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Assistant Producer Games - 12-Month Contract - UK Only (Remote/Hybrid/Brighton)

Production | Remote or Brighton | Contract

We're Futurlab, the award-winning game studio behind PowerWash Simulator, the Velocity series, Peaky Blinders Mastermind, and many more awesome games.  

We’re on the hunt for a proactive, detail-oriented Assistant Producer to help us bring an ambitious new soothing IP to life. You’ll play a key role in shaping how our team delivers great player experiences. This is a hands-on role with real impact across every stage of development.  

Some of your responsibilities will include: 

  • Working with developers to track, prioritise, and unblock day-to-day tasks across disciplines 
  • Assisting with cross-team communication, ensuring timely delivery of assets and milestones 
  • Build and maintain project schedules, with a clear view of dependencies and risks 
  • Contribute to planning age ratings submissions, QA prep and certification materials 
  • Helping the rest of the team identify inefficiencies and flag risks 
  • Help drive sprint planning, retros, and daily stand-ups 
  • Co-ordinating and implementing localisation 
  • Helping external contractors track their work 
  • Jumping in to play new content! 

Requirements

  • 1+ year of experience in the games industry 
  • Familiarity with project tracking tools (e.g., JIRA, Trello), collaborative tools (e.g., Slack, Miro) and a good working knowledge of Excel 
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills 
  • A keen eye for process improvement and risk mitigation 
  • A passion for games! 

Desirable Experience: 

  • Experience with Version Control/Git 
  • Experience with Unity 
  • Additional languages 

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.  
  • Amazing offices with a great culture. E.g. Regular social activities, Free fresh fruit, Free iced treats in the Summer and Free locally roasted, Small Batch Coffee and Speciality Teas!  

  

FuturLab foster an inclusive and welcoming culture, check out the Life at FuturLab page (www.futurlab.co.uk/life-at-futurlab) for reasons why you’d love working here!   

If you have the skills, experience and passion for the role then please get in touch as we’d love to hear from you!    

 

Equal Opportunities 

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are committed to making reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process as required, please add any adjustment requests to your application.  

  

Candidates without a valid UK work Visa cannot be considered.