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Environment Artists This London based team is looking for experienced Games Industry 3D modellers and Texture artists to generate environments (low to medium polygon density), textures (512 x 512) and architectural animations. 3DS Max and Photoshop are their primary packages, though a greater range of software experience is beneficial, in fact almost essential. Must be able to model and texture your own work.
Account Executive Leading Hi spec Games Company is looking for an innovative Account Exec with a strong industry background. A broad knowledge of games development. Effective communications with "Operating" levels through to "Senior Management" levels both internally and externally, Competent understanding of platform business models. PC literate. To act as internal contact for business issues, Day to day management of Third party companies. To maximise customer service both internally and externally, data analysis and tracking and reporting, work with QA and regular site visits and attendance at trade events. Regulate and manage trials. Excellent presentation skills are required for this role. You must be willing to quickly assimilate and interpret new data and new markets, record events at meetings with accuracy and to report on, isolate and summarise relevant information and conclusions. Quickly establish individual credibility, through a high level of responsiveness, building relationships of trust with key partners, building strong alliances based on good working practices, rather than merely contractual ties.
Product Manager Do you have excellent skills in dealing with licenses? Do you feel that these skills have never been rewarded properly? If so, this could be the position for you! This market leading company is one of the longest established software publishers in the UK and one of the few independent companies in the games industry. The company publishes for all major platforms including Playstation 1 & 2, Game Boy Advance, PC CD-ROM and X-Box. They are renound for our innovative and highly successful product range, which includes smash, hit AAA games. The Marketing department are now looking for a Product Manager, initially to oversee the launch of their next smash hit in 2002. Reporting to the European Marketing Manager, you will be responsible for planning and overseeing entire marketing campaigns including: License Management - managing licensor relations with over 20 in-game licenses worldwide. Strategy - development & implementation of marketing campaigns. This will also include the budgeting of the proposals. Public relations- managing our PR agencies and direct to the consumer via our web site. Trade Marketing - working along side our UK and European sales managers, to deliver innovative and strong campaigns at both store and distribution level. Also communicating with the various trade publications and our in-store merchandising company. Media Buying - selection of publications and placement of ad's in the various targeted media. Direct Marketing - developing a new strategy for this side of the marketing mix. Market Research - following market trends, competitor analysis and consumer analysis. Summarising this data and presenting it. Web development - working alongside our Webmaster to ensure the best possible presence on the web. Sourcing and providing of content, ensuring accuracy of content, researching new opportunities for our sites. In short, this is a total marketing role! The ideal candidate will have Product, Brand or Project Management experience, ideally from a Video Games, Entertainment, FMCG, Agency or Youth Marketing environment. An interest in games is obviously preferred, though not essential. You will be working in a fast moving and highly committed marketing department and as such you will need to be an ambitious and enthusiastic team-worker and should be prepared to work flexible hours! Good communication skills are essential and a creative disposition is definitely an advantage
European Specialist Press PR Manager This fantastic and exciting games company are looking to expand their in-house PR department and are currently recruiting for an experienced PR Manager to build and maintain their company profile in Europe, working on loads of AAA brands. Reporting to the board of Directors and working closely with the International PR Manager and local distributor PR Managers, the ideal candidate will have at least 3 years experience in the PR sector, ideally gained within an entertainment industry background (games, films and music), and of course, be passionate about games. Based in the London head office, the successful candidate will be expected to "hit the ground running" and take an active role from the very start. Their primary role will consist of executing plans and strategies provided by the International PR Manager, as part of an overall PR plan, via press tours, conferences and regular day-to-day contact. A fluency in both French and/or German is preferred and strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work with a wide variety of personalities and levels inside and outside the company is essential.
pr executive well established developers working with next gen - x-box, ps2, gc and gba. huge deals with established publishers working on hit titles and the best up and coming titles. they require a pr exec must have games industry experience, proven ability. must be pro-active, endless ideas as well as contacts within games industry. fantastic working environment.
Sales Manager Media and Design Sales Executive for new media division based in Cambridgeshire are looking for a successful design and new media sales exec with an excellent track record. Ideal candidate will have a proven history of winning accounts of 500K + a year. This forward thinking company enjoy an excellent reputation and offer superb customer service and investment in their staff. You will be offering a complete range of media services by both traditional means as well as new technology. This role has a mixture of new business and account management responsibility. You will have had experience with some of the following: - Website, CD-Rom, E-CD, DVD, Design for Print, Corporate ID, Mail shots, brochure, marketing strategy, direct mail, advertising, digital media. You will have a dynamic approach to sales, able to cope in a highly competitive environment and a proven track record in sales of excess of 500K +.
Product Manager for Kids education Working with international brand managers you will develop marketing plans and strategies, implementing promotions and awareness campaigns, formulating design briefs, brand strategy. Own budget, putting together forecasts and the products P&L liasing with sales team. Must understand distribution channel. Min 18 months product manager experience ideally with experience marketing children's products.
Animator An opportunity exists at this well-known company for a games industry experienced Animator to join the Liverpool studio. This studio houses a wealth of industry talent, between them having achieved a number of hit titles including the multi-million seller Incoming. You will be working as part of the team developing the Inline Skating game Rolling for console formats. The ideal candidate will demonstrate proven skills in animation and be an expert when it comes to using the software associated with these skills, including 3D Studio Max/Character Studio/Biped and also Photoshop. A couple of published titles under your belt would also be a distinct advantage. Sample images (.jpgs) should accompany CVs and will be instrumental in the decision making process when choosing candidates to progress to interview stage where a broad portfolio of 3D digital work should be presented.
Artist Are you great with Maya or Max and fluent in Photoshop? There are opportunities for animators illustrators, modellers and texture artists for both characters and environments. Working on gamecube, PS2, and X-Box action and driving games.
3D Artist To work on an original title. Good knowledge of a 3D modelling package, preferably 3DS Max. Knowledge of PhotoShop. To work on a high profile, well-known 3rd person action adventure Playstation 2 game.
Character Modeller You will conceptualise, model and texture characters for a cutting edge title to be released on next-generation consoles. Strong knowledge of either 3DS Max or Maya, good modelling & texturing ability, good freehand drawing skills and experience of character building would be an advantage. Should have at least 2 years industry experience and ideally at least one published game, though they will consider talented artists with less / no experience.
Artist London based company requires an artist with architectural background to work on computer generated architectural realisations. You will have experience in 3DS Max, Photoshop, high quality renders, etc. Games experience is not necessary, although a brilliant portfolio is. URGENT
Background Artist If you have enormous amounts of artistic talent, this job could be for you! Other skills that would be an advantage are: 3D Studio Max, Photoshop, any game editing/level modding program such as Worldcraft. You MUST provide examples of 3D scenes or levels you have created. Work that demostrates your imagination and creativity and hand created textures. Examples of traditional artwork such as life drawing or sketches would be helpful too.
Artist Youll be working on an Interactive TV project and may also be involved in mobile phone games development. Skillset wise, this company is looking for someone with illustration skills, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. Some knowledge of 3D Studio Max would be beneficial but not essential.
Artists (*2) This company requires a highly skilled games artist, with a thorough knowledge of Photoshop and texturing. A working knowledge of 3DS Max is essential, as is the willingness and ability to texture other peoples models. Proven modelling skills would be a definite advantage, and the successful applicant will be a keen gamer with an eye for what makes a good arcade game. They will also be a team player with experience in the games industry and a good background in modern game artist working practices. Minimum of one published title desirable.
Artist This company is looking for an Artist to join their team working on a Boxing series of games for Xbox and PS2. Good working knowledge of 3DS Max and Photoshop is essential. Character modelling experience in Character Studio would be a strong asset. The successful candidate will have a good quantity of computer-based artwork to demonstrate. Work examples MUST be provided to support CV.
Atist Interactive TV The above company are seeking an artist for their interactive television department. As digital television audiences increase so the demand for highly entertaining interactive content increases. To meet this demand, this company is looking to employ an artist to work in Interactive TV games development. You are a recent graduate with a recognised art qualification, have an excellent portfolio and ideally, have some experience of producing 2D graphics for computer games. Illustration skills and an appreciation of the demands of Interactive TV would be an additional asset.
Artist - Mobile phones This informal studio is responsible for developing exciting content for emergent platforms including interactive television and mobile phones. In addition, the team designs and maintains the companys inter and intra-net. No game is complete without outstanding graphics and mobile phone games are no exception. With the introduction of colour graphics and a new generation of handsets with an emphasis on entertainment, here is an opportunity for you to explore the potential of this emergent technology. You are a recent graduate with a recognised art qualification, have an excellent portfolio and ideally, have some experience of producing 2D graphics for computer games. Illustration skills would be an additional asset.
Artist You will be working on level design modelling for this young and dynamic company. The game is an action adventure for the X-Box. Currently looking for an experienced 3D computer graphic artist/level designer to complement their team. Ideally you will have a well-rounded creative ability, at least two titles under your belt and should be fairly up to date with 3DS Max. You will also be confident at working in low and high and low polygonal detail.
Artist *2 This is a role reporting to the Lead Artist. The Artists will be working in a small team developing a super hero title for PS2 and XBox. The position requires at least 1 good published game OR 18 months full-time experience within the games industry. Good knowledge of 3D Studio Max is essential, but knowledge of Light Wave and Maya would be extremely useful. Must also work well in a small team.
GBC and GBA formats Artists 2D Working from schedules supplied by the Producer the artist must produce low colour artwork in support of the programmer assigned to the project. This artwork may be created initially by taking the original 'Next Generation' platform graphics into 3D Max or a similar 3D package or into Photoshop or similar 2D package, the colour depth is then reduced and in some cases a tileset is produced using Promotion or a similar tiling package. It may also be necessary to originate artwork in any of the above packages. At times the artist may also need to construct background maps from tilesets, produce fonts and sprites to specified sizes and colour depths. The position does not require the management of any staff, but good self-management, especially time and quality management, is essential. Good working knowledge of at least one of the following art packages: Photoshop, Promotion, Paintshop Pro, Farlux. Knowledge of 3ds Max, Maya, Softimage, Lightwave.
Advertising Manager Exciting opportunity to join massively excellent company. Based in Surrey. You will define with the agency and ultimately execute the advertising creative for the various brands and franchises within the company's portfolio. Executive position requiring experience in this area already. You must have a strong sales and marketing background with super strong interpersonal communication skills. This role will not be around for long so apply first to get it!
Brand Manager The Brand Managers main objective is to maximise the demand for products amongst identified target markets by using focused and timely marketing and sales communication. Duties include ensuring product performance against initial sales targets and lifetime potential in all territories and to review and develop key brands across multiple platforms.
The ideal candidate should have at least 2 years product marketing experience. Will posses excellent communication and presentation skills, with a keen eye for detail.
Channel Marketing Manager The Channel Marketing Manager is responsible for the management of retail and channel marketing activity in the UK. The Channel Marketing Manager will be instrumental in planning and negotiating the effective use of the UK Trade Marketing Budgets to instigate pre-order campaigns, launch events and other bespoke campaigns, while monitoring product sales, sell-through and special promotions.
The ideal candidate will have at least 3 years consumer or channel marketing experience with retail based products. You will need to be diplomatic and have the ability to see a situation from both a sales and marketing point of view. Good presentation and negotiation skills are also essential
Games Buyer - West London - 3 years experience min. If you have had 3 years of buying experience then read onThis will have been ideally in an entertainment related, retail or distribution environment. You will of course need to be a great negotiator and influencer. This company is the leading distributor of home entertainment products. They supply the high street and supermarkets and internet sites. They have a rather large market share. The role will encompass managing and developing a number of key customers and suppliers in line with business plans. You will negotiate trade terms and marketing support. Profitability will be your watchword. You will manage specific product ranges to optimise category performance. There will be extensive product management responsibilities executing product buys in line with accurate forecasts at both market and customer level.
Sales - Field sales key account manager games 651SALES: SURREY: KEY ACCOUNT MANAGER: 20,000 + CAR/CAR ALLOWANCE + 3,000 BONUS + PENSION
If you have 2-3 years sales experience in the games industry this is for you! Leading publisher in beautiful location requires a key account manager. It will be 2-3 days based in the office so you cant live too far away from Surrey. You will be field based covering the southern territory. You may have a car or allowance and the car is likely to be a Peugeot 306.
Duties:
Representing, promoting and supporting company to retailers
Cutting deals, Resolving account queries and examine credit limits
Meet sales targets
Reports
New business generation
Attendance of trade shows and conferences
CALIFORNIA/USA: ADVERTISING MANAGER 2054AM: CALIFORNIA/USA: ADVERTISING MANAGER: $NEG
Leading publisher with a huge arsenal of games and plans they need your assistance with. It will be based in California. You can only apply by having your details registered at www.change-job.com
Minimum 3 to 5 years advertising/promotions experience, preferably at an ad agency.
Bachelors degree in related field.
Exceptional organization skills as well as the ability to develop and manage multiple projects while meeting deadlines.
Working knowledge of youth/video game marketing concepts, advertising industry, and media outlets.
Advertising Manager in London, Games experience essential 778AM: LONDON: ADVERTISING MANAGER: NEG
Advertising Manager to oversee the implementation of advertising campaigns for all products in the UK market and manage the UK media agency to ensure the most efficient and effective communication channels are being used to reach identified target markets. The Advertising Manager will provide information to the UK Marketing team on media trends and developments and build direct relationships with key specialist games print magazine publishers to maximise opportunities in advertising, PR and promotions.
The successful applicant will possess 2-4 years work experience either as a Product Manager (client side) with a proven track record in implementing effective media solutions or an Account Manager (agency side) with cross-media advertising implementation and creative strategy direction.
189M: LONDON: UK MARKETING MANAGER You will report to the sales and marketing director, this role has been created to underpin the next stage of this well-established and flourishing publisher. Working closely with the sales team. Working to marketing plan. You will ideally be a senior product manager or UK marketing manager with experience of managing budgets and handling launches. Communicator with a good idea of the PR function. You MUST have worked in the games arena in this area to apply. URGENT.
383 EUROPEAN LICENSING MANAGER World Leading developer and publisher of video games for systems such as PlayStation, Microsoft Xbox , Nintendo Game Cube and GameBoy handhelds.
The candidate will be required to work closely with Japan and the European teams in London, Frankfurt, Paris, Madrid, Amsterdam and Stockholm. The successful candidate will be the main contact for all licensing in activity in Europe.
The position will suit someone with 2-3 years experience in commercial licensing in music (must), and sport/entertainment properties (ideal or interest in). The person will need to be well organized, patient, persuasive, and conscientious, have good attention to detail and work autonomously.
The Skills & Experience
Strong contacts with record companies
Excellent understanding of repertoire requirements for mass market video games on an international level
Strong negotiation skills
Strong presentation skills
Able to deal with management at all levels internally, externally and internationally
Ability to work comfortably with team decision making process
Strong Word, Excel and PowerPoint skills
Interest in music and video games (and sport - desirable)
Tasks
Identify and source European licenses for music, sports and entertainment properties
Negotiate rights to use or acquire licenses
Identify and secure product placement deals
Work closely with Business Affairs Manager in preparation and agreement of contracts
Work closely with Product Management in European territories
Manage image rights clearance
Manage advertising copy clearance and other general legal issues that may arise
Research emerging license opportunities
Advise on trends in licensing
Surrey: Account Executive Channel Marketing: 25,000 + Benefits Well-established games publisher with worldwide acclaim needs you. You will manage the trade marketing for each of the specified accounts, manage the Promotional Material process and provide assistance to the Trade Marketing Manager. Recommend new and exciting ideas, initiatives and opportunities to ensure the successful operation of the department.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
Account Management for several National and Independent Accounts
Production of creative and concise trade marketing plans along with quarterly promotional plan for each account covering both New release and Back catalogue titles. All plans to include previous company and competitor activity history and comparisons to their success
Organise regional / specific store promotions in each retail chain on a monthly basis, liasing with the field distribution manager and Infinite team.
Point of Sale: Brief agencies, co-ordinate orders, ensure delivery dates are achieved and distribution of material is made to various destinations taking note of individual booking in procedures. Research new agencies and new material ideas for future releases
Brief agencies, co-ordinate orders, ensure delivery dates are achieved and distribution of material is made on time to various destinations taking note of individual booking in procedures.
Budgetary control ensure all activity remains within the remit of the budget set at the beginning of the year.
Create Product Portfolio for each title, include all activity gained through trade marketing from in store illustrations to National Press and online coverage.
Create Product Sales Sheets for each product, include screenshots, key features and key selling points.
Produce PR activity reports for key titles and provide summary of coverage to assist sales and Infinite teams
Monitor online accounts and report on titles and their focus compared to competitor titles, present during the Monthly Sales Meeting.
Research and Produce an in-depth document illustrating all National Press and PR coverage gained through retail media packages and initiatives assign a media value to each and present in portfolio format.
Recommend new areas of development within accounts that previously havent been utilised on an ad-hoc basis
RETAIL CONFERENCES
Organise and attend the Score Conference
Experience
2 years minimum Retail experience
450AEX: London : Account Executive UK & Global Accounts : 25 - 30k + Excellent Benefits Key Responsibilities
The Account Executive position involves the day to day management of all content and marketing assets and promotion activities to the regional carriers, portals and customers in the UK and global accounts
Product offering to new customers (Plan of launch titles and process of adding new titles continuously)
Creating local presentation materials in line with central product planning
Execution and follow up of agreed marketing activities with local/partners
Monitor customer activities to promote games
Monitoring other game publishers activities on local markets
Key Competencies
Must be highly motivated and work well unsupervised.
The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 3 years experience of working in the content, wireless industry and/or interactive games industry.
Must have experience in content management systems or handling volumes of content. The ideal candidate will have worked with or within a sales and marketing led environment.
A basic understanding of wireless services and some technical knowledge is preferred.
Excellent PC skills (Excel, Powerpoint, ZIP, Database).
Languages: Good level of English, extra languages a plus.
This position will work closely with all functional groups within the organization including product development, marketing, licensing, technical, and sales.
Must have existing contacts within the wireless / games / entertainment arena with the ability to forge new relationships in new media areas
Proven relationship-building ability essential
Knowledge of some graphics packages (Paint Shop Pro, Photoshop etc) would be preferred
Excellent organizational, communication and time management skills are critical in this role
Ability to handle large workloads and deliver appropriate materials/activity on time
Must work well within a team but have the ability to think on their feet and work under their own initiative
SENIOR WRITER Our client is based in beautiful Alberta, Canada, where the Rocky Mountains stand the west, speckled with hundreds of icy blue glaciers. Sliding off these serrated peaks are gin-clear lakes loaded with bull trout, ancient forests and the tumble of soft ranch lands rolling and stretching into sun-bleached wheat fields.
They are seeking to immediately hire writers to help development on new ground-breaking role playing games. They have hired one writer and are accepting applications for immediate vacancies.
Primary Task: Writing dialogue. Must be able to write interesting dialogue in a timely fashion.
Secondary Tasks: Coming up with story and puzzle ideas.
Minimum education:
Canadian applicants: no minimum education requirement; preferred: post-secondary diploma, certification or degree.
International applicants: for immigration purposes, minimum education requirement: post-secondary degree or diploma.
Familiarity with the fantasy genre and role-playing games is a must. Examples of work must be provided (see below).
Required Submission:
An example of writing must be provided for you to be considered for the position.
Here are the guidelines for the module:
Make the module short. It should be a short interesting story that can be played within 15 to 30 minutes.
Start the story off with a bang! If it doesnt catch our interest with the first character, your submission will likely be discarded.
There should be at least 3000 words of dialogue within the module.
We will be judging your ability to write dialogue that is interesting and has personality. The characters you are writing have to be engaging in a manner that immediately draws in the reader.
The dialogue must be fun and easy to read, not overly verbose.
We will also be judging the structure of your dialogue. Does the dialogue flow logically? Does the player feel in control of the conversation?
Please contact change on 0044207 241 4545 for examples of the style of game dialogue that we are looking for
COMMON WRITING SUBMISSION MISTAKES:
1.Overly verbose dialogue. Dialogue should be succinct and easy to read.
2.Dialogue where the player has very little interaction. The player should feel that he is talking to an NPC, not being talked at.
3.Modern sounding dialogue. Do not use modern anachronisms or slang. Fantasy characters shouldn't sound like they come from the 21st century.
4.Boring first character. The first character the player talks to sets the tone for the entire module
Note: Resume submissions not including an example dialogue will not be considered.
