Junior Ambient Designer
Ubisoft
Sofia, България
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Established in 2006, Ubisoft Sofia has grown to a world-class AAA game dev studio. Throughout the years, it has released more than 20 titles, ranging from small casual to big open-world games, and covering a wide range of platforms & technologies. The studio has brought its expertise and creativity into brands such as Tom Clancy's®, Prince of Persia®, and Assassin's Creed®.
For more than ten years now, Ubisoft Sofia has been a key contributor to the Assassin's Creed franchise, taking a significant part in the development of AC Black Flag, AC Origins, and AC Valhalla. Ubisoft Sofia made its mark as a lead studio in the creation of AC Liberation, AC Rogue, and the mythological expansion of AC Origins ''The Curse of the Pharaohs''. Following this success, Ubisoft Sofia contributed as a co-dev studio to the creation of Tom Clancy's The Division 2 and led the production of its second episode ''Pentagon, The Last Castle'' in 2019. The latest achievements of the teams in Sofia are the creation of the most ambitious expansion in the Assassin's Creed franchise history – AC Valhalla ''Dawn of Ragnarök'', released in March 2022 and Assassin's Creed Mirage, released in October 2023. Currently the teams at Sofia are hard at work in the development of Assassin's Creed Shadows.
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Job Description
Your role
As a Project Manager, you will be responsible for the planning, implementation and tracking of a specific part of the project, while ensuring that the teams involved have optimal working conditions to reach the production objectives.
*Please, note that our Studio is based in Sofia and in terms of our hybrid model of work, working within the Bulgarian boundaries would be required.
Your daily adventure
TAKE OWNERSHIP OF A SPECIFIC PART OF THE GAME
In terms of production and communication to different stakeholders (internal and external)
PARTICIPATE IN THE STRATEGIC AND TACTICAL PLANNING PROCESS & ASSUME OWNERSHIP
Of the planning and progress vs. plan
MONITOR PROGRESS, PROVIDE REGULAR OVERVIEW, FORECAST POTENTIAL DEVIATION
And provide regular follow-ups to project stakeholders
PARTICIPATE ON A REGULAR BASIS IN QUALITY REVIEWS OF THE COMPLETED WORK
To ensure that it meets the project standards
IDENTIFY AND ANALYZE RISKS AND PROJECT PRIORITIES
Suggest alternative solutions and monitor their implementation
ACT AS LIAISON BETWEEN DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS IN THE PROJECT
To ensure that activities are aligned and implemented effectively
COLLABORATE WITH OTHER MANAGERS
To motivate and inspire team members, while encouraging creativity and team spirit
Qualifications
Your skills
EXPERIENCE
1-3 years of previous experience in project & people management
KNOWLEDGE
Ability to create a project planning for a team/task/mandate
Very good knowledge of the respective mandate and ability to produce reports on a regular basis
Ability to implement a contingency action plan
ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS
Excellent planning, organizational and problem-solving skills
Very good knowledge of planning, monitoring and communication tools and ability to suggest the tools best adapted to the team
Ability to redefine objectives
Ability to delegate tasks and responsibilities
ABILITY TO QUICKLY ESTABLISH CREDIBILITY AND RESPECT
And build strong working relationships with managers, peers and reports
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
Being articulate, organized, and accessible with ability to work with others in a collaborative and solutions focused manner to achieve win-win outcomes
Ability to provide feedback constructively & respectfully, in a way which enables issues resolution
Excellent command of English
TIME MANAGEMENT SKILLS
Ability to manage your own time, priorities and work within deadlines
ENTHUSIASM
Interest and desire to work in the video game development industry
Desire to constantly learn and improve
Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rzw55q-3-15-29-146-42 in your application.
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