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Business Affairs Specialist

Psyonix

San Diego, CA 09-02-2021
 
  • Paid
  • Full Time
Job Description
Psyonix is a video game developer best known for Rocket League, the award-winning game that combines soccer, driving, and highly competitive and addictive gameplay. As part of the Epic Games family, we are an industry-leading game studio rooted in a crunch-free philosophy that emphasizes an amazing employee experience, located in the heart of San Diego. For nearly 20 years, we have been a driving force behind some of the most successful games in the industry, including Gears of War, Mass Effect 3, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, Bulletstorm, Unreal Tournament III and Unreal Tournament 2004.

The Business Affairs Specialist will work with the Senior Business Affairs Manager in providing organizational support to achieve studio business objectives. The position will be responsible for coordinating with and assisting multiple studio teams in the management and tracking of cross departmental projects and third party partnerships and services. You will need to understand video game development and juggle multiple projects at once.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
• Acting as a cross-functional liaison across various teams to provide organizational support to ensure business and development goals are met
• Coordinating with development, technology, marketing, creative services, esports, legal, and contract administration departments to gather and relay relevant information and approvals in order to push studio initiatives forward
• Processing and tracking status of third-party vendor and partner agreement
• Coordinating with studio teams regarding new and ongoing projects to ensure business process is on pace with third party partners and service providers
• Bring clear thinking and excellent problem solving skills to the business and development challenges that arise

Requirements:
• Solid understanding of video games
• 3+ years of professional experience, preferably in a video game development environment
• Proven record of high performance in a fast paced environment
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Ability to effectively spot issues and create clear plans for resolution
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Pluses:
• Worked on a live game
• Understands recent trends and feature history within a specific genre and how it applies to current product

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-dyx4qk-18-218-172-249-42 in your application.

Company Profile
Psyonix

Founded in 1991, Epic Games is a leading interactive entertainment company and provider of 3D engine technology. Epic operates Fortnite, one of the world’s largest games with over 350 million accounts and 2.5 billion friend connections. Epic also develops Unreal Engine, which powers the world’s leading games and is also adopted across industries such as film and television, architecture, automotive, manufacturing, and simulation.