920PM:Surrey: Product Manager: Neg: Jan 05 920PM:Surrey: Product Manager: Neg: Jan 05
We currently require a Product Manager who will be responsible for a number of areas:
Partner Liaison the project requires the assistance and support of a large number of external partners. This will involve limited commercial negotiations. Part of the role will also involve research to identify the relevant partners for the project.
Community Liaison the Product Manager will be responsible for providing answers to questions regarding the project which come through externally run community web sites. Responses would either be from the PMs knowledge or would need to be researched within the team. Responses would normally in the form of an email.
Community Updates the role will involve providing weekly updates to the community web sites. Web familiarity not essential, but would be an advantage in the production of web ready copy and management of newsgroups, forums etc.
Marketing Liaison the products publisher will have a series of marketing deadline and initiatives which need to be managed throughout the life of the project to ensure that maximum benefit and exposure is gained prior the product launch.
PR Support
Candidates must have the following skills and experience:
Research and documentation skills
Strong face to face skills and some experience of customer service
Commercial and negotiation skills involved in product development and release
Web knowledge (but use and familiarity)
Ability to absorb technical information and then present it to the user community in an understandable manner
This role is available for a fixed-term duration of 18 months with effect from January 2005.
920AM: Accounts Manager: London: DOE + Benefits - URGENT 920AM: Accounts Manager: London: DOE + Benefits
We currently require an Accounts Manager to work for our Wireless department based in London. The role will cover account management of existing partners, marketing of new games to partners and providing feedback to the rest of the team from partners on trends etc.
Candidates should have the following skills/experience:
Have a good knowledge of wireless games distribution channels
Experience of product marketing
Experience of channel sales and marketing
Some knowledge/experience of mobile games would be an advantage
The role is for a permanent contract and is available immediately.
596PM: DVD Product Manager: Sheffield: 25-28k + Benefits The Product Manager will be responsible for managing licensed brands being developed for interactive DVD. They must implement the brand guidelines advised by external license holders and 'champion' the licensed brand, ensure it is appropriately delivered as an interactive DVD product. They will be a key contact between the internal development team and must work to ensure that the product is communicated / marketed appropriately.
Working alongside the Producer, the Product Manager must ensure projects deliver a premium consumer experience whilst adhering to brand guidelines, respecting commercial sensitivities and building upon our reputation as pioneers of this new product category.
They will also assist in creation of game designs (working hand-in-hand with the Producer and external IP holders) Occasionally the Product Manager will be required visit licensers with the view to developing these proposals and to build appropriate relationships with key personnel.
This role would ideally suit someone with previous experience in the DVD sector, an affinity with market drivers and consumer behavior - also someone in tune with today's leading media properties and trends.
526SM: MAIDENHEAD: SALES & MARKETING EXCECUTIVES: 18,000 International publisher requires a Marketing and PR guru, ideally hard working, driven and talented to carry on and increase the already excellent promotions.
You are required to have an excellent knowledge of the games or entertainment industry and need to be prepared to put this to use immediately.
Qualifications are a great asset, as would a proven track record in your specified field.
638DM: Surrey: Development Managers: DOE Are you a highly organised and dynamic Associate Producer?
If so we need you to manage and support the development teams of our excellent and innovative clients.
Key skills/experience required:
Educated to degree level
Proven people/project management skills
Genuine experience of delivering projects on-time and on-budget
Able to think outside the box in a challenging environment
Able to juggle several different tasks and priorities at once
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Direct games development experience is not as essential as strong organisational and people skills. Candidates from all forms of media, including TV, radio and book/magazine publishing will be considered.
This is a unique opportunity to transfer your project management skills into the vibrant video games industry.
If you or anybody you know is interested in applying for this role, please contact jobs@change-job.com or call 0044 207 241 4545 to explain why you are interested in the position and why you believe your previous experience makes you suitable for the job.
420PM: Netherlands: Project Manager: DOE You know everything about planning and have the skills it takes to manage a team of artists, programmers and designers. Your goal is to set up the planning for the team, and then achieve the milestones and deadlines with the team. You are very communicative, so you know whats going on in the team and in this fast paced and forward thinking company.
You will work on a daily basis with staff of the team, which is responsible for the design and content quality of the game. You will be working in close collaboration with the Production Manager.
Requirements
Minimum of 3 years of experience in a similar position
Knowledge of planning tools such as MS Project
Able to work and think in a very organized manner
Ability to work in a team
Able to analyze and improve the work process of the team
Ability to be flexible
Very good communicative skills
An independent and pro-active work attitude
Desirable skills
Previous employment in the games or movie industry
A passion for games
English language, in writing and verbally
450GBM: London: Global Brand Manager : 30 - 40k + Excellent Benefits Working for this ever growing publisher, you will be given the opportunity to carve out an excellent career progression path. You are fun, hardworking and focused, getting on with the job in hand no matter what, your existing contacts show your excellent relationship building skills and your personality will shine through in all situations. To be considered for this superb position you will need to demonstrate a proven attention to detail, along with an outgoing and professional manner.
Key Responsibilities
Global Brand management of high quality original and licensed video-game products across all formats.
Stewardship of the Global product for the respective titles, with the key objective to maximize worldwide sales, building strong brand equity over a period of years.
Setting the global marketing and PR strategy for titles, working with the local Marketing Managers in the US, UK, France, Germany, Australia and Korea as well as partners.
Working with the local offices to determine relevant marketing/PR strategy through the kick-off meeting consultation.
Creating and providing core assets and marketing tools to maximize performance of the marketing and PR campaigns in each territory aligned with the global strategy.
Working closely with licensors on developing strategic relationships, maximizing value of the license and necessary reporting, as well as all necessary approvals.
Working closely with the PD team (Project Manager and Technical Manager) to optimise commercial success of the title.
Managing the 1st party relationships.
Conducting necessary market, competitor and product research.
Working with the Assistant Brand Manager to ensure a quality flow of assets and information flow to the local markets.
Supervising the ABM to ensure all International product management issues such as packaging and manual work is completed to a high level of quality and on time.
Determining localisation requirements after consultation with local offices and briefing the project manager.
Key Competencies
Graduate calibre in marketing or related degree with a minimum of 5 years experience with a proven track record in marketing or brand management.
Experience working on core gamer products/brands preferred with a successful track record of launches.
Management experience of a dynamic marketing/brand team.
Experience of working in a fast-paced hi-tech or new media industry would be an asset.
Must have existing contacts within the games / entertainment arena with the ability to forge new relationships in new media areas
Proven relationship-building ability essential as well as experience in dealing with foreign offices.
Experience in dealing with 3rd party licenses/partners preferred.
Excellent spreadsheet, powerpoint, photoshop, paint shop pro, word skills essential
Excellent organizational, communication and time management skills are critical in this role, as is strong attention to detail. The ability to handle large workloads and deliver appropriate materials/activity on time whilst managing all relationships is key
Must work well within a team but have the ability to think on their feet and work under their own initiative
A keen interest in entertainment software or new media technology is desirable
A second European language preferred, ideally French, German or Spanish
LONDON: EUROPEAN MARKETING MANAGER: 40-45000 Are you a go getting marketer? Do you have 5-7 years experience? Have you previously worked as a Marketing Manager or similar within the games industry? If you can answer yes to the last 3 questions contact www.change-job.com now! A financially robust and forward thinking and market-leading publisher based in London is seeking a marketing manager to handle big budget AAA next generation console titles, it would be working on a particular title to start that will be a sure fire hit working alongside production.
Report to Director of Marketing - EMEA
Job Description:
As Marketing Manager the candidate will work on cross-platform product launches across a variety of EU developed product. The incumbent will be responsible in all aspects of marketing for key titles to European territories, own relationships at a European and US level. The incumbent will provide the best possible marketing support for business and to create unique campaigns to support European developed products. The incumbent will follow up on some new European product/project initiatives and will act as the central/regional synergy contact.
Profile:
Minimum 3-5 years experience in computer & video game marketing or other entertainment category
Must be keen gamer and demonstrate desire to be in the video games industry
MBA preferred
Responsibilities:
Marketing: Act as European marketing manager for the release of European initiative products, AAA product
AAA title: Work closely with UK based production team. $31 million FY06 revenue. $12.6 million contribution. Influence over $3 million in marketing budget.
Relationships: Strong relationship with European Production; implement 24 month SKU plan in collaboration with Production team. Establish and maintain strong relationship with key US contacts in Marketing and Production.
New product initiatives: centralize new concepts and projects; act as key contact to developers and content partners; for these projects, act as key business contact (greenlight, business models, deals with partners); competitive watch with Market Analyst.
New business: drive new business focus on 3rd party technical parties for AAA title, (e.g. Nvidia, ATI, Graphics cards, intel chips, etc.)
Synergy: Key contact for European synergy initiatives.
LONDON: EUROPEAN PUBLIC RELATIONS MANAGER: DOE 555PR2: LONDON: PUBLIC RELATIONS MANAGER: IN EXCESS OF 45,000
Fantastic opportunity in central London for a Public Relations Manager. You must have worked in this role previously within the games industry and have industry contacts throughout Europe and not just the UK. It is working for an exciting publisher that is set to concentrate on core gaming for new technology and mainstream tastes. More details to follow.
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Report to Marketing Director EMEA
Based in UK
Job Description:
The European PR Manager will drive both product PR strategy and execution to a world-class level across all European titles. The position is also responsible for liaison with US and European counterparts to enhance and create strong PR stories across the Company.
Profile:
Minimum 5 years PR experience in computer & video game industry at a Pan European level
Must be keen gamer and demonstrate desire to be in the video games industry
BA or equivalent experience
Evidence of strong organisation & planning skills
Good presenter and interpersonal skills
Knowledge of basic PC skills: Microsoft Office etc.
Ideally suited to strong PR person looking to move into a higher profile role with a major player
Flexible and hardworking with a "Can do attitude"
2nd language preferable
Responsibilities:
Responsible for creating & implementing strategic product PR plans for European titles
Create a PR strategy for all major releases; drive local European territories to execute
Build a strong & effective relationship with PR personnel in Europe by becoming the main contact and liaison to ensure maximum synergy
Work closely with Central Marketing team to give input
Work closely with US PR Director to create synergy across PR
Create, maintain and deliver asset schedules on time and within budget
Forge strong specialist & non-specialist relationships across all key media to gain positive awareness
Central contact for all developer interviews & press visits
Co-ordinate pan European PR tours with European Production group and local territories
Review and assess possible implementation of European PR extranet solution
Centrally co-ordinate, plan and support European PR events (eg. ECTS, Leipzig, Medpi) and liaise with US for E3
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Sales and Marketing Recruitment: Account Management Funky, new media recruitment agency that operates on a global basis needs a Recruitment Consultant. It will be finding Sales and Marketing staff for already established clients within the video games industry. Cold calling is not required. All of the clients and candidates are right here on the database; we need a person with beautifully honed account management skills to match them up and to continue with our success.
We are willing to train right person but you must have a telesales background, either recruitment, advertising sales or estate agency. We will consider applications from individuals who aspire to sales (and understand the concepts) and have experience working in a support capacity, PA or similar role. If you have worked in sales and marketing within the games industry your application will be given preferential treatment although again this is not necessary.
The key competencies you need to be successful in this environment are a proven ability to be organised and prioritise, articulate yourself in a convincing and persuasive way, coupled with a good listening skills and a good memory. You also need to give consistent performance in a varied environment, and have the ability to build relationships over the telephone. You will also need to be in short travelling distance of London, N1.
It is a fun environment with casual dress and will be immensely financially rewarding for the right person. In the first instance please email your application to recruit@change-job.com and include a covering letter on why we should choose you!
LONDON: PRODUCT MANAGER: 1 YEAR CONTRACT: 25-32,000 DEPENDENT ON EXPERIENCE Great opportunity to work for flourishing games publisher based in central London. Working with international brand managers you will develop marketing plans and strategies, implementing promotions and awareness campaigns, formulating design briefs, brand strategy. Putting together forecasts and the products P&L liaising with sales team. Must understand distribution channel.
Must have previous experience as a product manager within the video games industry
Responsibilities:
Liaison the project requires the assistance and support of a large number of external partners. This will involve limited commercial negotiations. Part of the role will also involve research to identify the relevant partners for the project.
Community Liaison providing answers to questions regarding the project, which come through externally run community web sites.
Community Updates the role will involve providing weekly updates to the community web sites. Web familiarity not essential, but would be an advantage in the production of web ready copy and management of newsgroups, forums etc.
Marketing Liaison the products publisher will have a series of marketing deadline and initiatives which need to be managed throughout the life of the project to ensure that maximum benefit and exposure is gained prior the product launch.
PR Support
Candidates must have the following skills and experience:
Research and documentation skills especially packaging and strategy
Strong face-to-face skills and some experience of customer service
Commercial and negotiation skills involved in product development and release
Web knowledge (but use and familiarity)
Ability to absorb technical information and then present it to the user community in an understandable manner
LONDON: BRAND MANAGER: 1 YEAR CONTRACT: 25-35,000 Working for this ever-growing publisher, you will be given the opportunity to put some excellence on your resume. You are fun, hardworking and focused, getting on with the job in hand no matter what, your existing contacts show your excellent relationship building skills and your personality will shine through in all situations. To be considered for this superb position you will need to demonstrate a proven attention to detail, along with an outgoing and professional manner.
Key Responsibilities
Brand management of high quality original and licensed video-game products across all formats.
Setting the European marketing strategy for titles, working with the local Marketing
Working with the local offices to determine relevant marketing strategy through the kick-off meeting consultation.
Creating and providing core assets and marketing tools to maximize performance of the marketing campaigns
Working closely with licensors on developing strategic relationships, maximizing value of the license and necessary reporting, as well as all necessary approvals.
Managing the 1st party relationships.
Conducting necessary market, competitor and product research.
Key Competencies
Graduate calibre in marketing or related degree with a minimum of 2 years experience with a proven track record in marketing or brand management for the games industry.
Experience working on core gamer products/brands preferred with a successful track record of launches.
Management experience of a dynamic marketing/brand team.
Experience of working in a fast-paced hi-tech or new media industry would be an asset.
Must have existing contacts within the games / entertainment arena with the ability to forge new relationships in new media
areas
. Packaging experience and POS
Experience in dealing with 3rd party licenses/partners preferred.
Excellent spreadsheet, PowerPoint, Photoshop, paint shop pro, word skills essential
Excellent organizational, communication and time management skills are critical in this role, as is strong attention to detail.
A keen interest in entertainment software or new media technology is desirable
A second European language preferred, ideally French, German or Spanish
PRODUCT MANAGER: 30,000 .Headquartered in Los Angeles, this global developer, publisher and distributor of multi-platform interactive entertainment. The Company is a leader in the subscription-based massively multi-player online (MMO) games category and also holds leading positions in the PC, console and handheld games markets. Its development studios. They require a games industry experienced Product Manager.
To manage a group of designated Games products through the life cycle from conception through to market in the UK marketplace.
Ensuring understanding and familiarity with each product/range to an extent that the role is universally regarded as the product point of contact, or product champion;
Development and implementation of integrated product marketing plans for all assigned products, specifically devising and actioning marketing communication strategies for each product;
Management of product-marketing spend against budget allocation;
Development and implementation of channel marketing plans within each overall product marketing plan, working with the Games UK Channel Marketing Manager;
Support and assistance to the Games UK Sales team where required for meetings with distributors, retail buyers etc;
Support and assistance to the Games UK PR Manager where required on press tours/events etc;
Attendance at trade/consumer events and exhibitions, which showcase relevant Games products.
LONDON: SENIOR EUROPEAN MARKETING MANAGER you previously worked as a Marketing Manager or similar within the games industry? A financially robust and forward thinking and market-leading publisher based in London is seeking a marketing manager to handle big budget AAA next generation console titles, it would be working on a particular title to start that will be a sure fire hit working alongside production.Report to Director of MarketingJob Description:As Marketing Manager the candidate will work on cross-platform product launches across a variety of EU developed product. The person will be responsible in all aspects of marketing for key titles to European territories, own relationships at a European and US level. Providing the best possible marketing support for business and to create unique campaigns to support European developed products. Following up on some new European product/project initiatives and will act as the central/regional synergy contact.Profile:Minimum 3-5 years experience in computer & video game marketing or other entertainment categoryMust be keen gamer and demonstrate desire to be in the video games industryMBA great but not essentialMust have been marketing manager for known successful titles in the games industryResponsibilities:Marketing: Act as European marketing manager for the release of European initiative products, AAA productAAA title: Work closely with UK based production teamRelationships: Strong relationship with European Production; Establish and maintain strong relationship with key US contacts in Marketing and Production. New product initiatives: centralize new concepts and projects; act as key contact to developers and content partners; for these projects, act as key business contact (green light, business models, deals with partners); competitive watch with Market Analyst.New business: drive new business focus on 3rd party technical parties for AAA title
790SPM: LONDON: SENIOR PRODUCT MANAGER: DEPENDING ON EXPEREINCE How would you like the opportunity to join the ranks of a rapidly developing, highly ambitious publisher? You will have the chance to take on the entire campaign of a brand new game from scratch and stamp your style on it. You will need to have at least 2 3 years of games industry experience working in the same or a similar role, and an excellent knowledge of retail. The offices are located in central London and close to many transport links.
Call +44 (0) 20 7241 4545 now for more information
LONDON: MANAGER: FIRST PARTY RELATIONS (&LICENSING);35-45,000 Powerful central London based games publisher, needs a 1st party relations manager with previous games industry experience essential.
1. Represent publisher on a day to day basis with Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft
a. Coordinate all meetings between First Parties and publisher depending on business reason
i. Meet with internal production and marketing execs and teams to uncover business issues and needs of the First Parties
b. Become the authority on the key individuals, goals and all key policies of the First Parties
c. Determine the key publisher partners for particular business issues and connect with their First Party counterpart
d. Work with Legal to put into place and update all licensing and development contracts that enable publisher to publish and develop for the platforms
e. Take the lead with the first parties events-find out organizational events, needs and help coordinate meetings with the first parties
f. All conferences, product presentations and information sessions
g. Represent publisher product (design, features, USPs) to First Parties
2. Become the resource for all materials and source materials regarding specs and process
a. Get all First Party calendars and events and disseminate to key internal partners
b. Obtain plans for marketing support and communicate to the key marketing partners
c. Obtain all platform requirements, specs, submission requirements, development needs of first parties and disseminate to the key production partners
d. Work with first parties to put together training documents regarding submissions, PR, creative elements and all guidelines
3. First Party approval process
a. Insert yourself in the approval process to assure smooth product/marketing submissions-making all information available and timely first party responses
b. Manage the First Party evaluation process from concept through to final submission
c. Product scheduling ensure that up to date submission schedules are communicated to all First Parties
d. Sign off for all materials going out the door with internal responsible parties(product golds, advertising, marketing, packaging, etc)
4. Drive business development initiatives with the 1st party such as marketing partnership programs on key titles; this includes the role of
representing the opportunities related to products and the related marketing programs to support their launch.
USA/CALIFORNIA: MARKETING MANAGER: $60-70K + BENEFITS Your chance to make your mark in the games industry as a hot Marketing Manager for one of the greatest publishers on the market.
It will be working in a brand management capacity for console titles for kids. It will be based in consumer marketing and is a multi-functional role. It will be a hands on role.
Requirements:
Experience in marketing in the entertainment industry
No visas available for this role.
MIDLANDS: PRODUCT MANAGER / MARKETING: 20-28K COMMUTABLE FROM DERBY, NOTTINGHAM, BEDFORD, BIRMINGHAM, BUCKS, CAMBS
Small publisher that has reaped huge success is looking for a hard-working, flexible and disciplined marketing person to handle the creation and dissemination of materials for the marketing and promotion of a selection of titles throughout the year. You will: work with agencies, developers and internal creatives to deliver high quality, low-cost assets; ensure that the UK team members and any relevant European/US offices/distributors are fully informed and provided with all required materials and information; conduct research and sundry tasks as required to assist in the formulation of campaigns for each product. More importantly, you will: have industry experience in a marketing capacity (probably as a Product Manager already), be organized and self-reliant, want to work hard, have plenty to contribute in terms of ideas and suggestions, and work well in a multi-disciplinary team. Working on console and PC based titles.
