Producer

Position overview

As a Producer at 81monkeys, you are a thoughtful leader committed to promoting and maintaining studio culture and team morale. Your soft-touch approach will aid you in your main objective: to ensure the team has the support and resources they need, both to meet the studio’s ambitious goals, and to experience the studio’s core value everyday: Joy at Work. In addition to working closely with the team, you will work alongside the CEO/Game Director, funding partners, and work-for-hire clients to ensure the overall vision of the studio’s flagship project is achieved.

Roles & Responsibilities

Leadership

  • Take a leadership role in promoting and maintaining studio culture and morale

  • Foster relationships with individual team members, and make recommendations to studio leadership based on the feedback received

Project management

  • Supervise production pipeline to ensure milestone goals are met

  • Guide and motivate the team while supervising the full development process

  • Identify and mitigate potential risks to current roadmap and budget

Studio operations

  • Oversee studio operations and administration

  • Supervise bookkeeping and liaise with accountant

Business support & liaison

  • Support CEO with project status updates for stakeholders and funding partners

  • Support CEO with work-for-hire client management

  • Build strong relationships with and garner support from industry peers and local partners

Marketing & publicity collaboration

  • Supervise and liaise with marketing and publicity partners

  • Represent studio via online platforms and at industry events

Skills & Experience

  • Experience leading game studio teams; independent studio experience preferred

  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills

  • Strong project management skills

  • An understanding of marketing and public relations as it relates to the video game sector

  • Professional approach to leadership and communication

  • BONUS: Experience with the following tools and software: Google Suite, Slack, Asana, Discord, Unity, GitLab

Compensation

The starting annual salary range for this position is $85,000 to $100,000 (additional perks and incentives available), and will depend on skills, capabilities, and experience. We’re an indie studio on a tight budget, and we understand that our salaries are not competitive (yet). We also understand that the cost of living in the Lower Mainland is high. We are committed to keeping these two factors in mind as we work to find the right salaries for our team members. We believe that culture, team fit and the opportunity for growth are very important and always take these into account when hiring. This is an exciting time to be joining our studio, as we are on the precipice of something very special!

Note: This position will be required to work from our Port Moody, BC office, with flexibility for occasional work-from-home days.

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We’re a small team with big dreams! We develop cross-platform games for original IP and work-for-hire projects. We believe that great culture, combined with great execution, is the key to making great games.

Team Member Traits

  • You care more about the process than the idea.

  • You are committed to fostering an inclusive culture.

  • You prioritize personal and professional development.

  • You find value in collaborating with others to find the best ideas and solutions.

  • You are a professional who does not need to be closely managed.

  • You approach professional interactions with kindness and understanding.

 Our Culture – Joy at Work

  • Self management - Your work and time management are your responsibility.

  • Work-life balance - No workweek and no overtime.

  • Inclusive workplace - It’s not about the best candidates; it’s about the best team.

  • Community – Building community, inside and outside the studio.

  • Communication - Open and constructive communication is our fuel.

  • Unique interests - Work on tasks outside of your primary discipline.

  • Learning - Always listening, always improving, always growing.

  • Dogs are our friends - Unless you’re allergic, then maybe they're not.

Our Projects

We are working on a diverse range of products including supporting our active games and are currently in full production of our third and most exciting game. We do not focus on one genre or platform; we focus on making great games.

Our current project is an innovative open-world, pixel art role-playing game for PC and consoles that brings new life to the indie RPG pixel art gaming scenes. Features include a unique conversational dialogue system, custom worldbuilding tools that combine handcrafted environments with procedural elements to create thousands of unique locations to explore, unique fast-paced combat mechanics, and a focus on accessibility.