Project Manager/Administrator

The Creative Development Group works across the European region of Sony’s Worldwide Studios in the areas of strategy, IP development and quality initiatives. Although mainly focussed in Europe, the CDG also collaborates on global initiatives with the WWS management group and studios in the USA and Japan. The group’s responsibilities include: the co-ordination of WWS Europe strategy, market and product analysis, portfolio management, green light process, IP Development and user testing all WWS European titles.

Role Description:
The successful candidate will provide organisation, communication and administrative support to the CDG team. The work is highly varied and a great opportunity to work with Sony’s development studios and learn about the broader videogame market.

Responsibilities:
- Provide planning and overall coordination support
- Gather, collate and distribute information
- Provide support on data compilation, visualisation and analysis projects
- Administration duties; document & meeting management, minute taking, reporting
- Administrative support for our user testing facility, inc. maintaining the booking diary
- Accurately maintain spreadsheets, accounts and records
- Create SAP Purchase requisitions and invoice reconciliation
- Organise travel and accommodation

Experience & Knowledge:
- Experience of working in a support capacity
- Experience of coordinating multiple diverse projects concurrently
- Experience in organising meetings, workshops and events
- Collating and producing reports
- Diary management

Essential:
- Excellent communication skills – both written and verbal
- Customer focussed
- Flexible and adaptable to a fast changing environment
- Commitment to producing high quality work
- Approachable and professional
- Open-minded to new techniques and processes
- Excellent attention to detail
- Team player with the ability to work on own initiative
- Strong interest in project support
- Knowledge of PlayStation and a passion for video games
- Strong organisational skills
- Working knowledge of industry standard IT packages (Lotus Notes, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and preferably Project)

Desirable:
- Grounding in statistics and data analysis
- An appreciation of Project Management process