Playtest Lab Manager/Coordinator needed for a contract opportunity with Randstad Technologies client in Redmond, WA.
Requirements
- Passion for quality.
- Detail-oriented, highly organized, and self-directed.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal - friendly and comfortable leading a playtest session with several dozen participants, and able to communicate key learnings to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Experience setting up, troubleshooting, and maintaining PCs and consoles.
- Must have experience with Excel, OneNote, Outlook. Experience with bug tracking software like ADO or JIRA preferred
location: Redmond, Washington
job type: Contract
salary: $29 - 39 per hour
work hours: 8am to 5pm
education: Bachelors
responsibilities:
- Setup/configuration/maintenance of all hardware/software for our in-person playtest lab, across PC and consoles
- Facilitate at-home playtesting by communicating participation processes and administering dedicated playtest servers.
- Validate playtest builds to flag playtest blocking issues or identify workarounds.
- Manage the playtest calendar, across both in-person and remote playtest sessions, taking into account project milestones, and ensuring adequate coverage of new features.
- Evangelize our playtest efforts, and proactively recruit participants as needed.
- Coordinate with representatives of various teams across the studio, including Test, RM, Production, and Data and Analytics to determine focus areas for playtesting and monitor participation, and drive creation of participant surveys.
- Create documentation around playtest setup procedures
- Periodically report on playtest feedback and participation and highlight any trends.
- Ensure feedback and bugs identified in playtests are communicated and bugs filed
qualifications:
- Experience level: Experienced
- Minimum 2 years of experience
- Education: Bachelors (required)
skills:
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