LONDON: EUROPEAN RESEARCH MANAGER: 37-43,000 Description:
The European Research Manager function is a key role in the development of licensing entity to fully blown European games publisher. The person will be responsible for all relevant data collection, evaluation & analysis, insight and circulation of key data. Importantly, the role requires analysis of trends, consumer behaviour and often recommendations that will have a material effect on the business.
The role also requires the person to be fully integrated in to the key decision making process of the EMEA marketing group providing insight and analysis into creative, online and product marketing plans. The person will become a key member of not just the European team but also have input into key strategic decision making at a WW level. The role will have the ad-hoc support of an intern to assist in data capture and analysis
Key Responsibilities:
Create and maintain all relevant market data for EMEA region [incl. market share, sales, platform installed bases, pricing, genre and other pertinent information]
Develop tools and database to analyse the European market [incl. genre analysis, consumer segmentation, platform trends]
Generate market data reports on monthly, quarterly and annual basis; circulate to key stakeholders
Work with European Marketing Director and Production Director on long term sku planning [incl. genres, platform, audience profiles]; liaise with US Production and Marketing teams on a regular basis
Work with Marketing and Production to provide analysis and input for new IP/acquisition of IP evaluations
Work with marketing group [incl. creative services, Internet and Product marketing] to provide key consumer insights to ensure delivery of world class tools/creative and messaging
Be a major contributor into the annual stratplan process; provide key data source, commentary and insight
Assist Product Marketing group in organising, planning and reviewing focus groups across Europe
Work with Intern and give day to day direction on workload, projects and priorities
Establish close links with other LOBs to share key market data/intelligence on consumer, market, trends, POP culture and brand surveys
LONDON: ACCOUNT MANAGER (GERMAN/SWEDISH NATIVE SPEAKER): 25-35K BASIC + BONUS Opportunity to work for fantastic aggregator and publisher of mobile games. You will be based in the heart of London at this rapidly expanding company. You will be: dealing with buyers, ensuring there is a good marketing spend, and in fact the whole sales cycle.
You will be taking games and putting them on providers sites and handsets. Relationship building will play a key part in this process.
You MUST have:
Business fluent/native German or Swedish
Games industry experience and a passion for mobile games or commercial experience with mobile games.
MIDLANDS: MARKETING EXECUTIVE/ PRODUCT MANAGER / MARKETING: 22-34K COMMUTABLE FROM DERBY, NOTTINGHAM, BEDFORD, BIRMINGHAM, BUCKS, CAMBS
Small but flourishing games publisher is looking for a hard-working, flexible and disciplined marketing person to: create marketing campaigns from a product Champions vision, research competing products, handle the creation and dissemination of materials (packaging, print ads, etc.), deal with promotional partners and external agencies (e.g. licensors, media buyers), keep UK sales and international distributors on-board and up-to-date with each project and more. As the company expands this could lead to a more specialized role, or could lead to planning and managing international campaigns: the role will grow with you as the company expands. But for now, theres an old saying that genius is 5% inspiration and 95% perspiration: we absolutely need the perspiration, but the 5% is where the difference is made
MIDLANDS: PRODUCT MANAGER: 20-35,000 DEPENDING ON EXPERIENCE Independent publisher in early 2004, growing out of the own-label publishing side of a small distribution outfit. They are profitable, expanding rapidly and publishing half a dozen SKUs per month. This growth and success has required hard work and a willingness to go beyond our comfort zones to explore new practices, products and processes: anyone joining the company will be expected to buy into this.
Have you handled the marketing of a one or more games titles in the past, as a marketing exec or product manager? Can you think of a half dozen ways to make the process more effective and more efficient? Do you have another half dozen ideas for delivering a better ROI on marketing spends? Do you want to work for someone wholl let you run with those ideas and prove that they work? Naturally, well fire you if you cant deliver, but you wont be bothered by that, as youre a serial high-achiever arent you? If the answer to all of the above is yes, then we want you, and you want us.
LONDON: MOBILE ACCOUNT MANAGER: MOBILE: 30-35,000 As part of internal expansion of the Web and Mobile Content Division, there is an urgent need for a dynamic and commercially minded Mobile Account Manager.
As part of the Commercial team, based in London, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining strong relationships with key mobile network operators and technology partners in the EMEA region.
Your key tasks will include to:
Maximise revenue generated from existing accounts through a proactive, creative and entrepreneurial approach to managing these relationships.
Work closely with key stakeholders within the European and Japanese teams, to ensure a cohesive approach to the development of increased sales and revenues.
Increase/exceed sales growth in line with the overall business plan and targets.
Monitor the industry closely, providing market intelligence to assist the business development effort and out-manoeuvre the competition. Report market activity to senior management on a regular basis.
Regular travel within Europe and possibly Japan.
Candidate Profile
In-depth knowledge and experience of the mobile and new media sector.
Ideally already in the mobile games industry, with established relationships with key personnel on the operator side
Graduate calibre with a strong background in Account Management or Sales.
Enthusiastic, highly commercial and creative
Excellent interpersonal skills at all levels. Able to influence decision-makers.
Strength and tenacity in seeking new business opportunities
Strong team player.
Other European languages would be advantageous.
Required Knowledge and Experience:
Significant experience and understanding of the mobile and new media industry, with a keen interest in cutting-edge technology and the digital economy.
Keen interest in gaming (on any platform)
A creative thinker, able to devise and negotiate promotions and deals that are attractive to partners, thereby increasing sales of the mobile gaming portfolio.
Candidates of particular interest will be those that can demonstrate a thorough understanding of the dynamics of the mobile gaming marketplace and can propose and undertake a course of action that will allow outperform the competition.
LONDON: PRODUCT MANAGER: 30-40,000 Worlds leading interactive entertainment software company. Founded in 1982, the company develops, publishes, and distributes interactive software worldwide for wireless platforms, videogame systems, personal computers and the Internet.
Reporting Relationship
The Product Manager reports solid line to the European Marketing Manager.
Position Purpose
The PMs role is to support the European Marketing Manager with the execution of the Product Marketing Strategies throughout Europe for a range of titles.
Key Responsibilities
Define product positioning; create strategic launch plans and asset plans for each product
Ensure that product positioning and brand equities are translated in a consistent manner across all marketing disciplines including public relations, packaging, advertising, on-line and sales promotions.
Deliver marketing propositions to European Channel Marketing in time for launch to include Product launch plans, assets, press releases, relevant research, and console tie in opportunities.
Work with European Marketing to actively drive PR efforts for the products; monitor US PR plans and align the European PR strategy. Arrange Producer and/or Press Tours with the Studio and Territories
Work with European Marketing and the Marcomms and creative services teams to execute on ATL and other artwork.
Evaluate and deliver licensor-driven promotions, special events, licensing and brand alliance opportunities.
Participate in broad department quantitative category/segment research initiatives, providing feedback from a mobile gaming or title perspective.
Work with Studio to provide input and consumer insights into game features, that are supportive of the games high concept and positioning.
Prepare and present European Marketing and Sales reports to studio (pre and post-release)
European PR, Sales and Marketing plans
PR Clippings,
Monitoring forecast and sell-thru
Post mortem
Person Specification
Skills and Knowledge Required
1-2 years of experience in product marketing
Strong understanding of wide variety of game genres
Broad understanding of Product Marketing, PR and MarComms
Exceptional attention to detail
Can demonstrate integrity and professional etiquette in dealing with business partners (internal/external)
Strong presentation skills
There will be the need for occasional travel to Europe and US
CANADA: SENIOR BRAND MANAGER: TO 50K World renowned developer is seeking candidates for the position of Senior Brand Manager. Successful candidates will be contributors that manage the development and execution of marketing and promotional campaigns for a specific game franchise reporting to the Director of Marketing for the Studio. The Senior Brand Manager is expected to assume a leadership role in championing his/her product assignments and garner the development team's confidence in his/her ability to identify the product marketing strategy and execute against the strategy. The SBM must provide the vision for the positioning and marketing of the product throughout the organization. The SBM needs to be able to work directly with key external partners regarding all components of the Product Launch.
Responsibilities
Develop and own franchise management and product marketing functions for multiple franchises (i.e., strategic planning, product launch planning, product positioning, packaging, documentation, advertising, PR, promotions, event marketing, sales support materials, etc.)
Champion soul of the brand. Provide internal brand education and create internal passion for brand tenets and strategy.
Manage brand identity and aesthetics as well as ensure consistent integration both in-game and in all marketing.
Develop and manage brand/category P&L;
Assist with long-term brand/category sku planning
Manage product forecasts for new launches and catalogue titles
Manage implementation of innovative, creative and effective marketing programs within budgetary guidelines (revenue and budgetary responsibility).
Manage internal and external resources (including agencies, media, licensees, etc.) to implement marketing programs throughout life cycle of products.
Partner with producers and product development teams to play an instrumental role in product development.
Drive product-specific market research (including focus groups, phone surveys and web surveys) to support product development team.
Partner with Sales organization to maximize sell-in and sell-through of all titles. Work with Retail Marketing team to develop and execute effective retail marketing programs.
Coordinate product launch planning with International partners to ensure consistency and gain economies in worldwide product launches.
Required Qualifications
5+ years of marketing experience in gaming (preferring those with ownership of top gaming titles), packaged goods, lifestyle marketing and/or entertainment industries.
Proven track record of understanding gaming market and building strong brands in the industry
Strong Analytical skills with proven track record of forecasting in Interactive industry
BA degree in marketing or related field.
Strong written and oral communication skills
Knowledge of game industry (both PC and console) highly desired.
Game enthusiast highly desired
Powerful speaking (communication & presentation) skills.
Ability to identify and capitalize on market opportunities which are both strategic and cost effective
Strong team player, able to balance and blend various department needs and views into effective product long term strategy and work with other franchise/issues and managers to complement and support each other's plan's and objectives.
Ability to handle multiple projects and solidly meet deadlines.
Motivated, self-started, results-driven.
PUBLISHING MARKETING DIRECTOR - NOTTINGHAM: HighDOE MMO and sports sims studio that also self publish are seeking a marketer from publishing side that can handle brand marketing sales community and web marketing. You must have already worked within the games industry for a publisher.
You will need a general knowledge of all things that a publisher does
Making marketing plan and implementing
This role will generate further jobs as the company grows
It will be your role to increase the companys overall visibility
Look to get ingame advertising.
LONDON: MARKETING AND PR MANAGER - video games: 30-32K World leader in mobile gaming needs marketing and PR Manager.
Job responsibilities:
Planning and execution of tactical promotional plans to support sales on a case by case basis within the EMEA territory
Maintenance and development of corporate and consumer websites, as well as any micro-sites created for individual product launches
Build and develop relationships with key trade and consumer press to ensure best coverage for the company and its products
Briefing and management of third party agencies and freelancers to ensure creation of assets within agreed time and budget
Liaising with 3rd party IP holders for rights management
Support sales/business development functions through creation and update of product and corporate presentations
Skills required:
Proven work experience in marketing at product manager / marketing manager level. Must have at least two years experience
Having worked in a business to consumer environment is highly desirable
Entertainment/video-game/mobile industry background is a plus
Strong communication skills, and must be commercially minded
Great games seeks Brand Manager Job Purpose: As key member of Brand team, contributes to the development of the global brand strategy for the product portfolio, for raising awareness of all our brands as exciting and compelling and ensuring their successful delivery to market internationally.
Primary Duties: Contributing to the global brand strategy for the product portfolio ensuring consistency and brand integrity across all products.
Ensure strategic positioning of all products within the global market place and to identified target audiences. Raise awareness of all the brands to ensure delivery of sales targets internationally.
Set the highest creative standards which ensure that our marketing is always exciting and compelling. Ensure delivery of marketing strategies for identified brands to demanding timelines.
Ensure strategic marketing processes are in place, understood and applied in review meetings with new product development and development teams. Ensure that brand strategy is developed as an integral stage in product development.
Work in conjunction with the new product development team to continue the growth and development of existing brands, whilst identifying and exploiting the potential of new products to become established as leading brands.
Build effective relationships with senior managers in all territories, to deliver marketing materials and solutions which directly support territory marketing campaigns and sales targets.
Establish a strong foundation of quantitative and qualitative market research to underpin strategic development and test proposals. Ensure the value and purpose of this data is fully utilized across the group.
Identify requirement for agencies, select and manage to deliver high impact, creative marketing strategies.
As required, represent the organisation externally in presenting brands.
Job Summary Continued:
Qualifications:
Must currently be at a Brand Manager level.
Must have previous experience within the computer games industry.
Ideally will have an interest in football and MMO (Massively Multi-player online) games
Strong track record in developing creative major brand strategies which have delivered revenue growth.
Operated internationally understands requirements for the European and US markets
A team player - able to work with colleagues across the marketing, sales and development teams
Degree level education, or equivalent with excellent analytical ability.
Strong communication and presentation skills.
Strong project management capability able to energise and motivate within team and across peers to ensure delivery of marketing strategy to demanding timelines...
Gifted, creative and innovative Product Manager sought with a strong publishing background for a funky sports / dance / lifestyle games publisher based in the south midlands (Northants) Have you handled the marketing of one or more games titles in the past; as a marketing exec or product manager? Can you think of a dozen ways to make the process more effective and more efficient? Do you have another dozen ideas for delivering a better ROI on marketing spend? Do you want to work for someone wholl let you run with those ideas and prove that they work? If the answer to all of the above is yes, then we want you, and youll want us.
Since its launch as an independent publisher in 2004, my client has created a range of over 40 products on various computer and video gaming platforms. It has published titles for a variety of consumers; offering affordable, family-friendly games alongside higher-range lifestyle and interest-based titles. Key releases include the critically acclaimed Prostroke Golf: World Tour 2007 and PDC World Championship Darts which is achieving strong sales in the UK. In 2007 product development expanded onto Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii and Microsoft Xbox 360 whilst continuing to support Sony PS2, PlayStation Portable and PC CD Rom formats.
The companys global distribution network now spans over 30 countries. While ambitious, my client remains risk-averse, and has focused on reinvesting profits into growth. This includes the progressive expansion of its core team now with nearly 35 employees worldwide and the focus continues to be on building the talent to support its increasing success. In line with its growth forecasts, in 2006 my client established an U.S. office in Van Nuys, California and 2007 will see further regional offices in Europe established. This growth and success has required hard work and a willingness to go beyond our comfort zones to explore new practices, products and processes: anyone joining the company will be expected to buy into this.
Key requirements;
A solid background in publishing / video game product management
Demonstrable ability to maximise on ROI
A serious creative streak and a never say die work ethic
The ability to work with high autonomy and responsibility
Sound understanding of gaming technology and an interest in gaming
Account director 112 ACCOUNT DIRECTOR LONDON
Around 60k
About US
Four partners all of whom had come from large agency backgrounds founded this company in October 2002. The principles of integrated thinking, commercial understanding, creative excellence and a dedication to delivery and value for money underpin our philosophy as an agency. This has helped us to grow from a team of four, five years ago, to a team of 60 today. We are passionate about what we do and how we do it.
Today we have a select range of blue chip clients including Nestle Purina, BlackBerry, Disney, KFC, Gillette, Duracell, Oral-B, Slendertone, Shock Absorber, Aston Martin & Hasbro. We are a full service, cross discipline marketing agency. Interactive media is the fastest growing area of our business. We have built a reputation for demystifying the role of the channel as a commercial tool, bringing to it our experience as marketers first, and technologists second; decoders rather than coders. Our interest has always been in what the media can add to our clients sales and marketing ambitions, never in what the technology can do for its own sake. Ultimately we treat interactive media as we do all other channels, one more option available. We enjoy the freedom new media offers, but we also understand the limits each technology imposes.
Whilst we work hard we also ensure that the team enjoy themselves whilst they are working and also afterwards. There is an annual company ski trip and a summer & Christmas party too. We have a 6-monthly bonus scheme which is open to all staff.
Reporting and Context
The position reports to Client Services Main Responsibilities of the RoleDirector.
Managing the day to day running of projects with multiple clients
Ensuring all work is completed to client (& agency) satisfaction both own and that of team members;
Manage, develop, train and motivate team members;
Overseeing creative development from creative briefs to final execution, ensuring highest standards are maintained and timings are met;
Ensuring delivery of digital product to highest level;
Controlling significant budgets on behalf of the client;
Accurate forecasting and delivery of revenue for team. Forecast update required monthly by Client Services Director;
Working with the Account Managers and other team members to identify opportunities with existing clients;
Proactively developing the client relationship.
Specific Account responsibilities:
The role requires strong management of a diverse range of clients who range from senior brand managers to marketing executives;
The Account Director will be responsible for the day-to-day project delivery of our output for all of the creative and technical work produced for these clients;
The role requires strong time management, project management and a proactive nature;
Knowledge of Interactive is essential. Additional knowledge of print, direct mail and POS preferred;
Ideally, the chosen candidate will have previously worked on web builds and micro sites;
Impressive grasp of the creative and production process to help maintain the highest levels of finished creative work across the account and contribute to further award winning campaigns;
Previous FMCG experience is desirable, but not essential.
Skills and Experience Required:
Technical
Windows, Excel, PowerPoint and MS Outlook skills;
Good understanding of Interactive (80:20 digital to offline account);
Production and technical knowledge desirable;
Financial management & analytics (numeric skills);
Previous experience in digital is essential.
Professional
Presentation skills (oral expression);
Strong proactive thinker;
Team player;
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Managerial
Self-motivated and entrepreneurial with the desire to take advantage of the many opportunities on this diverse account; there are significant opportunities to grow accounts
The ability to manage, develop, train and motivate team members;
Excellent time management and organisational skills are essential;
Able to support the Client Services Director;
Able to manage multiple client relationships;
Character
The ideal candidate will be innovative, driven and have strong interpersonal skills. The ability to interact at a senior level with clients in order to develop the strategic direction of the business is essential. Were really looking for a team player who isnt afraid to get their hands dirty. The Account Director should be adept at managing their own time but be equally able to support their team as well as the Client Services Director when required. We are entering an exciting period of growth and should only attract those who wish to rise to this challenge and develop with the agency.
Account manager/ senior account manager 112 PERMANENT - ACCOUNT MANAGER &/OR SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGER
Four partners all of whom had come from large agency backgrounds founded this company in October 2002. The principles of integrated thinking, commercial understanding, creative excellence and a dedication to delivery and value for money underpin our philosophy as an agency. This has helped us to grow from a team of four, five years ago, to a team of 60 today. We are passionate about what we do and how we do it.
Today we have a select range of blue chip clients including Nestle Purina, BlackBerry, Disney, KFC, Gillette, Duracell, Oral-B, Slendertone, Shock Absorber, Aston Martin & Hasbro. We are a full service, cross discipline marketing agency. Interactive media is the fastest growing area of our business. We have built a reputation for demystifying the role of the channel as a commercial tool, bringing to it our experience as marketers first, and technologists second; decoders rather than coders. Our interest has always been in what the media can add to our clients sales and marketing ambitions, never in what the technology can do for its own sake. Ultimately we treat interactive media as we do all other channels, one more option available. We enjoy the freedom new media offers, but we also understand the limits each technology imposes.
Whilst we work hard we also ensure that the team enjoy themselves whilst they are working and also afterwards. There is an annual company ski trip and a summer & Christmas party too. We have a 6-monthly bonus scheme which is open to all staff.
Reporting and Context
The position reports to Client Partner
Main Responsibilities of the Role
Managing the day to day running of Purina brands with multiple clients
Working with the client partner and other team members to spot opportunities with existing clients and drive the business
Proactively developing the client relationship
Ensuring all work is completed to client satisfaction
Overseeing creative development from creative briefs to final execution, ensuring highest standards are maintained, timings are met
Controlling significant budgets on behalf of the client
Accurately entering projected revenue into the forecast and reporting and delivery of income for the team
Specific Account responsibilities:
The role requires strong management of a diverse range of clients who range from senior brand managers to marketing execs within Purina
The role will be responsible for the day-to-day project delivery of our output for all of the creative and technical work produced for these clients.
Knowledge of interactive is a must but equally knowledge of print, direct mail and POS is also required
Ideally the chosen candidate will have an understanding of the retail environment within our context
Impressive grasp of the creative and production process to help maintain the highest levels of finished creative work across the account, and contribute to further award winning campaigns.
Previous FMCG experience is also desirable, but not essential.
