Playground Games
Office Administrator - Contract
How your CV stacks up
Upload your CV to see how well it fits this job role
?%
Administrator - Operations Team
Playground Games is looking for an Administrator to join our Operations team on a contract basis.
About us
As a first-party Xbox Game Studio, we are passionate about making genre-defining games that are accessible, beautiful, and, most of all, fun.
About the role
As Administrator, you will be working closely with the wider Operations team, whilst being based front and centre on the reception desk. You will provide efficient reception, administrative and office support to the Studio. This role involves interacting with a variety of internal teams and disciplines, in addition to external visitors.
You will be ordering resources for a busy studio and be responsible for keeping everything well stocked, providing efficient administration for all areas of the business, and supporting the coordination of events and studio goings on. This fast-paced role means you’ll be involved in a number of operational support activities at any one time.
Our ideal candidate has excellent customer service skills, is resourceful and flexible, and excited to be a champion for Playground Games and everything we produce.
This is a 12-month contract role based across our two state-of-the-art facilities in Royal Leamington Spa.
This is a 12-month contract position and whilst this role involves working closely with our team, the position will be employed through our trusted agency partner.
Reasons to use Rodeo
Start with a chat, not a search bar
Grad scheme, placement, apprenticeship? Not sure what you want yet — that's fine. Your agent talks it through with you and turns "I have no idea" into a shortlist.
It searches the market for you
Every day your agent scans the market matching roles against what actually matters to you, not just keywords on a CV.
Only hits
No noise. No "maybe this fits." Just roles with a clear explanation of why they're right — and where to focus when applying.
What you’ll do
- Host a busy reception, including meeting and greeting visitors, arranging NDAs and visitor badges, answering phone calls and accepting deliveries.
- Provide administrative and operational support to the wider Admin and Operations team for the day-to-day running of the studios.
- Accurately log sickness, duvet day requests and medical appointments within an online holiday system.
- Lead responsibility for ordering and replenishing the studios’ food and drink offering, as well as ordering cleaning supplies and stationery.
- Assist with PG merchandise requests.
- Assist in the organisation and administration of PG events.
- Maintain the Games Library.
- Contribute content towards the internal PG newsletter each week.
- Provide administrative support to the Employee Resource Group’s.
- Act as First Aider and Mental Health First Aider (training to be provided).
- Performing other duties as required.
- Be an ambassador for Playground Games and everything we do.
What you’ll bring
- Professional attitude and ability to work in a confidential manner.
- Flexibility to be involved in several operational support activities at a time, in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience in a customer-facing role.
- Good working knowledge of MS Office inc Outlook, Excel, Word.
- A genuine passion for supporting the workplace and its team.
Get help with your application
Your very own career expert that helps elevate your application to the next level.
This is a fantastic opportunity to make a world-class game with an established, talented, and collaborative team at one of the industry’s most exciting first-party game studios.
Diversity and Inclusion
Playground Games is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, we believe that diversity and inclusion fuels creativity. We are dedicated to creating a safe, comfortable and welcoming working environment.
We strive to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports and celebrates the diverse voices of our team members. It drives our innovation and connects us closer to our players. We are committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion across age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.
At Playground Games we recognise the importance of self-development, career progression, well-being and retention of our colleagues. We celebrate difference and welcome everyone to join us and to be themselves at work.
If you require any reasonable accommodation to apply for this position, please contact us on recruitment@playground-games.com.
“It took my CV and asked me questions relevant to understanding what kind of jobs to suggest for me. Suggestions were almost perfect. Jobs were exactly what I’ve been looking for.”
Jessica, London
Skills
Location