Welcome to Timbre!
We are Timbre Games (part of the Sumo Digital Group), a new studio in Vancouver, Canada focused on making exciting, innovative game experiences. Timbre’s vision is to change the games industry through the original games we make, as well as how we make them. We’re building an inclusive, supportive culture that allows us to explore fresh, new (and sometimes weird) ideas. We’re searching for more visionary explorers to join our team of diverse voices, coming together to develop games that are accessible to a wide audience.
If you’re thinking about your next adventure, send us your resume to talk to our team about how you can add your voice to the games we’re working on.
Production at Timbre Games
Producers at Timbre are the team stewards, creating processes and structure that foster innovation while having fun, drawing on their organizational leadership skills. Through their stewardship of our Agile production processes and rituals they create an empowered, highly accountable and collaborative team culture guiding our teams through the project’s life cycle. They are champions of the development process and planning tools and are able to confidently guide the team through sprints and milestones while removing impediments to the teams’ success.
Timbre’s first External Development Producer plays a pivotal role in connecting us to and assessing high-quality vendors, effectively bridging our game development gaps. They masterfully orchestrate contract negotiations, efficiently manage budgets, and employ a strategic approach to solving Production challenges for our AAA ARPG project.
Please note we are open to reviewing candidates for this role across Intermediate and Senior levels.
As an External Development Producer at Timbre, you will:Manage relationships and act as a liaison between Timbre and our external agencies, encompassing a range of disciplines including Design and Engineering.Connect with the Leads and Directors to ensure work delivered by third-party vendors meets Timbre’s quality standards, complies with technical requirements, is consistent with the game vision, and integrates seamlessly with in-house development.Manage communications with vendors to provide efficient and effective feedback, build trusting connections, and align with Production deadlines, schedules, and deliverables.Partner with Production to manage schedules, proactively address challenges such as talent resources, and curate solutions to keep the project on track.Manage the onboarding process for new partners by working with IT to ensure their software needs are met and guide them through project orientation.Collaborate with Finance to oversee the allocated external budget, negotiate rates with third parties, track expenses, and ensure quality, cost-effective solutions.Recommend potential service providers by evaluating a balance of factors including quality of work, track record, rates, expertise, and communication.May attend networking events and conferences to establish relationships and evaluate potential new vendorsWhat you bring:Proven vendor relations management within the creative technology fieldExperience navigating the Production pipeline and ensuring quality work from agencies are delivered on timeExceptional communication, experience in providing feedback, and fostering trusting client/vendor relationshipsExperience with managing budgets, contract negotiations, and invoicingProficiency with Microsoft ExcelWhat you'll gain:
Timbre aims to foster a workplace environment that empowers our team to do their best creative work. Below are a list of some of the benefits we offer to ensure you reach your full potential. As we continue to grow, we are co-creating more values-driven benefits to support our team.
• Competitive salary & comprehensive health benefits, including extended health, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short / long-term disability, 24/7 counselling through an employee assistance program and a health spending account available to you from your first day
• Annual bonus & up to 5% RRSP matching available to you from your first day
• Flexible paid time off, plus holiday closure between Christmas and New Years, as well as National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
• Work with us in Vancouver or remotely across Canada, utilizing our $500 work from home allowance
• Yearly access to a game subscription of your choice, renewed on your work anniversary each year!
• My Pathway - a Career Development Program to provide a clear path for you to grow at Timbre
• 8 learning days per year and unlimited access to Udemy online courses
• A values driven culture with direct access to leadership
Timbre’s Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
Timbre Games is located in beautiful Vancouver, BC, Canada and on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. Although our roots are in Vancouver, we work with a remote, distributed team across Canada. If you are interested in an opportunity at Timbre Games but are not presently residing in Canada, please note that we may be able to offer assistance in immigrating / relocating under the right conditions.
Timbre Games is an equal opportunity employer and considers all candidates for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, marital status, military or veteran’s status (including protected veterans, as may be required by federal law), sexual orientation or any other category protected by law. We celebrate all backgrounds and attributes that make us unique and amazing - in this world and the ones we create!
At Timbre, we try to be mindful and not set unrealistic requirement expectations in order to apply. If you don’t tick all of the boxes of the role that you’re excited about, we encourage you to send your resume to our General Application inbox on
our careers page, or,
follow Timbre on LinkedIn to stay in touch with our newest openings.
Accommodations will be provided as requested by candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
If what we’ve shared above resonates with you, connect with us today!
