Reporting to the Production Director, you'll work primarily (but not exclusively) with our Design, Art and Audio departments, partnering closely with discipline leads to help teams plan, prioritise and deliver their work. You'll balance the needs of the project with the needs of the people delivering it, recognising that sustainable, motivated teams produce the best games.
You'll bring the development teams together to facilitate discussions, identify risks and opportunities early and help teams navigate competing priorities while maintaining a collaborative and supportive environment.
What You'll Be DoingDelivery & PlanningCoordinate delivery across the departments you support, ensuring work is prioritised and aligned with studio goals
Work with discipline leads to create realistic plans and milestones
Help teams understand priorities, scope and expected outcomes
Identify delivery risks early and work collaboratively to resolve them
Balance changing priorities while maintaining delivery momentum
Build trusted relationships across Design, Art, Audio, other disciplines and the wider studio
Bring together the right people to make timely, informed decisions
Help teams navigate competing priorities and resolve blockers
Facilitate planning sessions, reviews and cross-disciplinary discussions
Ensure communication remains clear, constructive and transparent
Champion effective production practices across your departments.
Maintain clear visibility of progress, dependencies and delivery confidence.
Drive effective use of Jira to support planning and delivery.
Improve production processes where they genuinely help teams work more effectively.
Produce concise reporting on progress, risks and upcoming priorities.
Significant experience as a Producer within game development
Proven experience coordinating and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams
Excellent planning and organisational skills
Strong communication and stakeholder management
Ability to facilitate discussions and build consensus across multiple disciplines
Deep and current knowledge using Jira and best practices
Calm, pragmatic judgement and excellent problem solving skills
An empathetic, collaborative approach that balances delivery with the wellbeing of the people doing the work
Experience working on long term game development or live products
Experience working with remote or distributed teams
Experience supporting community driven development
Familiarity with Project Zomboid and an appreciation of sandbox or simulation games
At The Indie Stone, you will have a direct impact on the quality and success of Project Zomboid, working closely with a passionate team in a collaborative and player-focused environment.
Skills Required
- Significant experience as a Producer within game development
- Proven experience coordinating and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams
- Excellent planning and organisational skills
- Strong communication and stakeholder management
- Ability to facilitate discussions and build consensus across disciplines
- Deep and current knowledge using Jira and best practices
- Calm, pragmatic judgement and excellent problem solving skills
- An empathetic, collaborative approach that balances delivery with team wellbeing
- Experience working on long term game development or live products
- Experience working with remote or distributed teams
- Experience supporting community driven development
- Familiarity with Project Zomboid or appreciation of sandbox/simulation games
What We Do
The Indie Stone is a small, independent game studio best known for developing Project Zomboid. Founded by four people in the UK and Canada, the studio has grown to roughly 50 developers worldwide and hires for coding, design, art and other game-development disciplines. The team is largely remote with a central hub in the UK and emphasizes a collaborative, non-crunch culture and community-driven hiring.
