Producer/Assistant Producer for Firemint

Firemint designs and develops award-winning, premium video game titles for handheld devices including mobile phones, Nintendo DS and emerging platforms. Our clients are some of the world's leading US and UK publishers and include EA, THQ, Namco, I-Play and Disney. We work with well-known licensed properties, as well as developing our own original IP. We are currently looking for a Producer to join our studio in inner-city Melbourne (Richmond).

Your responsibilities will include:

- running several game development projects concurrently
- dealing directly with our clients regarding schedules, answering queries and resolving issues, and facilitating client meetings
- relaying information between the client and the developer teams
- forecasting the sequence of required tasks to ensure smooth project delivery
- daily tracking of the development team's progress including SCRUMs (meetings)
- keeping project documentation up to date, including schedules, GDD, TDD, risk documentation, production management database (Hansoft) etc as needed
- identifying and resolving issues as required (eg tasks falling behind)
- working with a team in a constructive manner

Experience required:

- Prior experience in the Games Industry will be highly regarded, but is not essential. If you haven't worked in the industry, you will need at least 2 years experience running teams in an IT environment.
- Proven track record for completing projects to scope, within budget and on time
- Knowledge of Agile development processes is a plus

Personal attributes we're looking for:

- Outstanding communication skills (verbal and written)
- Attention to detail
- Very well organized, excellent time management skills and able to multi-task
- Self-motivated
- Able to work under tight deadlines
- Team player

If you meet some but not all of these requirements, we'd like to consider you for an Assistant Producer position.

Please send your resume to hr@firemint.com (preferred), or by post to Firemint, Level 3 534 Church St, Richmond Vic 3121.

PLEASE NOTE WE DO NOT ACCEPT RESUMES FROM RECRUITMENT AGENCIES