Are you ready to have a hand in producing one of the most innovative MMORPG’s of the decade? Does the idea of shepherding a genre-changing game through to completion get you excited? Is your passion for playing MMO’s only rivaled by your passion for making them? You might be just the Producer we’re looking for!

Soulbound Studios is seeking a full-time Senior Producer to join the dedicated team working on Chronicles of Elyria here in Bellevue, WA.

This position requires the candidate be equipped to communicate with all members the development team, including artists, designers, and engineers, and oversee all areas of the development process. In this role you’ll be working closely with the CEO, Directors, and Leads to create, manage, and communicate deadlines as well as identify and overcome obstacles which may interfere with completion of key milestones. In this role you’ll work with members of each discipline to increase effective communication, ensure proper sequencing of tasks, and track progress along the critical path.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience as an internal Producer/Sr. Producer
• An understanding of the subtle needs of art, engineering, audio, QA, game design, finance, and marketing
• Creativity and a Sense of Humor
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Endless levels of empathy, patience, integrity, and a rock solid set of ethics
• Proven ability to multitask, prioritize effectively, and anticipate evolving deadlines and deliverables.
• Able to work with limited supervision and use independent judgment outside of established procedures when necessary
• Ability to self-motivate and motivate others
• Detail oriented and organized, comfortable dealing with ambiguity.
• Results oriented, focused and composed under pressure.
• A passion for video games

Pluses:

• Experience with Kickstarter or crowdfunded games
• Experience managing agile teams, running scrum processes, and coordinating multiple small team efforts.
• Previous experience producing an MMORPG
• Proficiency with Visual Studio or similar bug database
• Prior experience as an individual contributor (art, design, test, audio, or engineering)
• Handy with a NERF gun

Responsibilities:

• Drive the creation and maintenance of the overall development plan for a large, interdisciplinary development team
• Define clear and realistic production plans, determining resource needs and predicting issues and troubleshooting where needed
• Collaborate with the content, design, and engineering leads to coordinate, schedule, track, and manage the project’s production requirements to ensure that project tasks are completed on time
• Balance schedules with team morale in order to ensure a high quality of life
• Drive the goals of each milestone, ensuring the correct balance of time, quality, and cost
• Manage alpha & beta testing

About Chronicles of Elyria

Chronicles of Elyria is the first MMORPG where your character ages and dies, encouraging you to think beyond your character to their role in a larger story. Only a couple months out of Kickstarter, Chronicles of Elyria has already received the Best Indie MMO award at PAX 2016 from MMOGames.com and has been the number #1 most anticipated game on MMORPG.com since November 2015. Here’s what people are saying about Chronicles of Elyria:

• “I've been into the genre since 1996, haven't been this excited for an upcoming game in a decade or more. Keep fighting the good fight!"
• "Absolute GENIUS! The reincarnation system is spot on! The graphics are mind blowing. The story building is just out of this world. This is a dynamic change to the hum drum of level grinding by far hands down!"
• "Really looking forward to this game! Drinking the usher-in-a-new-age Kool-Aid. This is offering everything I want that other games reject…
• "You guys are seriously creating an all new standard for the MMORPG genre. Every post gets me even more hyped than the last!"
• "It's about time someone turned mmo's on their ear, keep up the great work and can't wait to play this!"

About Soulbound Studios

Founded in 2015 by industry veterans Jeromy Walsh and Eddie Smith, Soulbound Studios is a growing team of talented game developers that have banded together to create something truly amazing.

By challenging what it means to be fun, re-imagining what is possible, and re-defining "immersive", Soulbound Studios aims to create games unlike anything ever seen before. But this passion for creating next-gen games isn't just what we do, it's who we are. It's part of us. It's Soulbound.

If you'd like to introduce yourself or inquire about this position, please send an introductory email and your resume or CV (PDF format) to Jobs@SoulboundStudios.com.