Skills and Experience Required:
Technical
Good understanding of interactive ( websites, e-crm, online advertising, viral etc)
Good windows, Excel, PowerPoint and MS Outlook skills
Basic understanding of the technical and production aspects of execution
Financial management & analytics (numeric skills)
Professional
Thorough understanding of the Agency process from planning through execution
Confidence in scoping and briefing new projects
Presentation skills (oral expression)
Strong thinker
Team player
Solutions oriented
Managerial
Self-motivated and entrepreneurial with the desire to take advantage of the many opportunities on this diverse account; there are many opportunities to grow the Purina accounts
Ability to communicate well and integrate with a fun young team
Able to support the Client Partner and prioritise own projects
Able to manage multiple client relationships
Marketing Manager USA Job Description
This company are looking for a Marketing Manager to join our team.
Develop marketing strategies to launch and grow the companys online gaming businesses. Bring to market high-profile, next generation online gaming products, managing their release and ongoing customer acquisition and retention efforts. Interact closely with go-to-market partners to drive maximum consumer awareness and purchase intent of Realtime Worlds properties.
Responsibilities
Manage the entire marketing life cycle of products from strategic planning to tactical activities. C++
Create marketing plans and develop marketing budget.
Conduct consumer and competitive research
Generate marketing communications
Develop sales forecasts based on historical data, market conditions, and trend analysis
Analyze data and consumer behaviour to determine pricing strategies.
Experience Required
3+ years consumer marketing experience
Education Required
BA or equivalent degree
Knowledge/Skills Required
Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Strong analytical skills.
Proven ability to manage complex projects and deadlines
Passion for gaming
Recruitment Assistant - Trainee Ok, so youve got your degree but you are still waiting for your dream job to find you. Maybe you are starting to think that all those years at university were just a great way to get in debt. Well think again. This is a job that will build on the skills you really developed while at uni. If you spent a large chunk of your time playing computer games and talking on the phone (while successfully juggling academia and a healthy social life) you could be the person we are looking for. We have a vacancy for an assistant recruitment consultant in this small but busy recruitment team. We dedicate our lives to finding people jobs in the computer games industry. Its is a casual and relaxed environment, which means you will required to be self disciplined and highly organized. You must have excellent MS Office skills and a good typing speed.
We see enthusiasm and a willingness to learn as incredibly valuable. Any old degree will do, as long as you did well. Of course, a degree in Computer art /graphics would be perfect and an interest in computer games is desirable but even if you have neither of these you may still be considered. The successful candidate will be expected to research on behalf of the recruitment consultants, looking for new contacts and clients using trade magazines and the internet (another great student skill). Database experience will also be helpful as you will be responsible for insuring that our information is as up to date as possible. You must have a friendly and confident telephone manner, as much of your work will involve talking to candidates. You will also be responsible for keeping the website up to date. Full training will be given in all areas of the job. If this sounds like you and you are up for a laugh and a challenge then apply now. Speak to Kayte 020 72414545.
Games Industry Experienced Product Manager - California 2054PM: CALIFORNIA/USA: PRODUCT MANAGER: $NEG
Leading publisher with a huge arsenal of games and plans they need your assistance with. It will be based in California and you must have been a product manager within games previously without exception.
Bachelors degree in related field required.
Must have the skills necessary to manage a video game through its entire product lifecycle.
SHEFFIELD: PRODUCT MANAGER: 17-21,000 + SHARES + PENSION Successful and high profile video games Company in the North West needs you!
Manage the communication, promotion and exploitation of videogame portfolio, including packaging, advertising and sales support information.
Develop and implement best value marketing plans. Communicate with third parties and other service agencies.
We are looking for someone with experience of the games industry if possible, but failing that, someone with a background in entertainment/ youth brands and who is experienced in managing a portfolio of brands. 2-3 years experience required.
LONDON: SENIOR PRODUCT MANAGER: 35-40,000 Are you a gamer from the games industry or from another entertainment and youth targeted industry? If so we have the product management role that will have you rubbing your hands in glee. Marketing a leading publisher with big budgets and the latest games and technologies will be all the motivation you need.
Purpose of the job
To fully exploit the sell through potential of a title or brand throughout its product lifecycle by maximising consumer and retail awareness in a cost effective and profitable manner.
Conduct focused product and marketing research to analyse market demand and opportunities for assigned products and to develop related product marketing plans.
Creation, execution and day to day management of budgets for assigned games. Assigning appropriate budget to the relevant areas of Media, PR and other Marketing activities ensuring plans & budgets are aligned with forecasts.
Creating and regularly updating formal written marketing plans, presentations and time-lines for assigned games.
To be the product / brand champion of the title / brand both internally and externally.
In co-ordination with the Marketing Director to manage conferences / exhibitions.
Principal accountabilities
Information on the position includes but is not limited to:
With respective Sales Department and the Marketing Director, analyse Day 1, Fiscal year and Lifetime targets of the products, prices and net profitability, based on product information, marketing research and actual trends.
Research and analysis of product and environment with respect to pricing and positioning of assigned products.
Submit to Marketing Director, the UK marketing plan, strategy and presentations based on marketing budget per product or range of products in line with European and local marketing strategy.
Develop close working relationship with Central Marketing, Sales and PR departments to ensure uniform direction of company effort.
Taking the leadership role with Sales to ensure the optimum use of the trade marketing budgets as well as day to day management of assigned budgets.
Continuously assessing the potential of the title to ensure that the correct level of units is sold into the channel in partnership with the Sales department.
Continuous analysis of product post launch in order to ensure that life cycle is maximised by reacting to current market conditions as well as assessing effectiveness of campaigns.
Acquiring and developing relationships with licensors and appropriate commercial third party marketing partners.
Day to day management of external design and marketing agencies.
Taking the leadership role with the Sales and PR department to ensure correct and appropriate product and range strategy and objectives are implemented.
Taking the leadership role with Central Marketing to ensure timely delivery of appropriate assets.
Demonstrating code both internally and externally where necessary.
Managing UK exhibitions in co-ordination with the Marketing Director.
Dimensions
Budgetary sign off of 1,000. Ensuring product marketing does not exceed assigned budget.
Responsibility of up to 20 products within the fiscal year (likely to vary year on year).
Budgetary responsibility for individual titles up to 2 million for an individual title.
Dual responsibility with sales for Co-op marketing budgets by title.
Organization
Reporting to the UK Marketing Director.
There is expected to be a strong communication line to Central Marketing.
Job environment and context
Research and analysis of product and environment.
Create and implement marketing strategies and plans.
Day to Day management of product budgets.
Internal and external promotion of the product and communication of marketing components.
Day to Day management of external agencies.
Profile required
Knowledge and skills:
Knowledge of strategic and operational marketing.
Conversant and experienced with all aspects of media buying.
Project management skills including scheduling, administration/co-ordination, reporting, budgeting, risk assessment.
Strong commercial awareness.
PC skills to include all Microsoft Office products.
Excellent presentation skills.
Technical awareness & overall understanding of video games.
Good creative skills and excellent eye for detail.
Understanding of the sales process.
Experience and qualification:
Educated to degree level and minimum of 3 years product marketing experience in relevant industry (interactive entertainment, family entertainment etc).
592PM : NORTH LONDON: PRODUCT MANAGER: 25-35,000 + BENEFITS This company has been formed by a group of games industry veterans with over 30 years combined experience. The team built one of Britains top 10 publishers, creating high hopes for this company. The companys successful formula remains unchanged and will combine product selection, creative marketing and product focus.
Initially the team will target the competitive arena of pc software, an area where they have had considerable success with some of the best-known pc franchises.
The candidate will need to have previous experience marketingt a product from start to finish.
They must have worked in marketing, ideally games but other industries will be considered.
339FAE: WORK FROM HOME: Field Application Engineer A unique position for a unique candidate, this is an opportunity that requires a great understanding of the games development community, the industry as a whole, and requires someone with the expert technical knowledge and understanding of the tools and products used in games development, both current and future.
You will need to demonstrate at least 4 years games industry experience working in a technical role. This could be a lead programmer or technology manager/director, or a CTO.
Description
Build and develop long-term technical relationships with key strategic games developer and publisher accounts at the most senior level. Influence account strategy as a trusted technical advisor. Acts as an advocate of the account internally.
Takes responsibility for technical integration of Physics SDK and advanced effects in customer product and working to establish tools workflow architecture design within accounts, projects and proposals.
Serve as the main technical point of contact providing technical leadership to accounts, especially at the senior management level.
Develop and give presentations that address customers' immediate and long-term requirements and how they can be met. Be able to comfortably and credibly present to both technically focused and business focused customers at all levels of management.
Provide both pre-sales technical advice as well as advice on how to use technology to solve business problems. Articulate the company vision as it relates to specific market segments. Position products in terms of business advantage rather than technical specifications. Assist customers in finding complete solutions to business problems.
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE:
Requires a BS (Masters Degree preferred).
Games Development experience.
4+ years of Systems Engineering, Professional Services, or Game Development experience, or equivalent combination of training and experience.
Typically includes experience in project or program management, consulting and in design of technical solutions architectures using core contemporary technologies (C, C++, PPC& MIPS Assembly, OpenGL, DirectX, TCP/IP, Rendering Engines, Physic Engines, Nintendo Games Development Libraries, Sony Game Development Libraries, Web Services, Windows).
Strong Knowledge of Software Development Cycle and, C & C++ programming.
Proven Track record of developing Director of technology and CTO relationships.
Excellent oral and written skills focused on variety of audience, technical, business and financial.
Excellent teamwork skills, with proven ability to work across functional areas in the organization.
Experience ideally would include P&L responsibility
5+ years in a direct sales organization.
If you would like to apply for this position, or you know someone who would be suitable, please contact Alex +44 (0)870 3000 987 alex@change-job.com. Please feel free to pass this on. You can register on-line at www.change-job.com
PRODUCT MANAGER/MARKETING IN READING 238M: READING (26 MINUTES FROM LONDON PADINGTON): PRODUCT MANAGER: , Leading games publisher based in Reading are looking for an energetic, talented and experienced Product Manager, primarily responsible for marketing communication planning and execution across a range of releases in the UK and Irish territories
To manage a group of designated products through the life cycle from conception through to market in the UK marketplace.
Duties:
Ensuring understanding and familiarity with each product/range to an extent that the role is universally regarded as the product point of contact, or product champion;
Development and implementation of integrated product marketing plans for all assigned products, specifically devising and actioning marketing communication strategies for each product;
Management of product-marketing spend against budget allocation;
Development and implementation of channel marketing plans within each overall product marketing plan, working with the Channel Marketing Manager;
Support and assistance to the Sales team where required for meetings with distributors, retail buyers etc;
Support and assistance to the UK PR Manager where required on press tours/events etc;
Attendance at trade/consumer events and exhibitions which showcase relevant products.
To apply you must have: at least 2/3 years strong marketing experience within the video gaming industry
LONDON: PRODUCT MANAGER: 20-35,000 DEPENDING ON EXPERIENCE Exciting opportunity to join this dynamic publisher and developer of video games. With the planned expansion of our product portfolio in 2006 the company is looking for an experienced Product Manager to be responsible for the creation and implementation of product marketing plans. Working alongside developers, producers and external agencies, the Product Manager will be expected to ensure the smooth running of a project from initial design to finished product. Must have previous experience in the games industry as a Product Manager.
LONDON: I-MODE MANAGER: 30-35K + BENS Leading publisher of mobile phone games based in London and the mobile game division was founded in Europe in 2002 and is rapidly expanding.
As part of the Commercial team, based in London, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining strong relationships with key i-mode mobile network operators and technology partners
Your key tasks will include
Management of companys six current i-mode sites across Europe with the aim of increasing customer satisfaction and consequently subscriber numbers, and thus revenue
Maximising revenue generated from companys existing network operator accounts through a proactive and creative approach to managing these relationships
Work closely with key stakeholders within the European and Japanese teams, to ensure a cohesive approach to the ongoing development and maintenance of the sites. This will include
identifying and agreeing on a product roadmap for the European market
planning and overseeing phased site updates, and managing the site community to increase customer stickiness to sites
some basic product/site testing prior to launch of new games on the portals
Increase/exceed sales growth in line with the overall business plan and targets.
Day-to-day management and updating of Mobile website.
Monitor the industry closely, providing market intelligence to assist the business development planning. Report market activity to senior management on a regular basis.
Regular travel within Europe and possibly Japan.
Candidate Profile
In-depth knowledge and experience of the mobile and new media sector.
Background within the games industry and/or consumer internet marketing is highly preferred.
Graduate calibre with a strong background in Account Management and/or Sales.
Enthusiastic, highly commercial, and creative
Excellent interpersonal skills at all levels. Able to influence decision-makers.
Strength and tenacity in seeking new business opportunities
Strong team player.
Other European languages would be advantageous.
Required Knowledge and Experience:
Significant experience and understanding of the mobile and new media industry, with a keen interest in cutting-edge technology and the digital economy.
Keen interest in gaming (on any platform)
A good understanding of consumer insight, and ideally some prior experience of direct marketing and customer acquisition and retention
Candidates of particular interest will be those that can demonstrate a thorough understanding of the dynamics of the mobile gaming marketplace and can propose and undertake a course of action that will allow the company to outperform the competition.
GERMANY: MARKETING AND PR ASSISTANT: TO 50K EUROS = 33K + BONUSES Get your frankfurters out! If you are an experienced Marketing and PR Assistant read on. You will be required to work closely with internal game teams and our external partners. This position requires coordination with internal department heads as well as external partners.
The company has an overriding commitment to the highest standards of quality in all areas of development and the game play experience. On offer is a competitive salary, completion and performance bonuses, relocation expenses and temporary housing, gym membership with multiple locations throughout Frankfurt and free public transport passes within the city. The studio language is English.
Job Responsibilities:
Coordinate the organization, creation and distribution of assets and marketing material to external partners and press. This includes managing the approval and distribution process for screenshots, concept art, renders, videos, etc.
Manage the marketing and PR calendar along with department heads. This includes coordinating interviews between press and key staff as well as liaison work with publishers and vendors.
Assist in organizing focus groups and surveys and ensure the appropriate people are aware and prepared for key dates.
Develop a strong partnership with internal game teams.
Manage and grow an internal library of Crytek product press coverage.
Logistics planning for hardware and people in getting to product demos, tradeshows, executive reviews etc.
Ensure a consistent message on product and feature development to the press.
Work with department leads for continual process improvement.
Directly responsible for adhering to all company policies and procedures.
Safeguard company assets including source code, art work, tools, game design information and technical know how.
Takes initiative and is willing to expand own horizon.
Additional tasks in the area of Marketing and PR Assistant.
Report to Executive Management.
Requirements:
Previous experience in the role of Marketing and PR Assistant.
Experience working with highly creative teams.
Excellent verbal and written skills.
Gaming knowledge and an understanding of industry trends a strong plus.
Demonstrated ability to be proactive and self motivated, work without direct supervision, and present the work of the team and the project in a professional manner.
Balance impacts of deadlines and resources against quality requirements of a title and quality of life for staff.
Fluent English language skills required. Proficient German or other languages a definite benefit.
Passion for making games.
Sales-smiths and Marketeers wanted excellent!! London based EC2 specialist recruiter seeks Sales and Marketing talent for the world's biggest video game publishers and studios - think you've got what it takes to bring AAA titles to market, neutralising (well, analysing) all that stand in your way? We currently represent all the biggest names in the business; drop me a line and Ill shamelessly name-drop a few for you.
Whether you're up and coming or anindustry experienced Sales Ninja / Marketing Guru, if you are ready for a move up or just thinking of what new challenge could be out there for you; get in touch and lets see where it takes us.
You can either; register your details at www.change-job.com; email me for further details at aj@change-job.com or call AJ on 0870 3000 987.
UK Marketing Manager Working in the unique and fast moving field of Virtualisation, we require a proven marketing professional to ensure we maintain the stability and global status our clients expect. This is a senior, seasoned, heavyweight marketing professional role.
Key elements for this role are:
- able to lead the development of our Marketing strategy and own its successful execution across the region, by including all stakeholders in the development process to maximise demand and increase effectiveness in our chosen customer and prospect segments and through our partner eco-system.
- focus on understanding our customers needs by segment, and customer type with in the segment and tune our solutions message to address their needs
- able to find right balance between innovative field execution in the context of a strategic plan.
- develop and lead a high performing marketing team focussed on driving growth in the UK/Ireland market
Major Function and Responsibilities:
This seasoned professional must provide leadership in driving all marketing initiatives and programs in the UK and Ireland in close collaboration with the local sales team and the Northern European marketing manager. These activities are strongly related on the further development of the partner and end-user community and the awareness of our solutions in the different market segments.
Key objectives:
Take ownership of the marketing strategy and execution in the UK & Ireland focusing on the following key areas:
Generate awareness and demand creation of our solutions across our chosen market segments.
Further development of the two-tier distribution network (resellers, SIs, ISVs, alliances, and distributors) in order to meet the revenue targets and to address new market segments.
Develop customer (end-user) marketing strategy to drive up-sell and cross-sell opportunities, lead the development of a customer lifecycle process
Connect our partner marketing initiatives to our own strategic marketing messages and goals.
Job descriptions:
The key activities of this role will include:
- Develop the marketing plan for the UK & Ireland in close collaboration with the UK Management team and the Northern European marketing manager.
- Gain extensive knowledge on the different market segments and generate plans to enter new markets.
- Work closely together with the local PR agency to improve the awareness of our solutions and overall strategy moving forward.
- Drive and control the pipeline management process including tracking and tracing.
- Control and maintain contact d/bases for partners, distributors, alliances, end-users, and other stakeholders.
- Support and manage the partner network regarding all marketing related activities.
- Develop and leverage on local alliance relationships and ISVs.
- Work closely together with the local sales team and other internal stakeholders to make sure that the plan and execution is in line with overall strategy.
- Manage and control the UK marketing budget, including the co-op and MDF funds.
- Manage, develop and grow the UKs customer community.
- Produce and publish customer case stories and best practices.
Measurements:
The person will be measured on:
- Effective implementation of (partner) marketing plans
- 100% and effective utilization of the co-op funds
- Improved PR awareness (number of articles versus objective)
- Number of generated qualified leads versus target, pipeline managed to ensure UK meets revenue goals.
- Budget management and control to target
- Number of customer case stories versus target
- Integration of our strategic partners into our marketing plans
Candidate Profile:
Education: Professional marketing qualification
Degree/ MBA
Language: Fluent in English
Proven track record of marketing leadership at a senior level with a leading technology or associated organisation.
Previous Experience:
The candidate has held senior marketing position(s) at either a software, hardware or organisation, selling products via a two tier distribution model.
Has developed and implemented result driven marketing strategies and developed the associated marketing programs, supporting collateral and measurement practices with proven results
Proven experience with creative agencies to execute on effective PR & Communications strategies
Used to working in a fast pace, changing international environment.
Personal Profile:
Able to provide leadership to own marketing in the region
Able to articulate our strategy and develop impactful programmes that internal teams can rally around and feel the impact of, within the context of the local market
Is a confident, personable, marketing savvy leader
Understands how to get the best from both their own team and lead the collaboration with other contributing stakeholders
Understands the connection between effective field marketing and increased sales performance
Capable of working closely with internal stakeholders and customers, both channel partners and end users to represent our products and solutions
Enthusiastic, agile team player with make it happen, can do attitude
The candidate should be able to cope with constant change
Ability to work and make decisions independently.
Excellent communication and presentation skills
Experienced with working in a global marketing team
Product Manager wanted for Publisher! Main Purpose
Development and implementation of integrated product marketing plans for allocated titles, specifically devising and actioning marketing strategies for the UK and Irish markets in order to meet sales and product contribution targets.
Specific Responsibilities
Briefing agencies and co-ordinating activities across all areas of the marketing mix (media, online, promotions etc) on each game to ensure best marketing communications plan for the title in the UK market.
Localisation (and creation, where appropriate) of all marketing materials for the UK and ensuring timely delivery to relevant media outlet.
Work in tandem with local broadcast production/fulfillment company ensuring adherence to local advertising classifications;
Work in tandem with PR and Channel Marketing functions to ensure adherence of respective plans to overall product marketing strategy and budget;
Sell-in of game title to the sales team via creation and delivery of engaging and educational sales presentations, and attendance at retailer presentations where appropriate.
Work with Global Marketing/PR teams to ensure delivery of assets in a timely fashion;
Evaluation of each marketing campaign, including post-release campaign analysis report.
