Head of Production - Manchester, United Kingdom - Airship Images

Airship Images

Verified Company

Manchester, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Airship Interactive is the leading end-to-end external art & Co-Dev studio for the global gaming industry.

We have collaborated with the biggest names in the industry and carved a solid reputation on the back of our results.

EA, 2K, Guerilla, Sony, 343 Industries, Ubisoft and Microsoft are just a few of the companies that trust us to breathe life into their flagship titles.

Dynamic, and responsive, while remaining consistent, we're the studio of choice for industry leaders. Recommended by the industry, for the industry.

Our crewmates are fuelled by passion within the games industry, innovation to remain competitive, agile and efficient in the fast-paced world of video games development.

We are reliable in producing quality work ensuring our clients get the products they need within the timeframe required.

Our set ethical methodology promotes a healthy and happy culture that enables us to have continuous growth within our studio.

We're looking for someone who is aligned with our core values and have the following skills and experience.

As Head of Production you will work across multiple cutting-edge AAA games to lead and manage the production team reporting into the COO.

Responsibilities:

Working with the COO with project direction, planning and scoping within the production team.
Owning the production pipeline across the studio.
Ensuring all deliveries meet quality bar and deadline in collaboration with the art department.
Resource management across all projects assessing and allocating resources in response to evolving project needs.
Full oversight and management of workflow efficiencies, risk management and escalations, scheduling, tracking and resourcing.
Adapting to change whilst maintaining a credible project plan.
Monitoring progress against the schedule and budget, being reactive to project creep.
Guide, develop and motivate direct reports and wider team to deliver exceptional work in a positive, constructive, and enjoyable working environment embedding our company values.
Driving clear and concise communication channels internally and externally
Drive the upskilling and growth of the production teams.
Set and manage department KPI's to ensure best in class project delivery.

Experience:

5+ years experience within a managerial role.
Experience in a client facing role within games preferably AAA projects.
Experience developing and mentoring a team of Project Managers/Producers and motivating a wider multidisciplinary team.
Experience working within an agile and traditional methodologies and best practices.
Strong communication skills, both written and spoken.
Ability to work well under pressure and to strict deadlines.
Experience managing and allocating budgets within a department and across projects.
Experience creating, implementing and documenting new procedures within a department.
Experience creating and submitting monthly reports based on departmental progress and KPIs
Working knowledge of project management software such as Shotgrid (preferred), Jira, MS Project, Hansoft etc

Desirable:

Passion for video games and understanding of their future, both from an industry and a technical standpoint.
Experience within art management and/or outsourcing management within AAA games.
Comfortable reviewing contracts and highlighting issues from a production perspective.
Experience working within a fast paced and growing company.

Benefits:

As well as the usual entitlements of holidays, pensions etc we also offer the below: