Associate Producer
Twine, Australia
Job Description
About Twine
We're a thriving ecosystem of top-tier freelancers from around the world. Trusted by Fortune 500 companies and Silicon Valley startups, Twine is the go-to platform for mission-critical projects. Twine's experts get to participate in generating quality datasets at an unprecedented scale. With over half a million registered freelancers and a growing roster of 35,000+ companies, we've become the comprehensive solution for all things freelancing.
Our Mission
At Twine, we recognize that companies require a flexible approach to hiring expert freelancers for their most critical projects. Traditional freelance platforms often fall short when it comes to scalability and diversity. That's where we shine. Twine operates as a thriving global freelance network, with diverse experts across various fields, including marketing, engineering, and AI. Our core mission is to empower creators, whether they're businesses or individual freelancers, to thrive in their creative endeavours.
About the Role
We are seeking an Associate producer for an indie game development company.
Responsibilities:- Performing various tasks as assigned by your lead producer.
- Assisting and facilitating the project principals in staying focused on discipline specific workload.
- Day to day management and line production of the assigned project planning and followup of the development cycle.
- Anticipate and address potential problems like blockers, quality concerns, budget compromises and scope changes. Communicate immediately and effectively to ensure these problems are resolved quickly before they arise.
- Safeguard and champion quality, timeliness, and economical conservatism in the main areas of game development.
- Collaborate, facilitate and support the team in solving problems creatively, rapidly resolving issues across the development team.
Requirements
- Demonstrable understanding of the video game development process and the personnel within it.
- A keen interest and curiosity for project management and production processes, frameworks and principles.
- A people-oriented approach with excellent communication, creative collaboration, motivation and teamwork skills driven by a high level of emotional intelligence.
- Ability to work to deadlines and maintain high performance levels within your peers, identifying the areas of improvement and where focus needs to be shifted to allow smooth progress and growth within your team.
- Exceptional organisational and time management skills both for yourself and supporting others.
- Knowledge across production tools (Atlassian, Google suite, etc) and agile methodology.
- Detail sensitivity, an eye for aesthetics and strong game design sensibilities.
- A commitment to working in a professional, inclusive and supportive environment.
- Ability to work independently; managing time, task lists and workflow with ease.
Benefits
- Bring your dog to work. Yeah, dogs.
- Talent development, mentorship and support.
- Regular self-directed professional development days.
- Flexible work arrangement opportunities and family-friendly considerations.
- Menstrual, Menopause and Parental leave.
- Sustainable working hours, environment and work-life balance.
- Friday afternoon team social events, including monthly get-togethers.
- Annual Summer family picnic, Winter Feast and Melbourne Games Week party.
- Located in Melbourne, Australia. World’s most liveable city seven years in a row.