Work in tandem with relevant departments to ensure complete visibility of age rating process;
Adherence to internal purchase order approval/tracking system for budget management
Presenting products at press meetings/events, trade meetings/events, store manager conferences as and when required;
Communication/dissemination of asset availability (and usage restriction, if applicable) to marketing, sales, agencies as required;
Work with external design/creative/production agencies to deliver any required creative work;
Managing product folder on internal network, ensuring all folders are updated with latest assets/information and ensuring that marketing budget tracking sheet is updated;
KEY JOB QUALIFICATIONS
Work Experience
Minimum 2 years marketing experience in a packaged good or entertainment industry, ideally in the games industry. The products responsible for are likely to take a family / kid orientation, so experience within this market is preferable.
Education, Professional Training, Technical Training or Certification
BA/BS degree or equivalent required.
Knowledge/Skills
Must be able to communicate effectively and tactfully, both oral and written.
Must have general understanding of videogame industry.
Computer literate in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint programs required.
Strong influencing skills
Pro-active able to come up with ideas / business solutions.
Experience and understanding of managing budgets.
Good team player.
Project management experience essential.
Account Manager Account Manager role at an award winning digital agency working on high-profile entertainment clients. The role involves delivery of online campaigns, across creative and marketing; reporting back to the client and setting long term digital marketing strategies. Candidates must have excellent client communication/account management skills with proven experience working across digital campaigns.
The role involves the opportunity to work with the client in-house (2 / 3 days per week) as their resident digital expert and agency representative, as well as at the agencys offices. The perfect candidate must have a strong digital background, be able to talk knowledgeably about the evolving digital space, and identify and put into practice new opportunities for the client. Digital PR experience would be beneficial.
An interest in film is essential.
Junior PR Assistant 607JPR Junior PR Assistant Leamington Spa
Attractive salary, benefits and a great career opportunity.
The role of the Assistant PR Manager is to support the PR & Graphics Manager in the implementation and creation of the company’s PR, marketing and communications strategies, with a particular focus on business development, recruitment and internal communications.
Additional expectations & qualities specific to this role include:
Expectations
Corporate/B2B PR:
Planning, establishing and maintaining a strong corporate image and brand identity for the company and its divisions.
Coordinating the strategy, design and creation of corporate literature, website, advertising and other marketing tools.
Managing the company’s presence at major trade events, including securing speaking opportunities and coordinating exhibition space.
Advising and supporting the Business Development Directors and Concept Team on pitching of new products, including the promotion of any unsigned product.
Liaising with the trade press to promote the company’s work, experience and technology.
Increasing the company’s exposure with potential recruits, including liaising with the recruitment team and driving the company’s strategy in the education sector.
Product PR:
Establishing and maintaining strong relationships with the company’s clients and their PR/marketing teams.
Anticipating clients’ needs for marketing deliverables and preparing schedules accordingly.
Liaising with each development team to ensure availability of deliverables.
Organising and being available for press events as required by the client.
Internal Communications:
Upholding and reinforcing a consistent and positive company message to all staff.
Overseeing the production and design of internal newsletters, show reports and other publications.
Contributing to the content of key company announcements.
Management and other responsibilities:
Managing the PR team (in the PR & Graphics Manager’s absence) and holding responsibility for their workloads, performance and personal development.
Accountability to CEO and senior management team.
Sourcing of any required external services or merchandise/products.
Research and competitive analysis when required.
Essential Qualities:
TECHNICAL:
Intermediate to advanced skills in Office and Powerpoint are all essential. Familiarity with graphics packages such as Photoshop or Illustrator would be useful.
PERSONAL:
First-rate communication skills, both written and verbal. Must also have an excellent standard of spelling and grammar as well as a high attention to detail.
Excellent organisation skills and the ability to prioritise complicated workloads under pressure for multiple staff and self.
Proven management skills with at least 2 years in a management role.
Experience of budgetary control would be advantageous.
Good negotiating skills.
Must be a team player with a sense of humour but must also be able to function independently.
The ability to be highly pro-active is vital.
A willingness and ability to learn is essential.
Must be diplomatic and discreet.
Minimum of 5 years in a busy office (preferably media related) plus at least 2 years in a PR role.
Long-standing enthusiasm for video games and knowledge of the games industry in general is strongly preferred.
Proven experience of recruiting subordinates.
Full UK driving license and willingness to travel, sometimes internationally.
LONDON: 2 X BILINGUAL ACCOUNT MANAGER: HINDU OR JAPANESE: 20-22K Requirements
Mother tongue: Hindu or Japanese
Background in marketing / account management within the Games Industry
Skill set and role
Able to understand an ad idea, the basic discipline of ATL advertising e.g. poster, TV, print, cinema how they are produced, broadcast etc
Highly developed project management skills
The ability to run a piece of business
Trafficking
Running accounts
Client contact
Arranging POs
Great telephone and email manner
Well organised
Mother tongue either Hindu or Japanese
Fluent English
Account manager experience within the Games Industry
Marketing and language coordinator
Personality
Confident- be able to sell and pick up the phone to clients
Driven
Passionate about language adaptation and advertising
Hold gravitas
Come across as more mature than their age
Can be from a major creative translation agency background or ad agency background
Consumer Marketing Manager 888 CONSUMER MARKETING MANAGER
Do you have a strong track record of liaising with multiple blue chip 3rd party promotional partners, and delivering tangible brand exposure to target consumers. This could be client or agency side, and likely to have been for at least 2 years with a portfolio of at least a dozen examples.
You must have the ability to sell ideas/concepts, negotiate deals at high levels, and execute on agreed ideas, be able to present promotions internally to sales & marketing personnel and write tight briefs to generate effective promotional literature/graphics.
For 2/3rds of the time you will work on pan European consumer promotions. This involves taking full responsibility for organizing 3rd party promotions within available budgets for selected key titles. Leveraging promotional opportunities that are available through licenses. Reviewing ALL promotional opportunities that the company is approached with & making recommendations. The rest of the time you will be reporting on European Regions spending/top-line activity using tracking spreadsheet coupled with a constructive criticism of these. You will publish the European Launch plan summary. General marketing. If you could write 5 points to support your application that would speed your CV to the top of the pile and gain you an interview!
UK SPECIALIST PRESS Public R elations MANAGER : LONDON: : 30-35,000 + CAR ALLOW (300 PM) + SHARES + PENSION + BUPA + PENSION
My client is responsible for a number of great campaigns and hit title games. An experienced PR Manager is required to build and maintain their company profile in the UK. The successful candidate will be working on high profile titles. You will report the European Marketing Manager and working very closely the European Specialist Press PR Manager as well as the Product Manager for each title, the ideal candidate will have at least 3 years experience in the PR sector ideally gained within the video games market. You will be expected to hit the ground running and take an active role from the very start. This will include developing and executing PR plans and strategies for each title and each format and most importantly regularly visiting press contacts. The industry as a whole is fast moving and innovative. Lateral thinking and a creative approach to gaining coverage for our products are vital to ensure we stay one step ahead of the competition. It is vital that you can fit into a team prima donnas not required! Key functions: UK specialist print press, UK on-line specialist gaming sites, Trade Press, Presentations to various groups
Community Manager - London Our preferred client is a leading publisher of computer games with an opening in its London office. You must have experience on-line of running and managing communities. You will ideally have some basic web authoring tools. You need to be clued up. You will be managing websites and people as well as ad hoc on line PR.
Public Relations Executive - London 797PR: London: Public Relations Executive: TBA
Exciting opportunity with something to really get your teeth into! This is a role for someone who can hit the ground running with experience already gained commercially in games and public relations. You may come from possibly a senior account management position. You will be working on specialist PR but need vital all round experience. You will soon have the chance to run your own PR area with the correct grounding. If you prove yourself this is a company where the rewards really exist. You must have worked on PR for games beore!!!
Head Of Public Relations: Games - South Excellent publisher based in the south needs a person with all the contacts and experience at senior level of Public Relations for the games industry. If you have this background they do not want to reveal too much about the role as it is your influence they desire. They are a top 5 publisher and it is a place that you would be proud to work. URGENT. Register your interest at www.change-job.com
PLEASE DO NOT APPLY UNLESS YOU HAVE WORKED AT SENIOR LEVEL IN PUBLIC RELATIONS IN THE GAMES INDUSTRY NO OTHER APPLICANTS WILL BE CONSIDERED
Head Of Public Relations: Games - South Successful and well established publisher. The role is ultimately responsible for all UK consumer and trade PR across all types of media consumer media (specialist and non-specialist), and trade media
Developing and implementing full and comprehensive PR strategies for the UK product portfolio.
Managing UK Specialist Press PR Manager.
Managing UK PR agency/agencies, retained and/or project-based.
Managing relationships with key UK trade media contacts, and developing/implementing UK trade PR strategy, working closely with UK Product Marketing team and UK Management team.
Maintaining direct relationships with key non-specialist media contacts (newspapers, magazines, TV, radio) and developing/implementing UK non-specialist media PR strategy, working closely with UK Product Marketing team and PR agency/agencies.
Developing and implementing PR strategies, specifically designed to secure wider non-specialist media coverage beyond traditional reviews/competitions.
Managing relationships with key UK specialist media contacts, from publisher/senior editor level downwards, and developing UK specialist media PR strategy, working closely with UK Product Marketing team and UK Specialist Press PR Manager
Delivering UK media events, in conjunction with UK Events Manager, UK Product Marketing team and UK Specialist Press PR manager.
Working closely with International Marketing/PR teams to ensure delivery of assets/tools required to generate required all consumer and trade PR.
Working closely with UK Management Team and International office to deliver all required corporate PR, in accordance with necessary stakeholders.
Providing generated coverage to UK and International Marketing teams.
Attending trade/consumer events which showcase the UKs products. Apply only at www.change-job.com
SHEFFIELD: PR MANAGER: 17-22,000 + SHARES + PENSION High profile video games Company in the North West needs you!
Manage the communication, promotion and exploitation of videogame portfolio. Increase the visibility and reputation of corporate profile in across all relevant media and events. Develop and implement best value PR plans.
Communicate with third parties, external PR and other service agencies.
Covering all formats of console and media press/TV/Radio/online
You will be required to have regular contact with the third parties, such as IP owners and international publishers, and will be responsible for ensuring brand values are successfully included in all product communication.
Occasionally you will be required to contribute to the marketing effort in areas other than public relations, such as assistance in product management and presentations.
Regular UK based travel required
We are looking for someone with experience of the games industry if possible, but failing that, someone with a background in entertainment/ youth brands and who is experienced in managing a portfolio of brands. 2-3 years experience required.
MIDLANDS: VIDEO GAMES INDUSTRY EXPERIENCED PR EXEC/MANAGER: 20-32,000 Rapidly expanding games publisher is looking for a self-confident, articulate PR person with games industry experience. Were not going to tell you exactly what the work entails because then youll just tell us what we want to hear - but we can promise you varied titles to work on, the opportunity to take responsibility for the products, a team-based environment working closely with non-PR people, and the chance to really make an impactand we can promise you hard, hard work. Interested?
For Your Information:
Were growing and evolving fast. The person would certainly take responsibility for all UK media relations, and would be expected to get stuck in with anything else that came up (maybe working with agencies, maybe organizing events, maybe flattering co-promotional partners, etc., etc.) The three things we absolutely need are (1) industry PR experience (not just journalism or non-industry PR) (2) the ability to think strategically (someone who just wants to do the PR isnt enough we want brains and a broader interest in the business) and (3) a passion for the nitty-gritty hard work (screwing journalists for coverage is more important that the ability to do lunch well). Adventurous style of PR!
COMMUTABLE FROM DERBY, NOTTINGHAM, BEDFORD, BIRMINGHAM, BUCKS, CAMBS
JUNIOR PUBLIC RELATIONS EXECUTIVE: 20-26,000 COMMUTABLE FROM DERBY, NOTTINGHAM, BEDFORD, BIRMINGHAM, BUCKS, CAMBS
Small, hard-working team is looking for a self-confident, articulate PR person with entertainment industry experience (ideally in games), to handle key UK media (magazines, TV, radio), and to create newsletters and releases. Were not going to tell you exactly what the work entails because then youll just tell us what we want to hear - but we can promise you varied titles to work on, the opportunity to take responsibility for the products, a team-based environment working closely with non-PR people, and the chance to really make an impactand we can promise you hard, hard work. Interested?
PUBLIC RELATIONS EXECUTIVE/MANAGER: NEG - 35K+ COMMUTABLE FROM DERBY, NOTTINGHAM, BEDFORD, BIRMINGHAM, BUCKS, CAMBS
Small but flourishing games publisher is looking for a self-confident, organized, articulate PR person to rise to a challenge. Youd handle UK PR campaign planning, liaison with international partners and agencies, hands-on work with UK media, copy writing, and more. For the right person this could lead to managing international campaigns, and brand management. PR experience is required (in an entertainment industry), but were just as interested in you as a person and what you want to achieve. Were not going to tell you exactly what the work entails because then youll just tell us what we want to hear - but we can promise you varied titles to work on, the opportunity to take responsibility for the products, a team-based environment working closely with non-PR people, and the chance to really make an impactand we can promise you hard, hard work. Interested?
Small, hard-working team is looking for a self-confident, articulate evangelist with games PR experience. Were not going to tell you exactly what the work entails because then youll just tell us what we want to hear - but we can promise you varied titles to work on, the opportunity to take responsibility for the products, a team-based environment. Youll be organizing your own time, liaising with agencies, possibly with an assistant to help you out, and most importantly youll spend a lot of time on the phone and out on the road building relationships and grabbing us pagination. The role is hugely results focused, so this is no place to hide if you want an easy life, but a great place to be if you want a real challenge
212PRM: MIDLANDS: PR MANAGER/COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER : 30,000 - 35,000 INCLUDING BENEFITS World leading games company based in the Midlands working on AAA games on all current and next gen consoles. Established since the early 90s the company has a fantastic array of hard working and highly skilled staff who are willing to share and listen to ideas and give help where necessary. The company is constantly looking to push its staff onto bigger and better things within the company and will always provide its employees with new opportunities.
General Overview of the position: To lead, execute and maintain an excellent presence for the company and its products in the media with specific responsibility to the UK
Main duties and responsibilities:
MEDIA ACTIVITY OVERALL
Maximise timely media coverage through each products' lifecycle
Ensure an excellent profile for the company and its products in UK media both games media and consumer media across print, online and broadcast outlets.
Maintain relationships with UK media both games and key consumer titles
Media events - planning and managing of UK media events and assisting in international media events
Proactive liaison with Marketing Managers schedule and obtain assets
CORE GAMING MEDIA ACTIVITY
Day-to-day management of UK press in key media sectors:
- Specialist media
- Trade media (games and marketing)
- Specialist online
- Specialist broadcast (radio / TV)
Visiting games media to present product and proactive planning
Arranging media tours with code and developers for coverage
Hosting UK media visits to the company and managing follow-up requirements for materials, assets and information documents
MASS MARKET MEDIA ACTIVITY
Day-to-day management of UK press in key media sectors:
- Consumer review columnists - general lifestyle media
- Consumer Review columnists - national and regional papers
- Consumer themed print + broadcast media (e.g., motorsport)
Preparing plans and executing activities for mass market media support of Codemasters and its game brands
PR agency sourcing, pitches, briefing, planning and day-to-day management for consumer media support programmes
UK PR MANAGEMENT
Manage and maintain a database of UK media contacts with appropriate mailing lists for product specific news releases and product mailings.
UK PR plan creation and documentation for products
UK PR budgets management and control of Pos and paperwork
Plan and lead activity with consumer media
Press Release writing and preparation of press kits for UK specific activity Proactive issuing of press releases + assets to media
Work closely with UK Marketing Manager and Online Marketing dept to ensure effective coordination of activities and opportunities
Work closely with UK Sales to feed positive media coverage to aid their sell in
Management of information and assets to media through:
- Email
- Press kits (art CDs, code, events, exhibitions)
- Press centre
- Gamespress
- Betacams
Reactive management of information + assets to media
Knowledge of key media schedules and deadlines and be proactive in the scheduling of information, assets and code for media deadlines
Proactive supply of press kits to UK media each product through lifecycle
UK Marketing Promotions/Events
Work with the Marketing Manager to build creative promotions/events for each product launch
Support the Marketing Manager in the planning, administration, launch and management of promotions/events
Maximise PR opportunities for all promotions/events
ADMINISTRATION
Reporting and evaluation of UK media activity
Getting copies of UK games media magazines
File and manage all UK press cuttings
Collate UK press coverage by product to support sales and marketing and senior management, including monthly value reporting.
Cuttings Agency - briefing and management from all media
Maintain relationships with internal and external development teams in relation to press activity
OTHER
Support Head of Communications in strategic and creative planning and preparation of materials.
Manage relationships with licensors and partners PR representatives to maximise opportunities
Assist Head of Communications on Corporate PR initiatives as relevant to UK media.
Other Duties
AND other such duties within the scope of the job title and at the Managers discretion
Key Contacts Media
Marketing and Sales
Licensing
Directors
Studio Heads and Producers
Reception, operations, IT
Essential Desirable
Education/Qualifications:
Degree 2.1 in PR, communications, media, journalism, marketing or related field
Or equivalent experience within a commercial PR or Marketing operation at Manager level.
Experience:
3+ years experience in PR or media management in video gaming related operations. 1+ year at Manager level (UK or European).
Proven experience in factual communications field (journalism, PR position) to gaming media/audience and mass market audience.
Skills/Knowledge:
Excellent written and verbal communication including good telephone manner
High level of interest in games with console and PC experience; interest and knowledge of games media
Creative thinker with ability to plan and present effective PR programmes internally and externally.
Strong management and organisation skills - able to manage time/workload and work under pressure to tight deadlines at all levels
o Interest in motorsport and football
Aptitudes/Attributes
Work pro-actively on own initiative (to be one step ahead)
and within a team environment
Ability to manage the demands of numerous people and tasks
Friendly, approachable, knowledgeable
Other Job Requirements:
Willing to undertake further training to fulfill the requirements of the role
Willing to work additional hours to meet the demands of the role
LONDON: PR MANAGER: 28-40,000 Dynamic developer and publisher of next generation games that are of a supremely high profile nature require a PR Manager. To oversee all UK based and international public relations activities. The ideal candidate will be a self-starter who has a contact database which is second to none and the ability to hit the ground running. This role would suit an ambitions PR practitioner who is looking for the freedom to act upon their own ideas and the opportunity to create and run their own PR department. They will have experience of both corporate and product based public relations activities and will be a skilled copy writer. They will be responsible for creating the PR infrastructure from scratch, hiring all department staff, developing and implementing successful PR campaigns as well as advising on strategy at board level. In addition, they will have to work in conjunction with our international distribution partners to ensure the synchronized delivery of campaigns in line with overall strategy.
SALES AND MARKETING RECRUITMENT CONSULTANT/ACCOUNT MANAGER: 40k : LONDON: OLD ST OR LIVERPOOL ST TUBE: OTE 40,000
If you want to work in swanky air conditioned offices with a young and vibrant team in an industry that makes more than Hollywood and is booming read on
Funky, new media recruitment agency that operates on a global basis needs an experienced Recruitment Consultant. It will be finding Sales and Marketing staff for already established clients within the video games industry. Cold calling is not required. All of the clients and candidates are right here on the database; we need a person with beautifully honed account management skills to match them up and to continue with our success. We recruit for all the major players to include: Rock Star, and Ubisoft.
You must have a background in recruitment, although estate agency or telesales will be considered for the right person as would a background in sales and marketing within the games industry.
The key competencies you need to be successful in this environment are a proven ability to be organised and prioritise, articulate yourself in a convincing and persuasive way, coupled with a good listening skills and a good memory. You also need to give consistent performance in a varied environment, and have the ability to build relationships over the telephone.
It is a fun environment with casual dress and will be immensely financially rewarding for the right person. In the first instance please email your application to recruitment@change-job.com and include a covering letter on why we should choose you!
LONDON: WEBMASTER/ONLINE MARKETING AND PR: 25-28K Online Poker Company is currently developing an exciting new range of products designed to bring new dimensions to the online gaming experience.
The Webmaster's primary role is the implementation and maintenance of website(s) for the online marketing and distribution of our games. Working closely with our marketing and creative directors to ensure that our online presence and distribution efforts support our overall brand promotion strategy. This hands on role will include managing our relations with the online public and responding to email queries etc.
