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Game Development Studio Manager - online games |
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| Company: |
Careersinholland.com |
| Category: |
Internet |
| Employment type: |
Full Time/Permanent |
| Salary: |
Unspecified |
| Degree: |
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| Experience: |
3 |
| Location: |
Hilversum - Netherlands |
| Post Date: |
13/11/2009 |
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| Skills: |
Game development
management
online games
casual games |
| Job description: |
Company profile
In addition to being the world’s number 1 online games company, client is one of the world’s top 50 internet companies overall. Our game sites like GamesGames.com, Jeux.fr, Agame.com, GirlsGoGames.com.br, and OnRPG.com receive a total of more than 100 million visitors from around the world each month. Whether they stay for 5 minutes or get lost in our world for hours, our visitors come to our sites for excitement and relaxation, and we work hard to give them that escape.
Client employs about 200 people worldwide, about half of whom work in the head office in Hilversum, the Netherlands. The other half is spread over offices in China, Poland, Germany, and England. We are a young company, and we go about our work with equal parts passion and fun! Our mission is to ensure we’re putting out the best content for each of our target audiences and local (language) markets, and we work with the best game and platform designers to ensure this. But, we’re creators as well as networkers, and we also put our own spin on the trends we see in the gaming market by making our own games, too!
The Job
As the Game Development Studio Manager, you will report directly to the Game Development Director and be responsible for defining, developing, and launching new games (Flash and Shockwave) on our casual gaming portals. You will make sure that our games are accessible and fun, and therefore successful with our target groups (primarily women over 20 playing sometimes with their children under 8, ”tweens” aged 8-15, and young girls aged 5-12). Other tasks and responsibilities will include:
• Leading the game designers and developers of the Dutch game studio (14 people);
• Managing and expanding our network of external game developers and studios;
• Working closely with our game studios in China and Germany;
• Optimizing game production by setting goals and guidelines and managing work flow;
• Coming up with original and attractive game content for our various portals;
• Working with different departments, such as IT, Marketing, and Portal Management, to fine-tune strategy;
• Controlling and analyzing the performance of produced games;
• Expanding the game infrastructure to facilitate innovations, such as social features and statistics;
• Drafting planning and progress reports and maintaining and managing the department budget.
We ask
• A relevant Bachelor’s or Master’s degree
• Minimum 3 years management experience in a gaming environment
• Experience in leading teams
• A proven track record in the casual online gaming market (or possibly mobile/console gaming)
• Extensive knowledge of game development, design, user experience, art, and technology
• Experience with Flash and Shockwave 3D
• Familiarity with the target groups and how to meet their needs
• Able to guide complex projects in a dynamic work environment
• Flexible, goal-oriented, and familiar with stakeholder management
• Has an innovative, creative, and problem-solving mentality
• Solid oral and written communication skills English, additional languages an asset
We offer
• A competitive salary
• A chance to be part of a fast-growing company
• Good secondary benefits
• A motivating bonus system
• A fun and dynamic work environment
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