives Management
- Assistant Producer
- Pegasystems
- Content Management Systems
- Post Production
- Administrative Experience
- Adobe Premiere
- Final Cut Pro
- Video production
- Content Management
- Content Strategy
- Writing Skills
About Company
Blazing Griffin is a digital entertainment company specialising in TV and Film Production, Post Production and Video Game Development.