Knowledge and skills:
q Working knowledge of the main poker variants (Texas Holdem, Omaha and Stud)
q Must be proficient in the use of website development tools including:
Dreamweaver, HTML, Flash, Actionscript, Java, XML and Photoshop (CS level).
q At least 2-3 years experience of website development and maintenance preferably in a media or marketing environment.
q Conversant with online promotion and distribution methods.
q Able to implement strategic plans for online website optimisation, including email campaigns and online promotions.
q Able to multi-task to achieve both short and long term deadlines.
q Effective communication skills required in order to liaise with our brand management and development teams.
q Some communication with external sources will be expected including web administrators at our online marketing and distribution
partners, outside service providers and end users
CANADA: SENIOR PR MANAGER: HIGH - hot developer snowy place This position is responsible for overseeing the publicity initiatives on all Company Products. Reporting to the Director of Marketing for the Canada Studio, the Senior PR Manager will help oversee day-to-day activities, as well as be instrumental in the creation and execution of all strategic publicity initiatives. This person will interact with Company senior management to drive awareness and shape the reputation of the Company brands.
Responsibilities
Develop and manage the execution product publicity strategy through pre-launch, launch, and post launch phases.
Identify and develop PR opportunities and story ideas (both mainstream and enthusiast press)
Develop and pitch unique stories on video game features, trends or lifestyle elements.
Develop editorial calendar and monitor trends & stories.
Initiate and develop comprehensive PR package, including b-roll and media training guidelines
Write and edit press releases, pitch letters and media alerts. Ensure that all communication materials are on-brand, on-message and on-strategy
Develop talk points that supports brand positioning.
Formulate corporate positions on issues in anticipation of potential inquiries
Develop and maintain strong media relationships an extensive network of mass media, sports and enthusiast/trade journalist contacts.
Manage all pitch efforts from ideation to completion.
Solicit, educate and manage PR agencies on specific projects and initiatives.
Develop close and collaborative communication relationship with product marketing, and licensors.
Work closely with franchise production teams. Develop relationship with production to have an open communication channel to deliver press feedback and to obtain product information.
Manage studio based staff of PR coordinator(s) and external agencies as appropriate.
Provide post mortem analysis of all PR activities and generate ROI analysis.
Provide strategic press feedback on products in regular intervals to production and marketing.
Prepare and distribute follow up communication to both studio and production partners outlining press coverage and status of all PR activities.
Serve as studio spokesperson when required, assisting in all media inquiries.
Oversee publishing of weekly status and quarterly clip reports.
Oversee event management for franchises by servicing media on-site at special events, photo shoots, interviews and press conferences.
Required Qualifications
3 to 5 years of experience in videogame and/or entertainment PR required
Experience working in a highly energized, fast-paced team atmosphere with constantly competing priorities
Detail-oriented with ability to drive and create a big, strategic picture
Bachelor's or advanced degree in Public Relations, English, Communications, or related fields
Proven track record of generating publicity with strong contacts with local and national media.
Ability to identify and capitalize on public relations opportunities which are both strategic and cost effective
Strong team player, able to balance and blend various department needs and views into effective product PR strategy and work with other franchise/issues and managers to complement and support each other's plan's and objectives.
Ability to handle multiple projects and solidly meet deadlines.
Superior writing and editing skills
Powerful speaking (communication & presentation) skills.
Motivated, self-started, results-driven.
Ability to explain the PR process in order to educate internal clients
Team player - experience working with development teams preferred.
Working knowledge and understanding of public relations techniques and communications tool including monitoring services
Experience in managing a team of PR professionals
Event planning and execution preferred
SURREY: GLOBAL PR MANAGER: 35K This is a truly unique opportunity to join one of the world's leading developers & publishers of interactive entertainment software. We develop our products for all popular game systems, personal computers and wireless devices.
Key Responsibilities:
Reporting to the Global PR Manager and based in the UK, this position will work very closely with the European PR managers in each office in Europe.
Key objective to devise and set an appropriate Global PR strategy and oversee and support local PR strategy in all territories as it relates to UK GBM team managed titles or to set European PR strategy for titles globally managed in the US, to ultimately maximise the effectiveness of each local PR campaign.
Working alongside UK based Global Brand Management team to achieve, in line with brand strategy, the objectives, co-ordination and delivery of local PR campaigns.
Create and maintain global asset tracker throughout product campaigns and facilitate delivery of code and other game assets across territories.
Create media presentations throughout product campaign first look, first hands-on, review, as well as various events including Gamers Days, E3 and Games Convention.
Coordinate developer visits for essential coverage opportunities from each territory and to act as a central contact for the origination and timing of developer and other interviews on-site or off-site.
Communicate global coverage/ review expectations to brand and product development teams; spearhead global PR post-mortems and coverage wrap-up reports
Operate as the central contact for local PR teams with regards to requesting and delivering PR materials, press releases and plans.
Responsible for coordinating, planning and supporting PR Events Event Project Management in International and with the US, coordinating developer interviews through the Project Manager(depending on developer), global press releases as required and dealing with press specific asset requests to ensure each office has the required tools and assets for local PR campaigns.
Working with the Director, Media Relations, Corporate and Product Communications (based in the USA), to raise the corporate profile International and enhance and ensure consistency of messages in all financial/trade press in each territory.
To drive International trade PR strategy.
Work within given PR budgets.
Experience/Key Competencies
BA in communications or a related field. Strong written and verbal communication.
Minimum 4 years public relations experience in consumer products and/or entertainment. Understanding of games industry, knowledge of relevant gaming publications and strong relationships with enthusiast media a must. Experience conceiving, driving and executing campaign for completely original core gamer IP critical. Experience working closely with original content developers in defining compelling positioning a must.
Must have a thorough understanding of core gamer genres and the melding of these genres through future hardware generations.
Microsoft Suites (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) is required. Mac Suites (PhotoShop, Illustrator) is desired. Detail oriented and organized.
Ability to multi-task in fast-paced environment. International/Global PR experience a plus!
International travel required, as well as national travel for press tour, developer visits, etc. Multiple trips per year.
A second European language preferred, ideally French, German or Spanish
Keen enthusiasm for video-games.
Benefits
Competitive basic salary
Pension
Discretionary Annual Bonus on achievement of set objectives
Private Health Care
Life Assurance (4 x basic salary)
Income Protection Insurance
25 days holiday
Share Options
Interest Free Season Ticket Loan
Reduced cost membership of Gym (1 minutes walk from office)
LONDON: PUBLIC RELATIONS MANAGER: 40K + BENEFITS A leading name in the games industry needs an industry experienced PR Manager. It is working on ground breaking products that need exposing to their fullest potential. If you are crazy about games then this could be for you.
MEDIA ACTIVITY OVERALL
Maximise timely media coverage through each products' lifecycle
Ensure an excellent profile for the company and its products in media both games media and consumer media across print, online and broadcast outlets.
Maintain relationships with media both games and key consumer titles
Media events - planning and managing of media events and assisting in international media events
Proactive liaison with Marketing Managers schedule and obtain assets
CORE GAMING MEDIA ACTIVITY
Day-to-day management of press in key media sectors:
Specialist media
Trade media (games and marketing)
Specialist online
Specialist broadcast (radio / TV)
Visiting games media to present product and proactive planning
Arranging media tours with code and developers for coverage
Hosting media visits to the company or a developer studio and managing follow-up requirements for materials, assets and information documents
MASS MARKET MEDIA ACTIVITY
Day-to-day management of press in key media sectors (where possible):
Consumer review columnists - general lifestyle media
Consumer Review columnists - national and regional papers
Consumer themed print + broadcast media (e.g., motorsport)
Preparing plans and executing activities for mass market media support of the company and its game brands
PR agency sourcing, pitches, briefing, planning and day-to-day management for consumer media support programmes
PR MANAGEMENT
Manage and maintain a database of media contacts with appropriate mailing lists for product specific news releases and product mailings.
PR plan creation and documentation for products
PR budgets management and control of Pos and paperwork
Plan and lead activity with consumer media
Press Release writing and preparation of press kits for specific activity Proactive issuing of press releases + assets to media
Work closely with Marketing Manager and European PR Manager to ensure effective coordination of activities and opportunities
Work closely with Sales to feed positive media coverage to aid their sell in
Management of information and assets to media through:
Email
Press kits (art CDs, code, events, exhibitions)
Press Vault
Betacams
Reactive management of information + assets to media
Knowledge of key media schedules and deadlines and be proactive in the scheduling of information, assets and code for media deadlines
Proactive supply of press kits to media each product through lifecycle
MARKETING AND PROMOTIONAL EVENTS
Work with the Marketing Manager to build creative promotions/events for each product launch
Support the Marketing Manager in the planning, administration, launch and management of promotions/events
Maximise PR opportunities for all promotions/events
ADMINISTRATION
Reporting and evaluation of media activity
Getting copies of games media magazines
File and manage all press cuttings
Collate press coverage by product to support sales and marketing and management, including monthly value reporting.
Cuttings Agency - briefing and management from all media
Maintain relationships with internal and external development teams and LOBs in relation to press activity
OTHER
Support European PR Manager in strategic and creative planning and preparation of materials.
Manage relationships with licensors and partners PR representatives to maximise opportunities
Assist European PR Manager on Corporate PR initiatives as relevant to media.
PR Consultant wanted for Publisher Based at our offices in the South East and reporting to the Head of UK PR the successful candidate will be responsible for managing the online PR activities of one of the games industrys leading videogames publishers and developers across a diverse portfolio of market leading titles. In addition to providing a supporting role for both specialist print and lifestyle campaigns they will become an evangelist for the company within the gaming press with a particular focus on online media, while leading pioneering and creative campaigns for its brands, games and internal development studios.
Success in this role is reliant upon excellent communication, organization, attention to detail and interpersonal skills,
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and execute UK online PR plans for product launch and retention campaigns
- Manage day to day relationships and communication with all UK online media to position the company and its development partners as producers of industry leading games
- Proactively pursue coverage at news, preview and review stages on all titles
- Ensure our incorporation into broader industry features in addition to the generation and execution of creative feature ideas giving the companys games stand-out presence across the web
- Collate internal coverage reports for online and specialist interest print media
- Responsible for compiling local press releases, news packages, asset discs and other press materials
- May also be required to organize and attend UK or overseas press events, media tours and/or product demonstrations.
Requirements:
- Experience working in Public Relations at a management level or relevant journalistic experience
- Experience of working in, or a substantial knowledge of, the games industry
- Experience of managing relationships with the press preferred
- Must be a keen gamer
- Fluent in English
K Director of Public Relations K San Francisco, US K DOE Our Client seeks a well-respected, well-connected creative and energetic Director of Public Relations to evangelize award winning sports brand and products. Were the best at what we do! Are you?
Founded in 1988, Visual Concepts is widely regarded as one of the industrys top studios, and is responsible for the full development of the critically-acclaimed 2K Sports line of videogames, including the #1-rated and #1-selling NBA videogame franchise. Visual Concepts is a subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (TTWO).
SUMMARY:
Develop and manage all communications strategies and programs, as well as directing all public relations activities.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
X Lead all US PR efforts for 2K Sports: define media coverage objectives for each product and plan product launches, media interviews, press tours, and events.
X Collaborate with executives, product managers, developers to develop strategic plans and manage both internal team and external PR firm throughout implementation.
X Lead and manage development of internal public relations team.
X Develop relationships with industry media contacts and serve as spokesperson when appropriate.
X Develop and maintain strong relationships with partners and developers.
X Keep 2K team and executives informed about industry news and monitor perceptions and reviews of 2K products and the 2K Sports brand.
X Manage product PR budgets.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Education and experience: Bachelors degree in Public Relations, Communications, or Journalism and 7+ years of successful, progressively responsible public relations experience, including experience managing an internal PR team and working with PR agencies. Journalism and/or agency background a plus. Videogame industry experience a plus. Sports-specific PR experience highly preferred.
Skills:
X Excellent interpersonal, planning, and written and verbal communications skills.
X Confident leader with ability to persuade and positively influence
X Energetic self-starter with ability to work as part of a team as well as individually.
X Ability to work flexibly under pressure in order to deal with multiple changing business priorities.
X Must have and be willing to demonstrate a track-record of creative and unique approaches to PR activities, events and stories.
X Comfortable in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
X Strong PC skills, including MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
REPORTS TO: VP of Marketing
662PR: USA/CALIFORNIA: DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC RELATIONS: MARKET RATE We are searching for a well-respected, well-connected creative and energetic Director of Public Relations to evangelize our award winning sports brand and products. Were the best at what we do! Are you?
SUMMARY: Develop and manage all communications strategies and programs, as well as directing all public relations activities.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
Lead all US PR efforts: define media coverage objectives for each product and plan product launches, media interviews, press tours, and events.
Collaborate with executives, product managers, developers to develop strategic plans and manage both internal team and external PR firm throughout implementation.
Lead and manage development of internal public relations team.
Develop relationships with industry media contacts and serve as spokesperson when appropriate.
Develop and maintain strong relationships with partners and developers.
Keep team and executives informed about industry news and monitor perceptions and reviews of products and the Sports brand.
Manage product PR budgets.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Education and experience:
Bachelors degree in Public Relations, Communications, or Journalism
7+ years of successful, progressively responsible public relations experience, including experience managing an internal PR team and working with PR agencies.
Journalism and/or agency background a plus.
Videogame industry experience a plus.
Sports-specific PR experience highly preferred.
Skills:
Excellent interpersonal, planning, and written and verbal communications skills.
Confident leader with ability to persuade and positively influence
Energetic self-starter with ability to work as part of a team as well as individually.
Ability to work flexibly under pressure in order to deal with multiple changing business priorities.
Must have and be willing to demonstrate a track-record of creative and unique approaches to PR activities, events and stories.
Comfortable in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
Strong PC skills, including MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
REPORTS TO: VP of Marketing
GRAPHIC DESIGNER/ARTIST , NEWCASTLE, CONTRACT SALARY $DOE
The Graphic Designer/Artist - Implementer is responsible for the creation, implementation and maintenance of all in-game menus and HUD artwork.
Requirements
Ability to create and implement UI elements from an established design.
Excellent Graphic design skills
Excellent knowledge of one 2D software
Knowledge and experience using FLASH
Understands animation principles
Good knowledge of 3D software and principles
Ability to suggest and implement technical solutions to problems arising from UI concepts
General aptitude for basic scripting and expressions
Highly organised and self-motivated
You will be able to demonstrate a good creative background with your portfolio.
Responsibilities
The successful candidate will work closely with the UI Producer and UI Graphic Artists. They will create and implement the HUD, Front End and any other GUI aspects.
To work with programmers to ensure implementation of work.
They must be able to take responsibility for their own work and handle a large workload from the outset and be able to work to tight deadlines with specific art styles.
Desirable Skills
Good knowledge of video editing software
An interest and knowledge of games
Good knowledge of Games UI
Duration on employment is Fixed Term.
Location is Newcastle upon Tyne
Salary: depending on experience.
Closing date is 4 January 2010.
Regional Sales - funky company - 3 locations - choose!!! : REGIONAL SALES EXECUTIVE: BASED SCOTLAND OR BRISTOL OR MANCHESTER/LIVERPOOL: BASIC 15-18,000, OTE: 20-25,000 + CAR OR ALLOWANCE
Funky company requires funky chick or guy! It is a producer of regional entertainment guides on line and across mobile platforms. So you need to be full of life and enjoy being entertained to have the background You will be responsible for selling web space and ad space. Aimed 18-30. - Happening young market. You will need a year or so experience in regional sales. You must not be stupid. You will get a laptop and a car. Offices in London and Leeds which you will need to go once a fortnight. If you are motivated and self disciplined, as you will be working on your own. Young trendy company. Make a good product, potential to get bigger. Good local knowledge of bars and clubs would be immensely helpful. Know people well. Do not have had to been selling print just bags of enthusiasm and have worked in regional sales.
National Account Manager - London based - 3 years games exp reqd 480NAM: LONDON: NATIONAL ACCOUNT MANAGER: 25K + 5K BONUS + MONTHLY CAR ALLOWANCE
European business development for software companies who require additional professional resources in Europe to maximize sales and marketing of their products. They use highly skilled professionals with long track records in the IT and retail industries, with extensive experience in launching and developing software companies within Europe. Utilizing this resource across a number of clients, utilizing the cost of a European operation and bring to bear a skill set that would take years to assemble and that few companies could individually afford.
The Position
You will work exclusively with one of our key clients in helping to establish the brand in the UK. Our client is the leading strategy guides publisher in the UK, whom exclusive publishing contracts include EA and Microsoft. We act on behalf of this US based client in the UK offering a sales representation solution.
The role will involve you managing a set of UK National/Key accounts to achieve sales targets set out by the client. A strong sales administration background will also be required as forecasting, stock control and sell through information will need to be managed closely in this fast moving category. Establishing a good relationship with your customer base is imperative in helping you to obtain the necessary focus in retail outlets and looking for trade marketing opportunities to increase sell through and attachment rates.
Key Responsibilities
Solely responsible for the clients 2004 sales target in the UK
Managing key customer relationships
Management of distribution relationships and sales teams interaction
Trade marketing activities within a controlled client budget
Returns requests and authorizations
Managing and reporting sell through and attachment rates
Liaising with client on regular basis, attending weekly/monthly meeting
Attending trade shows and external industry functions as and when required
Experience required
You must posses a minimum of 3 years sales experience in the video games industry preferably in a national account managers role.
Key skills
Sales experience in a pressured environment (key or national account management)
Demonstrate strong sales negotiation skills
Product presentations to customers (face to face)
Passion/general interest in video games and the industry
Strong sales administration skills which should include experience in stock control, forecasting and analysing sell through information
Implementing and securing trade marketing opportunities at retail level within a controlled budget
Good communicator and team player must be able to adapt in a changing environment
PC literate with experience in using skills in Excel, Word and PowerPoint
Recruitment Consultant: London: 40K OTE Do you want to work for the market leading Recruitment Company? This leading and hugely successful provider of video games staff needs you. If you are bright and have a sales background or want to work into recruitment then this could be the position for you. You must have excellent MS Office skills and bags of enthusiasm. You must have worked in sales before either recruitment or telesales.
Duties:
Speaking to candidates and clients.
Writing job specifications,
Servicing key accounts and maintaining relationships,
Background industry research
Internet and emails
Database maintenance
Friendly and confident telephone Manner
Keeping the website up to date.
Writing advertisements
Full training will be given where required
Getting people jobs!!!
EXPORT SALES MANAGER: NEG Secure and successful publisher requires an experienced Export Sales Manager with games industry experience in this capacity. It will be based in this beautiful office environment with a dynamic and friendly team. The company operates on a global basis. Apply now. More details available soon.
LONDON: SALES MANAGER: NEG Great opportunity to manage a vibrant sales team at this market leading company. You must have previous sales experience within the games or exceptionally closely related industries such as peripherals and accessories. There is a good career path. Full benefits available. More details coming soon
638FE: Texas: USA: FIELD APPLICATION ENGINEER This is an ideal position for an experienced programmer who is looking for a new role in the games industry, the opportunity to earn a large pay packet and travel the USA extensively. This position is to provide on-site Pre and post sales support on game development software to my clients US based customers. You will work closely with the Sales and Business Development teams, providing detailed hands-on information about the middleware products to potential customers and partners. Preparing demos and help with deployment of cutting edge game engines for their customers. The candidate must be willing to travel extensively and be accustomed to a highly dynamic environment. Must have the ability to learn and execute technically in a fast pace environment. We are looking for a candidate that is highly technical with some business acumen in the games industries.
Qualifications:
Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field
Proficient in C/C++ with 3 to 5 years of experiences.
1-2 years 3D Experience with Direct 3D, OpenGL or proprietary 3D API, in a console game development environment.
Experience of RW Graphics a plus
Knowledge of Game Physics, AI, Sound
Experience of using 3D modeling tools
Excellent personal, and communication skills are also required.
If you would like to apply for this or know someone who might be suitable, please contact Alex alex@change-job.com +44 (0)20 7241 4545
or you can register on-line at www.change-job.com
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR Senior level role for exciting and financially robust publisher in central London. This role requires previous experience at a senior level within the gaming industry. You need to have done this role before, as you need to hit the ground running, as there are exceptionally ambitious expansion plans. It will be concentrating on mainstream gaming and new technologies. More details to follow. Exclusive to Change, to apply register at www.change-job.com
QA & Localisation Recruitment/Research Role Funky, new media recruitment agency that operates on a global basis needs a Recruitment Assistant/Trainee Recruitment person. It will be sourcing QA and Localisation staff for already established clients within the video games industry. Cold calling is not required. All of the clients and candidates are right here on the database; we need a person with an organised approach and a good telephone manner. This will be a role split between research and recruitment. In the morning you will deal with new applicants, update the database and in the afternoon source candidates for the QA and localisation roles.
