Remote Game Producer (Publishing)

Summary

Join FuturLab, an award-winning game studio, as a producer experienced in publishing to ensure seamless game releases. The successful candidate will report to the Head of Production and collaborate with various teams to prepare builds and content for release.

Requirements

• 3+ years in games publishing as a producer
• At least one shipped multiplatform game in a production role
• Experience in live operations, supporting regular build and content updates, and overseeing release scheduling, coordination, and certification processes
• Proficiency in game publishing strategies across PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo, PC, and familiarity with 1st party submission procedures
• Clear and concise communication skills to ensure 100% accuracy of release data tracking and reporting

Responsibilities

• Working closely with the Senior Producer, Product Manager, QA Manager and Marketing team to ensure high-quality delivery of great content to our players
• Working closely with Production, QA and Product teams on identifying and resolving risk related to releases
• Own the scheduling, coordination of teams, quality control and external certification process across multiple platforms for content and QoL updates for live games both self-published and with a publisher
• Act as the liaison between platform holders, publishers and the development team
• Knowing and owning the process for submitting builds to external partners inside and out
• Ensuring that all requirements for build certification and release (including store text and metadata) are understood and followed at all levels of the team
• Ensuring releases have passed all required checks and approvals leading up to live deployment and effectively communicate approved exceptions to all necessary parties
• Working with the Product Manager, Marketing and Production teams to determine release content plans as related to sales, giveaways, promotions, demos etc
• Working closely with QA, Core Tech and Programmers in monitoring the automated build and integration process to ensure correct build execution and facilitate resolution of build issues
• Working with Production and QA to establish and maintain bug triage process, determine and prioritize must fix issues for release and work with appropriate team members to ensure bug fixes happen as planned
• Working with Marketing and Communications teams in coordinating internal and external release notes, known issues and workarounds
• Maintaining release documentation and managing critical information including build and release procedures, dependencies, and notifications
• Assisting in managing other relationships as required, such as co-dev partners and IP-holders

Benefits

• Competitive salary (dependent on experience)
• Performance related bonus
• Bi-annual salary reviews based on your performance
• Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm (No weekends, No overtime, No Crunch!)
• Opportunity to work from home (UK only), out of our Brighton office, or hybrid
• 21 days annual leave + 9 Bank Holidays, which includes our very own FuturLab Bank Holiday!
• 2 Duvet Days. (No questions asked)
• Extra day off for your birthday
• Studio closure over the Christmas period
• 5 paid training and 2 paid volunteer days per year to work on your personal development
• Opportunities to attend and speak at gaming events/conferences
• Free MS Game Pass or PS+ subscription
• Free game codes, game swag and merchandise
• Bike2work scheme
• Enhanced Maternity - 9 months full pay (statutory benefit topped up by FL)
• Paternity leave - 8 weeks full pay
• Enhanced Sick Pay
• Enhanced Pension
• Private Healthcare, includes dental and optical cover
• Remote therapy service through Spill -8 x 50-minute virtual sessions over 6 months whenever you need them. Unlimited ‘ask a therapist’ text questions
• Eye tests & standard glasses for display work