Project Manager (GameDev) in Artificial Core

About us

Artificial Core is the developer and publisher of Corepunk.

Corepunk is one of the most anticipated MMO RPGs to date. Our main value and motto is Good enough is not enough.

Our main office is in Amsterdam, there are also offices in Kyiv and Athens, we cooperate with studios and talents all over the world.

About the vacancy

We are looking for a Project Manager to help organize and manage company tasks.

Developing MMO games is very difficult, but at the same time incredibly interesting. We want to find just the right person who shares our passion for challenges and excellence, which will receive satisfaction in the process with us.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring transparent communication with key stakeholders, informing them about the status of the development process

• Interaction with art departments and technical teams

• Identification and assessment of risks, their further escalation and search for ways to avoid

• Work planning and control of development terms at all stages

• Reporting, team performance statistics

• Searching for possible ways to optimize the work of departments

• Creating new and improving existing workflows in Jira

• Participation in the formation of project documentation

• Organization of project structure, distribution of files/folders, formation of names of game assets

Requirements

• 2 years of project management experience in IT

• Good knowledge of the English language - ability to write, speak, negotiate, express ideas

• In-depth knowledge of project management, understanding of principles, tools and methods of project management

• Understanding the concept of lean production

• Ability to plan, structure, automate your work, form requirements and convert them into tasks

• Ability to quickly understand problems, propose solutions and implement them

• Ability to work in several directions at the same time

• Responsibility, organization, punctuality, ability to work in a team

• Tactfulness, friendliness, ease of communication

• Ability and desire to constantly learn new things, develop

• Love for computer games

An additional plus will be

• Understanding the use of technology in game development

• Experience in game development

• Skills in programming, interface development, testing

• Availability of CSM (or other) certifications

We offer

• You will play a key role in creating the long-awaited new MMO RPG for millions of players

• Flexible schedule

• Office / Hybrid variant

• Free lunches with offline collaboration

• 7 hour working day

• 30 bonus days per year (fromvacations, holidays, sick days)

• Corporate (additional 2-4 days off per year)

• English language courses

• Corepunk gift merch

We will be happy to read the cover letter: what exactly interested you in this vacancy, as well as information that reveals more about you as a person.

And please write the word "attention" in the cover letter.

We are waiting for your resume and we will be happy to chat.

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About us

Artificial Core is a developer and publisher of Corepunk.

Corepunk is one of the most anticipated MMO RPG's right now. Our motto - Good enough is not enough.

Headquartered in Amsterdam with locations in Kyiv and Athens, we're collaborating with studios and talent all over the world.

About the job

We’re looking for a Project Manager to join our team and help with the organization and management of the company workflow.

Developing MMO games is very challenging. In our view it is as much rewarding. We want to find someone who shares our passion for challenge and excellence enjoy this path together.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring clear communication with the key stakeholders, passing information to them about statuses of the development processes.

• Interacting with art and technical teams

• Identifying and assessing risk, their further escalation and search for ways to avoid them

• Workflow planning and controlling of the development terms at all stages

• Creating reports, statistics and team performance reports

• Searching for ways to optimize team workflows

• Creating new workflows and improving the existing ones in Jira

• Participating in the project documentation preparation

• Project structure organization, files and folders distribution, working on creation and structuring of game assets naming

Requirements

• +2 years of IT project management experience

• Good command of English - verbal and written skills, ability to freely communicate and present ideas

• Profound knowledge of project management, understanding of principles, tools and techniques of project management

• Possessing skills to plan, structure and automate your work, formulate requirements and convert them into tasks

• Ability to quickly identify problems, offer solutions and implement them

• Ability to work on different projects simultaneously

• Reliability, excellent organizational skills, punctuality, team player

• Tactful, friendly, easy to communicate with

• Keen to learn and develop within the role

• Passion for video games

Will be a plus

• Understanding the use of technologies in game development

• Work experience within the game development industry

• Software programming skills, UI development, QA

• CSM or other Agile certification

Benefits

• You’ll play a key role in delivering a highly anticipated new IP MMO RPG for millions of players.

• Flexible schedule

• On site / Hybrid 

• Free lunches on-site

• 7 hour work day

• 30 days annual leave (vacation, holidays, sick leave)

• Corporate events (additionally 2-4 days off per year)

• Language courses

• Corepunk merch gifts

We’d be happy if you share with us a motivation letter telling us why you’re interested in this job and any additional information that will help us to get to know you better as a person.

Please be sure to use the word “attentiveness” in your motivation letter.

We look forward to hearing from you and talking to you over an interview.