We are willing to train right person. If you presently work within the QA or Localisation area this would be a great background as you could use your knowledge to help present candidates in the best light and the clients would have an expert in the field to talk to.
The key competencies you need to be successful in this environment are a proven ability to be organised and prioritise, articulate yourself in a convincing and persuasive way, coupled with a good listening skills and a good memory. You also need to give consistent performance in a varied environment, and have the ability to build relationships over the telephone. You need good MSOffice skills. You will also need to be in short travelling distance of London, N1.
Duties:
Speaking to candidates and clients.
Writing job specifications
Servicing key accounts and maintaining relationships,
New business opportunities
Background industry research: updating database of movers and shakers
Internet and emails
Database maintenance
Friendly and confident telephone Manner
Keeping the website up to date.
Writing advertisements
It is a fun environment with casual dress and will be immensely financially rewarding for the right person. In the first instance please email your application to recruit@change-job.com and include a covering letter on why we should choose you!
Sales: Account Manager: Recruitment New media recruitment company in trendy offices close to Old Street and Liverpool St stations.
This leading and hugely successful provider of video games staff needs you. If you are bright and have a sales background or want to work into recruitment then this could be the position for you. You must have excellent MS Office skills and bags of enthusiasm. Ideally you must have worked in sales before either recruitment or telesales.
Duties:
Account Management
Speaking to candidates and clients.
Trainee Recruitment: 18,000 basic salary: First year take home: 30,000.
ACCOUNT MANAGER/TECHNICAL RECRUITER: 18-25,000, OTE 37,000: YEAR 1 If you want to work in swanky offices with a young and vibrant team in an industry that makes more than Hollywood and is booming read on
Funky, new media recruitment agency that operates on a global basis needs a Recruitment Consultant. It will be finding games programmers from graduates through to technical directors for already established clients within the video games industry.
Cold calling is not required. All of the clients and candidates are right here on the database; we need a person with beautifully honed account management skills to match them up and to continue with our success. We recruit for all the major players to include: Rock Star, Midway and Ubisoft.
You must have a background in recruitment. It will be working on a hot desk complete with candidates and clients at the ready so you need to be able to hit the ground running.
The key competencies you need to be successful in this environment are a proven ability to be organised and prioritise, articulate yourself in a convincing and persuasive way, coupled with a good listening skills and a good memory. You also need to give consistent performance in a varied environment, and have the ability to build relationships over the telephone.
Duties:
Building relationships with candidates and clients.
Writing job specifications
Servicing key accounts and maintaining relationships,
New business opportunities
Background industry research: updating database of movers and shakers
Internet and emails
Database maintenance
Friendly and confident telephone Manner
Keeping the website up to date.
Writing advertisements
It is a fun environment with casual dress and will be immensely financially rewarding for the right person. In the first instance please email your application to recruitment@change-job.com and include a covering letter on why we should choose you!
READING: SENIOR NATIONAL ACCOUNT MANAGER: 30-40K Leading and truly successful publisher of video Games requires an experienced Account Manager.
Duties:
Management of sales, stocks and relationships of retail partners within account base.
Management of streams of Data to provide senior Management with a true reflection of a situation at any point.
Achievement of Annual business plan.
Maximize the Profitability for the companys portfolio with in retail partners.
Retail promotions, with regard to both in store activities and bundling opportunities.
Analyze market trends and identify new opportunities for the company.
Be integral in the planning and targeting of the Annual business plan.
Essential Qualities:
Proven Track record in a high level sales environment.
Understanding of publishing process
Commercial awareness of games market
Understanding of products
Customer focussed
Mathematical and Financial understanding.
A good standard of education with a minimum to GCSE level
Active Team Player
Willingness to treat employer with dignity and respect
Ability to communicate at all levels
Capacity to be trained and ability to adapt to the specified needs of the post as required by the employer.
: MIDLANDS: UK SALES EXECUTIVE: DEPENDING ON EXPERIENCE: 25K OTE; OR 40K BASIC + 10K COMMISSION Independent publisher that is making a real hit needs a dynamic Sales person for the UK sector, ideally already equipped with those all important contacts. You must have previous experience of working in sales in the video games industry to apply.
They will look at 2 types of applicants:
A real pushy and highly motivated and enthusiastic sales person
OR
Someone who already knows senior people within the industry key contacts
LONDON: INTERNATIONAL SALES MANAGER: 30-45K + BONUSES Dynamic developer and publisher of next generation games that are of a supremely high profile nature require an International Sales Manager is required to head up the formulation and implementation of the companys international sales strategy. The candidate will be solely responsible for developing a network of overseas sales contacts and managing our team of UK based Sales Assistants. Your contacts base is the most important thing here so you must have worked in the games sector previously in a sales role.
Shanghai Studio: Sales Director: Unlimited Job Responsibilities
Head up the local sales and logistics team to ensure the local sales strategy for retail and non-retail is designed and implemented in a way that enables turnover and profitability objectives set by top management to be achieved.
Define the sales strategy in liaison with top management to ensure sales and profitability objectives are met
Analyze competition, define targets, and evaluate market potential of new games
Collaborate with marketing team to optimize the life-cycle of our products
Follow-up on the approval process of games by publishing authorities
Identify and evaluate potential new revenue sources
Oversee the relation with our customers through the general sales conditions and the daily commercial relations
Define logistics specifications with the logistics manager
Initiate and build non-retail deals in liaison with top management
Participate in high-level sales negotiations with the sales managers
Continual search for best practices with regard to sales actions
Fully master the multimedia market (history, key players, segmentation)
Ensure thorough reporting to top management
Job Requirements
Business University Graduate, fluent in Chinese and English
5 years experience in sales for FMCG, high tech company or publisher
Demonstrated analytical and sales skills
Strong knowledge of the market and personal interest in games
Good personality with target-oriented vision, team spirit, and ability to work under high pressure.
LONDON: SALES SUPPORT: 25-28K BASE, 7% BONUS A newly created role to provide sales administrative support to the Sales Director UK of the Mobile division and in addition provide a high quality support service to the wider sales and marketing team. In addition there is scope for this person to develop in the short term to take on the management of several small accounts before progressing into a more senior sales position.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
* Support the sales director in their day to day role
* Act as a central point of contact for basic sales related enquires both internal and external
* Attend account reviews with Sales Director where required.
* Manage the client roadmaps internally-updating the roadmap, monitoring changes and delivery against the roadmap, sharing internally as required.
* Co-ordinate submissions with the submissions team, making sure we deliver titles on the agreed date and to the agreed quality
* Work with the Marketing Manager and Asset Coordinator to manage agreed marketing activities internally, making sure assets are delivered on time and that full support is given.
* Co-ordinate activities between teams as required i.e. - for a specific promotion - making sure production, marketing and submissions are co-ordinated.
* Manage the handset roadmap for each operator - make sure we have received the latest handset roadmap and information on top handsets, distribute information internally to production and deployment, produce gap analysis and action with production where necessary, analyse coverage and identify where extra support it needed for certain titles or handsets.
* Make sure all titles and deck activity are executed by the operator and monitor accordingly, note where titles are live/not live and action as necessary.
* Assist in gathering industry specific information, competitors Analysis, and market research as needed
* Manage the monthly sales reporting per account? Chasing and receiving reports from the operators, inputting into a common spreadsheet, producing analysis as required and working with business analyst.
* Manage ad hoc tasks with production or deployment - bug fixes, handset support, title support, etc.
* Produce and implement new processes as required.
* Assist in producing account reviews - presentations, analysis, proposals, product reviews.
* Liaise with legal team where required to chase actions.
Principal Working Relationships:
* External contacts will be O2, Vodafone,T-Mobile,Three,Orange and various 3rd Parties
* Internally it will be vital that strong communication with the submissions team and marketing and sales personnel across the company is maintained.
Skills and Knowledge Required:
* Ideally 1-2 years experience in any of the following Pre Sales, Post Sales, Sales Support, Account Executive, Business Development
* Prior experience of dealing directly with channel /customers
* Proficiency in MS Office application suite especially PowerPoint
* Knowledge of an industry similar to ours (e.g. video/music/etc.) preferable
* Knowledge of the European Interactive Entertainment market preferable
* An active interest in technology and/or games would prove highly advantageous
* Accustomed to working to tight deadlines and with a sense of urgency
* Can effectively accommodate change and successfully adapt his/her approach within a highly dynamic environment
Talents and Capabilities Required:
a) Capabilities:
* Translates Business Plans into Action
- Understands key factors that determine the success of a business
- Accurately assesses and acts on own organisation's competitive strengths and vulnerabilities
- Monitors business environment, foreseeing problems, identifying opportunities
- Makes tactical and strategic adjustments, incorporating new data
* Resourcefulness
- Finds ways to overcome barriers
- Recognises where to go to get things done and builds informal network of -information sources and influence
- Uses imaginative and innovative approaches to solve problems
- Proactively seeks out new opportunities and challenges
* Communication
- Excellent communication and listening skills
* Initiative
- High degree of initiative - must be able to act independently to achieve specific aims.
* Organisation Skills
- Strong organizational and planning skills
- The demonstrable ability to prioritise workload and respond to ever changing demands with a flexible approach
* Teamwork
- Shares time, resources and ideas and seeks input, ideas and feedback from others
- Cooperates, collaborates, and works toward common goal with others
- Rolls up sleeves and helps out
- Helps team perform at a higher level
b) Talents Required
* Ownership
- Takes responsibility for actions and outcomes
- Sees tasks and changes through, despite obstacles and difficult circumstances
- Can work with minimal supervision and has the confidence to make his/her own decisions within the scope of their role
* Integrity
- Demonstrates personal and professional integrity and behaves in accordance with company values
- Fulfils commitments to others
* Action orientated
- Achieves results despite lack of resources
- Shows bias for action (do it now)
- Seeks out and seizes opportunities
- Makes difficult decisions and follows through
LONDON: MOBILE ACCOUNT MANAGER: CIRCA 35K + COMPANY BONUS (10 PER CENT), CAR ALLOWANCE (5K), HEALTH INSURANCE, LIFE ASSURANCE, PENSION SCHEME Leading publisher is a rapidly expanding within the western market. Our strategy is to provide games for all and to grow our business rapidly to become the global leader in our field. Since re-energising our business in 2003, we have seen significant financial success as well as success in attracting top talent to our organisation. To enable us to meet our challenging business goals, we are growing both organically and through acquisition in the field of games development.
Position Overview
This is a varied and demanding role which involves knowledge and understanding of the European mobile games business. This position reports to our European Business Development Manager, and has close links with Production and Marketing.
KEY PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES
European Operator Partners
Responsibility for maintaining relationships with the European Operator partners including:
Liaising closely with any aggregator or operator partner the company uses
Building relationships and managing partners in the mobile sector ensuring forecast revenues and profits are exceeded
Management of key specific accounts, business planning, presentation and discussion of strategy
Communicating the games roadmap to the operators
Securing top priority deck placement and/or promotional activities for all mobile games
Organise and oversee marketing initiatives with the operators and customers
Managing the operator new release and backfill SKU requirements and liaising with production to ensure maximum impact
Obtaining up to date sales and download information from the operators
Seeking out new mobile opportunities in Southern Europe.
Customer Service
Handle all requirements and issues from the operators and portals in a timely and professional manner
Be the main point of contact for operators.
General
Provide general administrative assistance to the mobile team as and when required.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Strong Excel skills to advanced level, including setting up reports and tracking systems
Excellent contacts within the European Mobile Operators
Knowledge of European marketplace and variances by territory essential
Experience in the mobile content industry and/or games industry
High focus on customer service and customer satisfaction
Attention to detail
Accuracy
Proactive communication skills
Ability to work on own initiative
Problem solving skills.
400S: CAMBRIDGE: SALES: DOE This excellent translation company is looking for an experienced sales officer to join their team!
The job will entail find new clients for their ever-growing portfolio of developers/publishers!
Required;
- Self motivated
- Organised
- Excellent team player
- Sales Experienced
- Excellent knowledge of computer games and the games industry in general
- Excellent knowledge of translation and localisation
QA & LOCALISATION: GAMES RECRUITMENT CONSULTANT LONDON: OLD ST OR LIVERPOOL ST TUBE: QA & LOCALISATION: GAMES RECRUITMENT CONSULTANT: BASIC 18-22,000: OTE 28,000 YEAR 1, OTE: 35,000 YEAR 2
If you want to work in swanky offices with a young and vibrant team in an industry that makes more than Hollywood and is booming read on.
Funky, new media recruitment agency that operates on a global basis needs an experienced Recruitment Consultant. It will be finding Video Games Language staff for Localisation and Translation and Games Testers for already established clients within the video games industry. Cold calling is not required. All of the clients and candidates are right here on the database; we need a person with beautifully honed account management skills to match them up and to continue with our success. We recruit for all the major players to include: Rock Star, Ubisoft and Midway.
You must have a background in recruitment or telesales.
The key competencies you need to be successful in this environment are a proven ability to be organised and prioritise, articulate yourself in a convincing and persuasive way, coupled with a good listening skills and a good memory. You also need to give consistent performance in a varied environment, and have the ability to build relationships over the telephone.
It is a fun environment with casual dress and will be immensely financially rewarding for the right person. In the first instance please email your application to
recruitment@change-job.com and include a covering letter on why we should choose you
On-line Ad Sales Exec - South West to 30k Our client is looking to fill a position in online ad sales for its expanding videogame network of websites. Stability assured as they are already one of the largest videogame networks on the Internet and currently in a period of expansion following the partnership with Hubert Burda Media.
Requirements:
- You should have a successful track record in ad sales, a good knowledge of the videogame industry and online advertising
- An ability to prioritise and multi-task is essential and can expect to be in a fairly pressurised fast paced work place
- Must have a good book of contacts
- Must have the ability to spot advertising opportunities and negotiate CPM prices
- A sound working knowledge MS Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Office would be beneficial
Duties:
- Managing and optimising existing advertising relationships
- Adjusting inventory levels, monitoring ad traffic across the network
- Most importantly create new opportunities and seek new relationships
A good salary with uncapped commission awaits the successful candidate.
Position will be located in Bridgwater (near Taunton and Bristol).
LONDON: CITY: DESIGNERS AND QA: GAMES RECRUITMENT ACCOUNT MANAGER: BASIC 22-28,000: OTE 45,000 YEAR 1 This is the sparkling opportunity you have been looking for. It gives you the chance to move away from a micro-managed environment. Each desk is set up as its own business area meaning as you grow it - you grow the team under you and of course share in their success with commission incentives. You will need to do your own research and develop a strategy to really take over your area.
This is already a hot area with PSL listings for major players, present vacancies and a database of candidates. We need someone hungry to match these and bill, bill, bill.
You will need to have recruitment experience and be a self-starter. Good organisational skills and of course a proven track record of good sales figures.
ONLINE ADVERTISING SALES BASIC UP TO 28K + BONUS Online Advertising Sales Person needed!
A well known expanding videogame network company is currently looking for an online sales person with proven experience to join the sales team. Our client is one of the biggest and most successful videogames networks on the internet and is currently in the process of merging with another well known media company. The vacancy has become available as a result of this new partnership.
The successful candidate will have a good knowledge of the videogame industry and have a minimum of 2 years experience in online media sales. You will be able to spot good advertising opportunities and negotiate CPM prices. You will be comfortable in a fast paced sales environment.
Your responsibilities will include selling online advertising space and maintaining current clients as well as generating new leads and opportunities.
The right Candidate will receive an excellent salary and uncapped commission.
Send us your CV now.
***HOME/LONDON: SALES EXCLUSIVE CONFERENCE - CLOSER: SHORT TERM: 1 SEPTEMBER END NOVEMBER: OTE: 20K FOR 10 WEEKS WORK Great opportunity to earn hard cash quickly promoting sexy, high end interactive media and marketing event. Essentially we need someone who can close partner sponsorship: networking areas, branding, workshops, parties and delegate sales. The chosen person will need to be able to work from home and out attend client meetings in London between 1st Sept and late November for the event which takes place 20-21st Nov. All event details here: www.simm08.com.
They would receive a lot of sales support in the way of leads, intros etc. A lot of contact has been made and people are interested so we just need someone who can get them across the line.
You need:
Proven background in event sales
Knowledge of interactive, digital media markets and broadcasting publishing environments
Previously worked on an independent basis
Confident in high level negotiation with executives
Sales Executive BigWorld is seeking a Sales Executive for the International distribution of his award winning BigWorld Technology.
We are looking for a confident, pro active professional, who is flexible, enjoys challenges and who can work well both as part of a team or independently.
Reporting to the CEO, you will help manage and develop the sales effort through developing new business with major clients within the game and related industries. The focus will be on the development of sales strategies to penetrate target accounts, and the execution of sales plans to achieve results.
This role is an integral part of the organisation and requires a broad depth of commercial, operational and technical expertise. The position is based in Canberra and will focus on export sales with extensive international travel required in Europe, Asia and North America.
Requirements
Proven Business Development or Account Management experience with a successful track record in business-to-business technology sales (middleware or software products)
Demonstrated on-target performance;
Minimum 5 years experience in Account Management, preferably in the game industry with prior experience in dealing with developers and publishers;
Excellent marketing skills and the ability to identify prospective sales target to increase sales and constantly generate new leads are essential. You will be motivated and driven to close deals using your extensive knowledge of the industry.
Must be able to understand how the technology works and how it can used to meet the varying needs of customers in different market sectors. On the basis of this present a business case relating benefits to customers.
Must be able to negotiate and structure all financial and associated legal aspects of potential business, including contracts, warranties, etc.
Must be able to prepare and present leading edge marketing material.
Superior negotiation skills
Strong customer focus and high customer service standards
Excellent English written and verbal communication.
Desirable
(Japanese, Mandarin, Korean) will be an advantage
International business development responsibility
LONDON: BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT/ACQUISTIONS: 40-65,000 Top publisher is looking to becoming a fighting force and expand on opportunities in the UK and European markets. As such they are setting up a new outfit right in central London.
Your role will be to pick up new IP and evangelize the ideas then adopting and producing for the life cycle of the project.
It is a new IP scout role so they want business development/acquisitions people with a production based background, a technical/production background is a prerequisite. This role is only open to people that have already worked within the games industry. Exclusive to Change, apply through our website www.change-job.com
RECRUITMENT MANAGER: TO 30,000-50,000 BASIC DEPENDING ON EXPERIENCE + ACE COMMISSION + PARTNERSHIP OTE -UNCAPPED Do you want the opportunity to get partnership with a company with the potential to gain equity? For the right person this is the golden opportunity. It is running the sales side of the business.
You will need experience in recruitment as a manager with a proven track record.
It will be increasing and managing the existing team, providing coaching and generally expanding the business. You will have experience headhunting and gaining business on a retained and exclusive basis. This will be a hands on role and you will be expected to bill for the managerial roles. There is uncapped commission to encourage you also.
It is working in the games and new media arena. It is a market leading agency that is already established on PSLs for the major players. All of the key clients are established so the work is mainly account management. It is a company that operates on a global basis giving the possibility for major expansion.
Marketing Assistant with Japanese Fantastic games publishers needs you! The role
will be challenging and high-profile and will encompass a variety of tasks including: co-ordination, approval, sales analysis and presentations. Must be able to hit the ground running. You require: A good degree, preferably marketing or business related. At least a year's office experience, ideally in the videogame or related industry.
Competency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, Word and Outlook and
good all round PC skills. Mac experience, particularly Photoshop is an
advantage.
A demonstrable knowledge and interest in videogames.
An understanding of the European market, particularly trends and regional
differences/requirements.
The ability to write and speak fluent Japanese.
Fluency in any other major European language would also be an advantage.
Salary: Approx. 20-21k.
Holiday: 20 days (April-March).
