About the role
Who We Are
Gram Games is the studio behind popular titles like 1010!, Six!, Merge Dragons!, and Merge Magic!, with more exciting projects in the pipeline. The company is part of the Zynga & Take-Two Interactive family. Work is conducted in small self-managing teams, emphasizing ownership, autonomy, and impact. Everyone is expected to focus on creating a tangible impact on their team, work environment, and overall company strategy.
Position Overview
The Production Intern will partner with producers on all aspects of production from concept through to managing live games. The role involves assisting with planning and execution to achieve high quality, budget adherence, and timely delivery.
Duration: 12 Months
What You’ll Do
- Planning & Execution: Collaborate with design, product management, feature teams, leadership, and partner teams to ensure goal clarity, set backlog priorities, and foster team ownership.
- Communication & Leadership: Facilitate clear communication (written, verbal, and visual) between disciplines, teams, and individuals. Provide transparent status, risk reporting, and quantitative production delivery metrics.
- Release Management: Ensure high-quality releases by working with QA, Development, Design, Art, and Product teams to ensure releases are well-defined, compliant, and clearly communicated.
- Process Improvement: Craft team processes and work with senior leadership to iterate on those processes through team input and exploration.
What You Bring
- Education: Recent graduate (completed undergraduate or postgraduate degree within the past 12 months) in Game Development, Game Production, Game Technology, Computer Science, Business, Information Technology, or a related field.
- Skills:
- Effective at driving order out of uncertainty with excellent prioritization and decision-making skills.
- Influential in both in-person and written communication channels.
- Effective in one-to-one and one-to-many communication.
- Strong team collaborator and meeting facilitator.
- Experience:
- Familiarity with development methodologies such as Agile, Scrum, or Kanban.
- Experience with project status and risk reporting.
- Basic understanding of planning tools (such as Atlassian Jira, Airtable, Smartsheet, AI tools, etc.).
- Attributes: A real passion for games.
- Working Conditions: Ability to work hybrid from the Gram Games London office at least two days a week.
Application Requirements
Applicants should submit a CV, cover letter, and a portfolio or showcase of work (e.g., game jam projects, personal builds, or team case studies). Applications should highlight the candidate's role in facilitating team collaboration, project organization, and feature planning.
Cover Letter must address:
- Why you would like to do an internship with Gram Games.
- Why you have chosen this specific internship.
Benefits
- Paid internship with a competitive salary.
- Private medical and dental care.
- Onsite chef serving breakfast, lunch, and snacks.
- Life insurance and optional pension scheme.
- Access to digital health care services.
- Access to the Employee Assistance Programme.
- Access to industry-standard tech and gaming consoles.
Equal Opportunity and Accommodations
Gram Games is an equal opportunity employer committed to diverse thoughts, cultures, and backgrounds. Employment is based on ability, qualifications, and work ethic. The company provides support and accommodations for individuals with disabilities, health conditions, or impairments. Requests for accommodations should be sent to jobs@gram.gs.
Recruitment Security
Zynga does not conduct interviews or make offers over third-party messaging apps like Telegram or WhatsApp. No financial exchanges occur during recruitment. All legitimate communication will come from official company email domains (zynga.com, take2games.com, naturalmotion.com, smallgiantgames.com, themavens.com, or gram.gs).