Project Manager (m/f)

Frogster has focused on the high growth sector of massively multiplayer online games (MMOs) from early on. The Frogster group is a Berlin-based international publisher of online games which licenses, markets and operates its virtual worlds for millions of players in Europe, North America and Oceania. With its top title, ‘Runes of Magic’, Frogster has won numerous awards such as the German Developers’ Award, the BÄM award and the title of ‘Online role-playing game of the year 2009’. At its offices in Berlin and San Francisco, the Frogster group employs more than 200 staff members in the fields of licensing, IT, web design/development, product management, business development, marketing, PR, community management, customer support, hosting, sales, billing, and finance/administration. At its head office, four floors covering around 2,000 square metres house an international team who are working on new high-quality game projects such as TERA, Eligium – The Chosen One, and RaiderZ.

We are looking with immediate effect for a:

Project Manager (f/m)

Are you interested in computer games and online games in particular? Then we can offer you an exciting job with Frogster Online Gaming GmbH in Berlin that covers a diverse range of activities.

Overview of Your Responsibilities:

• Independent conception, planning and leadership of complex, inter-departmental projects
• Stakeholder management
• Active support in defining requests
• Identification of project risks, analysis of results as well as planning and execution of counter measures
• Creation of project plans and supervision of progress
• Close coordination with the relevant departments, both internal and external
• Project documentation and preparation for presentations reporting project progress
• Representation of project teams and presentation of project results for internal decision makers and externally for clients
• Close monitoring of defined project objectives until their completion
• Keeping track of open issues until they are formally transferred into daily operations

Your Profile:

• Good communicator with a professional manner, even in stressful situations
• People person with good social skills
• Analytical approach to work and flexibility in the face of organizational restructuring
• Previous project experience in software development (not necessarily in the games industry)
• Good written and spoken German and English
• Independent working style, passion for the ever-changing internet industry, interest in being part of an open, international team

If you think you would enjoy these responsibilities and your profile meets our requirements we welcome your application together with your salary expectations and the earliest possible start date by email to: jobs@frogster.de.

Please send us your application, if possible, by e-mail. Due to delays in delivery it is possible that applications sent by post will not reach us in time in order to be considered. If you are applying by post please send us only copies of your documents and please note that a return of your application is only possible if you include a self-addressed stamped envelope.

Bounty Bay Online

Pirates, Merchants & Explorers

With ‘Bounty Bay Online’ players enter the historic Age of Discoveries when famous circumnavigators were roaming the seas. Since 2007, they start an online career as a merchant, sailor, fisherman, pirate, explorer or in one of several other professions in a charming sailor setting. Alone or with a guild of players they follow gripping quests, start a flourishing overseas trade and discover monumental sights. Following exciting player vs. player battles on land and sea, powerful guilds can take control of cities and entire colonies and thus control their destinies.

More information on www.bountybayonline.com.

Runes of Magic

a world full of wizardry and adventure

‘Runes of Magic’ has been redefining the standard for free-to-play MMORPGs since 2009 with its massive amount of features. The online role-playing game is based on an exciting, multi-layered story, driven by thousands of quests set in the atmospheric fantasy world of Taborea. ‘Runes of Magic’ features a unique multiple class system enabling players to combine one of eight primary classes with a second and third class. Thanks to a comprehensive crafting system, individual player homes, arenas and battlefields, guild castles and siege wars, challenging dungeons and many other features, ‘Runes of Magic’ offers plenty of online adventures for all kinds of players.

More information can be found on www.runesofmagic.com.

TERA

online game world to set new standards in the genre

An impressive and highly-detailed virtual world with triple-A quality claim awaits thousands of players with ‘TERA’. Entirely developed in Unreal Engine 3, ‘TERA’ transcends current representatives of the genre with breathtaking 3D graphical environments, thrilling animations and spectacular effects. With seven races and eight character classes, ‘TERA’ offers an abundance of possibilities for character creation and development. The dynamic real-time combat system of ‘TERA’ gets players engaged in battles considerably more actively than all conventional MMORPGs available on the market. ‘TERA’ is set to be released in May 2012 based on a subscription model.

More information can be found on www.tera-europe.com.

Eligium

The Chosen One

In ‘Eligium – The Chosen One’, MMO fans will come face-to-face with hordes of menacing demons. It is up to the chosen one to reunite the four races in order to repel the hellish creatures. Through its various features including an atmospheric game world, numerous gloomy dungeons with demanding boss battles, raid instances, an inspired PvP and ranking system, open world events, an unique item upgrade system, and mounts which players can train and watch grow, ‘Eligium’ provides players with a feature packed gaming experience unlike no other.

More information can be found on www.eligium.com.

RaiderZ

An Action-Packed Fantasy Game World

With ‘RaiderZ’, Frogster will release an action-oriented online game that requires sophisticated tactical combat skills. Unlike traditional point-and-click MMO games, players will have direct control over their characters in combat due to the game’s innovative non-targeting combat system. ‘RaiderZ’ sets itself apart with its detailed and atmospheric game environments, an epic background story and impressive boss opponents. Frogster is currently planning to unveil the title as a free download starting in the second half of 2012.

More information can be found on www.raiderz-europe.com.

Seth Iorio

CEO | Frogster Interactive Pictures AG | Managing Director and COO | Frogster Online Gaming GmbH

Seth Iorio assumed the role of Managing Director and COO at Frogster Online Gaming GmbH at the beginning of October 2010, taking over responsibility for the technical and customer-focused areas of customer care, community management, payment and fraud management, localization, programming, and IT. In January 2011, he was appointed to the executive board of Frogster Interactive Pictures AG and has held the position of CEO since 1 January 2012. Seth Iorio is also a member of the executive board as COO at Frogster’s parent company Gameforge AG.

Prior to his start at Frogster, Seth Iorio, who holds a diploma in business management, was VP Business Development and authorized representative responsible for Customer Communications and Marketing at Gameforge. In 2000 he founded Rabbit Software AG which he led as CTO. Following this, he was active as an IT consultant for companies such as Victoria Versicherung AG and as project leader for United Internet.

Tobias Haar

Member of the Executive Board | Frogster Interactive Pictures AG

The supervisory board appointed Tobias Haar to the executive board of Frogster with effect of January 1, 2012. In this position, he is responsible in particular for the activities of the foreign subsidiaries, licence contracting, and the legal and administrative business areas. Tobias has led the joint Legal Department of Frogster and Gameforge since September 2011 as General Counsel. In addition to his positions at Gameforge and Frogster, he is Vice Chairman of the Executive Board of G.A.M.E., the German Computer Game Industry Association in Berlin. The legal graduate, lawyer and legal informatics specialist specialises in national and international economic and IT law as well as mergers and acquisitions and recently coordinated the legal and administrative aspects of the takeover of Frogster by Gameforge. He came to the Gameforge group in 2008, after many years of professional experience as a lawyer in a leading international law firm as well as in the private sector.

Dominic Scheve

Vice President Finance | Frogster Interactive Pictures AG | Managing Director and CFO | Frogster Online Gaming GmbH

Dominic Scheve came to Frogster in 2006 holding a university diploma in business administration. After completing his postgraduate degree as Master of Business Administration (MBA) successfully, he works as Vice President Finance at Frogster Interactive Pictures AG since spring of 2009. As of October 2010 Dominic Scheve has taken responsibility as Managing Director and CFO at Frogster Online Gaming leading the fields of finance and controlling.