Media Lead

Playground Games is seeking aMedia

Leadto join the teamon Fable, our open world action RPG.

About us:

As a first-party Xbox Game Studio, weare passionate about making genre-defining games that are accessible, beautiful, and, most of all, fun.

We are excited to be rebooting the much-loved Fable franchise and are expanding our diverse team to createa new classicin the action RPG genre.

We’relooking for an experienced creative leader who can manageand mentora multidisciplinary team.

You’llcoach Capture Artists, Editors and Motion Designers, set standards, shape pipelines, and partner closely with Directors and Community to deliver best in class trailers, social content, livestreamassetsand in engine promotional material.

This is a permanent role based at ourstate-of-the-art facilities in Royal Leamington Spa. We have a hybrid work model in place with a minimum of 3 days a week in studio. Relocationassistanceis available if required.

• Manage a small but high impact team of Capture Artists, Editors and Motion Designers.
• Setdirection,provide clear briefs,maintainqualityand foster a feedback rich culture that balancesspeedwithdelivery.
• Build resourcing plans,allocatework, and balance priorities across livemarketingbeats,milestone sand reactive opportunities.
• Establish clear review gates and drive efficientsignoff with stakeholders.
• Manage external partners to supplement internal resource.

• Demonstrable experience leading creative media teams in games,entertainmentor adjacent creative industries.
• Proven ability to manage people and production while remaining hands-on with capture and editing.
• Mastery of Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects with a strong grasp of animation principles, visualstorytellingand graphic design.
• Highly skilled at in-game capture, cinematography,lighting and editorial.
• Confident staging cameras and characters in-engine.
• A track recordof shipping quality content across trailers, social, live streams and community campaigns.
• Excellent feedback literacy and stakeholder management. You should be confident turning ambiguous notes into clear next steps.

This is a fantastic opportunity to make world-class games with an established, talented, and collaborative team at one of the industry’s most exciting first-party game studios.

Playground Games is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, we believe that diversity and inclusion fuels creativity. We are dedicated to creating a safe, comfortable and welcoming working environment.

We strive to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports and celebrates the diverse voices of our team members.

It drives our innovation and connects us closer to our players.

We are committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion across age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.

At Playground Games we recognise the importance of self-development, career progression, well-being and retention of our colleagues.

We celebrate difference and welcome everyone to join us and to be themselves at work.

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