We're a group of developers, artists, and storytellers who make games full of wonder, danger, and humor. Everyone at our studio, whether an industry vet or a new voice, impacts each game through collaborative feedback, mutual respect, and creative empowerment. If you want to make games that leave a meaningful impact on players: we want to hear from you.
We're looking for new teammates who deeply care about the work they do, the stories they tell, and the people they create with. As part of the *** team, we strive to hire the best and value integrity, excellence, respect, inclusion, and collaboration.
PRODUCTION AT NIGHT SCHOOLAt Night School, production helps keep the art, design, story, audio, engineering, and marketing teams coordinated, collaborating, and on track to build unique and compelling narrative game experiences. Iteration and autonomy are core production values at Night School. Where there is a gap in process or way to improve a workflow, the production team is empowered to make positive adjustments to bring about a higher quality to our development processes and, ultimately, our game experiences. We're always looking for ways to reduce project risk and maximize potential.
ABOUT THE JOBThe production team takes the creative goals of the development team and translates them into achievable steps to reach those goals. We anticipate and avoid pitfalls in the path toward our creative vision and technical processes. We build plans and seek alignment on strategy across all disciplines while keeping a healthy balance of scope and creative ambition. As a Senior Producer at Night School Studio, you'll be leading production on one of our game titles and working within our department on establishing and improving our development processes.
Responsibilities Include- Support studio developers and projects to drive vision and execution at a high quality.
- Help translate our creative ambitions into balanced, healthy production realities.
- Mentor, motivate, and support your teammates and partners by identifying and helping to remove roadblocks and project risks.
- Identify, build, and drive programs that span multiple projects and initiatives inside the studio and with our partners.
- Ensure high visibility to the teams and stakeholders on the strategy and status of projects and goals.
- Work with leadership and development teams on building and maintaining project timelines, production plans, and budgeting.
Skills & Requirements- 8+ years of game studio development experience shipping multiple games.
- Strong fluency in game development methodologies, best practices, and production systems.
- Excellent leadership and communication skills with a passion for working with and guiding creative teams.
- Skillful ability to scale up and down on day-to-day needs that range from high-level development strategy to the nitty gritty tasks.
- Excellent writing, analysis, and organizational skills.
- Thrives in uncertainty and an enthusiasm for working with new or bleeding-edge tech stacks.
Preferred Skills- Hands-on development experience building games as a developer and understanding of the creative and technical side of making games.
- Experience with game publishing on major platforms such as Mobile, PlayStation, Switch, Steam, Xbox, etc.
- Highly knowledgeable about the game industry from a player's and developer's perspective.
About You- Passionate about story-telling, video games, and video game development.
- Strengths include being goal-oriented, conscientious, tenacious, thoughtful, meticulous, organized, and being both a great listener and communicator.
- Self-starter that works well autonomously and willing to find solutions, be curious, and ask questions when needed.
- Desires to support and guide a team to achieve their goals from a "bottom up" rather than "top down" management approach.
- Filters team creative ideas, ambitions, and goals through the lens of strategy and pragmatic next steps.
- Proficient at interpersonal communication, negotiation, and diplomacy.
- Receptive to and skilled at giving and receiving critique and feedback.
- Lifelong learner who wants to bring experience and knowledge to the project and team every day.
Our compensation structure consists solely of an annual salary; we do not have bonuses. You choose each year how much of your compensation you want in salary versus stock options. To determine your personal top of market compensation, we rely on market indicators and consider your specific job family, background, skills, and experience to determine your compensation in the market range. The range for this role is
$60,000 - $270,000.
*** provides comprehensive benefits including Health Plans, Mental Health support, a 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match, Stock Option Program, Disability Programs, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts, Family-forming benefits, and Life and Serious Injury Benefits. We also offer paid leave of absence programs. Full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for paid time off to be used for vacation, holidays, and sick paid time off. Full-time salaried employees are im *** tely entitled to flexible time off. See more detail about our Benefits here.
*** is a unique culture and environment. Learn more here.
We are an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity of thought and background builds stronger teams. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.