Aradena: Battlegrounds is hiring a

Web3 Game Producer

About Us:

We are a new and rapidly growing blockchain gaming start-up. Our mission is to build a play-and-earn, NFT-based gaming system that appeals to both traditional gamers and blockchain gamers.

The first phase of the project currently in development focuses on a TCG turn-based strategy game that takes inspiration from games such as Hearthstone, Civilization, and Warhammer Underworlds. Our mission is to create unique gameplay that combines strategic battles with deep army building and to provide players with the option of decentralised ownership and blockchain rewards.

We have already released our first NFT collection of medieval warriors on the Ethereum blockchain. This sold out in 13 minutes. Since then, we have raised investments from leading VCs within the blockchain and gaming industries and developed our first playable prototype.

About The Role:

Game design and game development are primarily handled externally by a well-established full-cycle game development studio that provides its own team of producers, designers, developers, and artists. This relationship will continue and it will be the responsibility of the successful candidate to oversee the outsourced development studio to ensure that our vision is being executed to a high standard, in the direction we desire, delivered on time, and within budget. It will also be their responsibility to manage the internal team of game designers and developers who are working on metagame features and other supporting aspects. This internal team operates with scrum methodology and the game producer will assume the role of product owner in the scrum team, taking responsibility of the product backlog and sprint backlog + other standard product owner tasks. This individual must be an all-rounder with extensive experience in the gaming industry with proven experience in shipping digital games and must have great management and organisational skills.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Knowledge of games industry: have an in-depth understanding of its different stores, platforms and games and direction
• Project management: understand how a game is made and know what needs to happen when
• Marketing: understand who a game is for and create a game they will want to play
• Act as the thought leader and product owner for the game with game design input
• Oversee all development, remove obstacles and track risks
• Operate within a scrum methodology and assume the role of product owner for the game development team
• Champion high quality work and inspire/mentor the team through their own high standards and work ethic
• Maintain the product roadmap with the product manager and other stakeholders
• Create and maintain the product/sprint backlogs and track burn rate
• Coordinate releases that align with marketing department objectives
• Create vision documents, product goals, design documents, that inform the team and ensure that all documentation is kept updated
• Build a culture of learning that empowers the team to solve problems
• Ensure the game development team is focused on decisions to produce the largest impact as quickly as possible
• Act as a player advocate to ensure the highest level of usability, playability, and visual excitement
• Forward planning to help overcome any potential obstacles or problems that the development process might encounter
• Overseeing the launch and testing of each version of the game (Alpha, Closed Beta, Open Beta, Public Release, Live ops)

Requirements:

• Able to develop and champion a strong design vision for a game system from concept to completion
• Able to work creatively in a demanding technical environment
• Must be able to deliver systems and features to a high standard of quality
• Strong ability to analyse and adapt designs based on feedback and data
• Collaborative, self-motivated, and effective time-management skills
• Able to work well in a team environment with excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Problem-solving and conflict-resolution ability
• Quickly adapt to new tools, technologies, and development methodologies
• Passion for games and desire to create fun and engaging experiences
• Designed, developed, and shipped major game systems in a AAA game
• Understand that while a great idea is important, great execution of said idea is even better
• Experience working with the Unity game engine
• Familiarity with software development
• Excellent knowledge of Scrum techniques and artifacts (such as definition of done, user stories, automated testing, backlog refinement)
• Excellent knowledge of Jira Software
• Scrum master certification is a plus

Nice to have:

• Passion for games and desire to create fun and engaging experiences
• Experience with turn-based strategy, TCGs, and medieval fantasy games
• Experience with blockchain technology and blockchain games
• Experience with free-to-play game models

Benefits of Working at Aradena:

• Dynamic and multicultural work environment with nationalities from all over the world
• Equity and Token incentive schemes
• Flat company structure: your ideas get heard by the right people very quickly

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