Football marketing Manager 111FMM: SOUTH: FOOTBALL MARKETING MANAGER: 35K + CAR + SHARES + BONUS
Leading interactive entertainment company requires a Football Marketing Manager. Focusing on strategic marketing. You will prepare the annual Business Plans and 5 year strategic plans. You will have specific responsibility for product launches and strategy on all football titles. You will be responsible for management of a product manager with critical direction on their product plans and product marketing activity and work with football stars to ensure marketing communications and product designs deliver a clear understanding of football. Liaison with: marketing re: advertising, production, media planning, POS, packaging, PR. Travel required. Research. Drive mass marketing campaigns. Partnerships with other leading brands. You will be currently working in marketing division of major football related business. You must be obsessed by football with experience in entertainment marketing, ideally (but not essentially) games. You must be a well connected, leader., degree, preferably in marketing, 5-10 years marketing or related experience
Marketing Director European Marketing Director
Leading developer of interactive electronic entertainment. The department provides a value-add interface between the Worldwide Studios and European areas. The key responsibilities include driving strategy and product positioning through Europe for all releases, with Worldwide leadership on titles owned by European publishing. AAA titles. You will: 1. Work closely with the studio marketing and development teams to ensure the games in production in the US are as appropriate for the European market as possible, with clear positioning and with appropriate and timely asset delivery, drive strategy through Europe, adapting to local market needs where appropriate. Placing significant focus on top games, 2. Lead the worldwide strategic marketing for the Distribution franchises. 3. Work with the development team and all regional partners to develop a 3-5 year plan for each key franchise. 4. Liase closely with the team concerning advertising, media planning, POS, and packaging. You will lead a team of product marketing managers. You should provide constant communication to studio on marketing plans, sales figures, and local market conditions. You need to have 7+ years product marketing experience, preferably in the games or related entertainment industries with a degree level education or equivalent. You will also have knowledge of studios key product genres and experience in international role
Marketing Assistant Opportunity for a person whom has studied a marketing course/qualification. You will work on the whole marketing plan. Orgnisation, print, day to day running. You must be fresha nd enthusiastic. Lots of admin to start although good progression plan and the chance to work in the hot industry of computer games - whopee!
London Marketing Manager Overseeing the launch of games into the UK Market, managing Product Marketing professionals, review and develop key brands and ensure product performance against sales targets and lifetime potential.
Candidates must have at least 4 years Product Marketing experience; which must be marketing licensed video game products. You will be working in a fast moving Marketing Department as an ambitious and enthusiastic team leader, so good management and communication skills are essential and a creative disposition is definitely an advantage.
SENIOR MARKETING MANAGER Responsible for defining and monitoring long-term marketing strategies. Supervise the development and production related to marketing properties. Prepare the schedule or marketing events. Launch 10-20 new products each year. Manage projects in coordination with film animation and some publishing. Partner with the Affiliated Marketing Department to ensure PR campaigns are consistent with vision and overall marketing direction. Coordinate with related departments (Programming, Sales & Marketing, brand Marketing, Legal). Manage the advertising process, from ideation through execution, for consumer and affiliate campaigns. Maintain agency relationships. Oversee team of managers and coordinators in advertising, promotions and creative design.
Requirements: 7-10 years marketing experience with emphasis in the PC Gaming industry. Must be enthusiastic about childrens brands and building games for kids under 8 years old. 5-7 years managerial experience. Consumer marketing experience. Proven creative aptitude. Strong team player with solid interpersonal and management skills. Knowledge of marketing concepts and strategies. Good understanding of retail, PR and advertising on the PC side. Pre-school learning experience a plus (2-5 years). Should have blend of both kids and adult game experience preferred. Bachelor's degree in Marketing. MBA a plus
Marketing Manager - california upto $80,000 Responsibilities: Assist in developing Interactive marketing strategies development for vertically published products including PC and Console. Responsible for the tactical execution with the objective of driving brand awareness, intent to purchase and sell-thru. Lead multi-functional teams in the development sales and marketing programs. The position plays an important role in the strategic growth of vertically published and licensed products. Individual will be responsible for the effective development and implementation of marketing plans and strategies for products, categories and/or brands, including financial planning for PC & Console products geared towards older gamers.
Requirements: 5-10 years related experience. With a proven track record of launching/marketing leading video game entertainment products. Must be a strategic thinker and creative marketer. Excellent written and verbal communicating skills. Proven ability to lead teams. Excellent management skills. Knowledge or interest in children's oriented products
CALIFORNIA/USA: CREATIVE SERVICES MANAGER/DIRECTOR: $NEG 2054CM: CALIFORNIA/USA: CREATIVE SERVICES MANAGER/DIRECTOR: $NEG
Leading publisher with a huge arsenal of games and plans they need your assistance with. It will be based in California. You can only apply by having your details registered at www.change-job.com
Minimum 7 years creative services experience, with 2 or more years in management.
Bachelors degree in related field.
MUST HAVE VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE.
Exceptional organization skills as well as the ability to develop and manage multiple projects while meeting deadlines.
SENIOR AND ASSOCIATE MARKETING MANAGER: UP TO $95K (BONUS ELIGIBLE) : CALIFORNIA: SENIOR AND ASSOCIATE MARKETING MANAGER: UP TO $95K (BONUS ELIGIBLE) RELOCATION NOT AVAILABLE YOU MUST BE BASED IN USA ALREADY!
Responsibilities: Responsible for defining and monitoring long-term marketing strategies. Supervise the development and production related to marketing properties. Prepare the schedule or marketing events. Launch 10-20 new products each year. Manage projects in coordination with film animation and some publishing. Partner with the Affiliated Marketing Department to ensure PR campaigns are consistent with vision and overall marketing direction. Coordinate with related departments (Programming, Sales & Marketing, brand Marketing, Legal). Manage the advertising process, from ideation through execution, for consumer and affiliate campaigns. Maintain agency relationships. Oversee team of managers and coordinators in advertising, promotions and creative design.
Requirements: 7-10 years marketing experience with emphasis in the PC Gaming industry. Must be enthusiastic about childrens brands and building games for kids under 8 years old. 5-7 years managerial experience. Consumer marketing experience. Proven creative aptitude. Strong team player with solid interpersonal and management skills. Knowledge of marketing concepts and strategies. Good understanding of retail, PR and advertising on the PC side. Pre-school learning experience a plus (2-5 years). Should have blend of both kids and adult game experience preferred. Bachelor's degree in Marketing. MBA a plus
STRATEGIC ALLIANCE MANAGER: USA : $80-100,000 USD
This position entails building alliances with leading software vendors within each application category to enable a differentiated solution on this companys hardware, and championing these solutions within the marketplace. The candidate will be responsible for driving solutions initiatives to capture emerging market opportunities and will identify new applications and leading vendors that will create demand for performance PCs. This individual must be capable of presenting, interacting and managing engineering, marketing and executives at third-party partners as well as within. The candidate will also be responsible for developing partner-marketing plans for the specific segment and driving marketing programs in conjunction with internal and partners marketing organizations. In addition, the candidate will serve as the resident domain expert for internal groups including Product Marketing, Channel Marketing, Platform Engineering, Sales and PR.
PREFERRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: BS/BA and 5+ years experience desired. BS/MS in Computer Science, MBA preferred. Software Development and Product Management experience with applications in any of the above-specified categories desired. In-depth knowledge of relevant software application architectures and how it relates to high-performance desktop platforms is required. Previous experience managing ports of similar applications at hardware vendors would be a strong plus. Alliance Management, Developer Relations or Business Development experience desired.
CHINA: MARKETING MANAGER : TO 60,000 100,000 PACKAGEAdventurous Marketing Manager from the games industry required. A market-leading publisher needs you now to market AAA titles for them.
As Marketing Manager the candidate will work on cross-platform product launches across a variety of product.
The person will be responsible in all aspects of marketing for key
Profile:
Minimum 3-5 years experience in computer & video game marketing or other entertainment category
Must be keen gamer and demonstrate desire to be in the video games industry
Must have been marketing manager for known successful titles in the games industry
English speaking
Responsibilities:
Marketing: Act as Asian marketing manager for the release of European initiative products, AAA product
AAA title: Work closely with worldwide teams
Marketing Manager in China for Games industry experienced person 860MM: CHINA: MARKETING MANAGER: TO 60,000 100,000 PACKAGE (HOUSING, FLIGHTS HOME, MEDICAL, PENSION) STUDIO ENGLISH SPEAKING
Adventurous Marketing Manager from the games industry required. A market-leading publisher needs you now to market AAA titles for them.
Based at one of our leading studios and integrated into the heart of the development team, you will work on several game projects currently in production. You will report to the Editorial Marketing Director based at the Production Headquarters. From the concept phase to the end of the production phase, you will make sure that the marketing aspects are included in the project development working closely with the projects Producer
You will:
Participate in the game conception by bringing your marketing expertise (market analysis, consumer knowledge) to enrich the creative work and ensure a strong and unique positioning
Accompany the development team from pre-production phase to production phases and fine-tune the positioning and communication strategy at all stages. .
Prepare product presentations and be responsible for communication of the project to Top Management (together with the Producer) for the main validation stage gates. Equally you have to ensure that operational marketing teams have the right information at the right time to work on consistent marketing plans.
Manage 1 or several Marketing Coordinator(s) in charge of the creation of marketing assets and communication tools (screenshots, demos, artworks, trailers).
Profile:
Gamer, passionate about video games, you have a minimum of 5 years experience in an operational marketing department in the videogame or entertainment industry, an excellent knowledge of the industry with an ability to understand, analyse and explain the market. You also have a strong affinity for game development issues.
With excellent communication skills, you are diplomatic, flexible pro-active and convincing.
Marketing Campaign Manager With its mass-market appeal were looking for a compelling PR and Marketing campaign that will maximise awareness of the game for consumers both on the run up to, and after, launch.
There are no absolute requirements on the channels and methods used for this campaign, but it is expected to include at least some of the following elements:
Gaming websites
Social networking sites
Blogs / Microblogs
Newsgroups
Print media
Viral elements.
For the chosen campaign, Our client Games Studios will then supply additional resources as reasonably required, such as screenshots, trailer videos, concept art etc.
LONDON: MARKETING MANAGER: 28-40,000 Exciting opportunity to work for a games developer and publisher. A Marketing Manager is required to oversee all marketing activities within the company. You will be responsible for creating and running the market research department, managing the development of brands on a strategic level and overseeing the activities of individual Product Managers.
LONDON: LICENSING MANAGER: 30-45,000 Do you have experience in signing licenses? From movie licenses to toy brands, through to negotiations and contracts?
Video games developer and publisher require a licensing manager that has worked in this area or very closely related before. Good basic and bonuses with an immediate start.
CANADA: DIRECTOR OF MARKETING: 100,000 An action/adventure powerhouse, one of the world's largest and best-funded independent game developers. AAA titles with a stable and successful developer.
Head up all Marketing efforts for the global studio family. The Director of Marketing position is based in Canada and reports primarily to the CEO and President with additional matrix reporting accountability into the Vice President, Commercial Operations of parent company.
The Director of Marketing will drive marketing strategy and product marketing initiatives within the studio working to maximize the success of each of the studio's products/franchises. In addition, the Director of Marketing will provide leadership to the 12 members of the Marketing team, including the disciplines of Public Relations, Web and Community Development, Marketing, Analysis, and Promotional Art. This role will drive the marketing activities through the following mandates:
Create strong global brands:
Manage and lead the product marketing activities for products including working on design concepts, positioning, storyline, etc.
From concept to final ship-out, the Director of Marketing will work closely with the development team to maximize both product quality and, most importantly, market appeal.
Provide insightful research to support market driven product development:
Ensure a strong connection between the product development goals and the end user's requirements through quantitative and qualitative market research throughout the project's life cycle, as well as thorough analysis of broader entertainment trends and macro industry research and analysis.
Implement world class Public Relations and marketing plans:
Create and drive individual product marketing plans (including P & L) as well as long-term franchise and IP plans.
Drive the specific execution for the product marketing in PR, Advertising, Online Community Development, Trade Shows, and Retail Meetings on a worldwide basis.
Support for marketing communications will be provided by a central resource at the parent company.
Departmental responsibilities:
Mentor and provide leadership for the full Marketing team (PR, web and community development, marketing, analysis, and promotional art).
Skill Requirements:
Post-Secondary degree (Business, Marketing, Communications) and/or extensive experience in product marketing.
5 years experience in senior marketing roles with a minimum of 2 years in entertainment marketing with a heavy product focus. (Entertainment marketing experience must be from video game, film, music, fashion, and/or other mass market products and must include both strong analytic/market research, plus creative marketing work including competitive analysis.)
Experience with creating and executing a full communications plan: creative brief, print, online, and television advertising.
Demonstrated understanding of the development process for entertainment products is required.
Demonstrated track record of success in a marketing role working closely with game development teams in the creation/management of a successful game franchise (original IP, hit franchise and/or MMO).
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills as well as a blend of intuitive thinking and quantitative analysis are a must
SURREY: TRADE MARKETING MANAGER 28K-40K Line Manager: Channel Marketing Manager
Job Function:
Manage the trade marketing for each of the specified accounts and provide assistance to the CM Manager. Recommend new and exciting ideas, initiatives and opportunities to ensure the successful operation of the department.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
Account Management of Argos, Virgin, DSG, Costco, Independents devise quarterly and yearly strategy per account
Production of creative and concise trade marketing plans along with quarterly promotional plan for each account covering both new release and back catalogue titles. All plans to include previous Ubisoft and competitor activity history and comparisons to their success
Organise regional / specific store promotions in each retail chain on a monthly basis, liaising with the Experience Field Team Manager and the Experience team.
Monitor ROI analysing the effectiveness of each TM initiative undertaken in each account falling under your responsibility, report on competitor activity and continually research and recommend the potential for new activity within each account
Ensure all assets are available for timely production of UK Promotional Material via EMEA
Regularly update Inlay tracker and coordinate the order/distribution process
Budgetary control manage own budget and ensure all activity remains within the remit of the budget set at the beginning of the year.
Create Product Portfolio for each title, include all activity gained through trade marketing from in store illustrations to National Press and online coverage.
Provide feedback to the CM Manager with regard to exposure at store level
Analyse store compliance data received and act accordingly to ensure Ubisoft portfolio is maximised at retail level.
Recommend new areas of development within accounts that previously havent been utilised on an ad-hoc basis
Assist with Back Catalogue strategy
Monitor and update asset library
Manage the POS process including agency/EMEA liaison
Carry out administration duties as and when required to support the Trade Marketing Manager
Undertake tasks of a similar nature as directed by senior management from time to time
Retail Conferences
Assist in the organisation of retail conferences
SURREY: CONSUMER MARKETING MANAGER 35K-45K I. ROLE
Consumer Marketing Manager Full Time role
MISSION STATEMENT
To excite, educate and engage the consumer with unique, breakthrough and innovative campaigns
II. MAIN MISSIONS & PRODUCTIONS
Purpose of the Role:
Responsible for the UK Consumer Marketing of a wide range of titles and to significantly grow the consumer awareness of the individual franchises as stated within the Brand Marketing objectives. Contribute to the overall direction and strategy of Ubisoft brands. Effectively manage and develop Webmaster, Community Managers and Customer Support Manager under your leadership.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Management of Consumer Marketing team members (4) with critical direction on their plans, marketing activities and overall objectives
Provide long term strategic thinking for consumer marketing plans and report back to Marketing Director on strategy
Work closely with Brand Managers to identify key consumer needs and plan effectively
Define research needs and liaise with ISM (Paris) to determine UK and Irish plans, timings and creation of questionnaires
Report back to Brand Management with key findings of consumer needs and work with Brand Managers to create a plan to fulfil these needs
With the help of Customer Support Manager, define and create a Technical Support business plan that incorporates special offers, competitions and sales information
Manage and develop the community management strategy
Determine with brand managers the quarterly direct marketing needs and desires
Together with Community Managers, create plans that promote Ubisoft products online and create dialogue with consumers
Oversee the co-ordination and execution of CRM campaigns with Webmaster, BMs, PR and EMEA
Manage consumer marketing and individual campaign budgets
Create CRM dashboards for multiple stakeholders in organisation
Analyse and report on consumer campaign effectiveness
Take full responsibility for the briefing, managing and budgetary control of consumer shows
Devise and implement cross-brand sampling opportunities via print, online and outdoor promotion
Liaise with Brand Management to create the mobile marketing strategy
Assist Marketing Director in overall planning and take responsibility for additional ad hoc projects
III. SCOPE OF THE JOB
Full Time employment
Brands managed: All brands
Budgets managed: To be determined
Number of staff managed: 4
Territories covered: UK
IV. Skills, Knowledge and Abilities
Excellent communication skills required
Strong understanding of wide variety of game genres
Organised and skilled in planning
Strong strategic thinker and motivator of people
Proven experience in man-management role
Experience in CRM and online marketing
Strong analytical skills
Experience in managing and monitoring external agencies
Shanghai Studio: Online Communication Executive: 35+- 60+ Job Responsibilities
Develop, maintain and update the content for China sub-site of Ubisoft global website
Translate and manage the update of global corporate website
Liaise with global web content manager on both the content and design guideline of global website
Develop, maintain and update the content for local company intranet
Support on other online communication (e.g. company newsletter, online report etc)
Support on staff communication activities
Job Requirements
University degree, Major in communication, marketing or English
Prior translator experience an advantage
Good communication skills, Excellent command of English
Good skill in web page graphic design
Be able to use Photoshop/Dreamweaver skillfully
Willingness to learn and be a team player essential.
Shanghai Studio: Marketing Game Manager: 35K-70K Job Responsibilities
Based at one of our leading studios and integrated into the heart of the development team, you will work on several game projects currently in production. You will report to the Editorial Marketing Director based at the Production Headquarters (in France). From the concept phase to the end of the production phase, you will make sure that the marketing aspects are included in the project development working closely with the project's Producer
Participate in the game conception by bringing your marketing expertise (market analysis, consumer knowledge) to enrich the creative work and ensure a strong and unique positioning
Accompany the development team from pre-production phase to production phases and fine-tune the positioning and communication strategy at all stages
Prepare product presentations and be responsible for communication of the project to Top Management (together with the Producer) for the main validation stage gates. Equally you have to ensure that operational marketing teams have the right information at the right time to work on consistent marketing plans
Manage 1 or several Marketing Coordinator(s) in charge of the creation of marketing assets and communication tools (screenshots, demos, artworks, trailers)
Gamer, passionate about video games
Job Requirements
Have a minimum of 5 years experience in an operational marketing department in the videogame or entertainment industry
An excellent knowledge of the industry with an ability to understand, analyse and explain the market
Have a strong affinity for game development issues
With excellent communication skills, diplomatic, flexible pro-active and convincing
mobile and fluent in English.
LEAMINGTON SPA: MARKETING ARTIST Working for a Sony developer who make exciting hip-hop styled games, the marketing artist will be responsible for creating high resolution 2d marketing material to be used for press and marketing needs. The work will require communicating both character and environment designs to a very high standard.
The marketing artist will also be expected to understand print and media requirements for both digital web based and magazine production.
The successful candidate will have at least 4 years industry experience, including experience producing artwork for marketing, and will have exceptional drawing and communication skills.
Key requirements:
Exceptional drawing skills
Excellent design vision
Photoshop experience
An understanding of media print techniques and guidelines
At least 4 years experience in the games or other appropriate industry
Additional preferred requirements:
Experience using 3DSMax
If this is you, contact Dylan@change-job.com immediately
LEEDS: 2D ARTIST/ GUI DESIGNER Would you like publisher who over the past few years have won nearly every major gaming award and sold enough games to sink the Titanic were it still afloat?
If so, they are begging for a brilliant 2D designer.
The 2D Designer will concept, create and implement all aspects of 2D design and graphics.
Responsibilities
Design and realize:
Fictional in-game branding/styles.
Front End and GUI.
Fonts.
HUD.
Required
Minimum of 3 years experience in the games industry, preferably with a proven Graphic Design background.
Experience working within the constraints of console development is necessary.
A portfolio or reel demonstrating skills in the following areas: core graphic design competency, pixel-based art for games, imagination.
Proven digital skills and experience in various packages (Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks, DPaint/ProMotion, Flash, etc.), to the highest standard. Web-design experience is also advantageous.
Strong organizational, communication and interpersonal skills. Ability to work very closely and efficiently with the UI coders, and effectively communicate information to all parts of the team.
Must be receptive to direction and perform well within a collaborative team environment.
Must be responsive to deadlines and work well under pressure.
Willing to relocate to the Leeds, UK area.
Desired
Management/supervisory experience is advantageous.
Send demos to art@change-job.com
ALE-TASTIC ** NEWCASTLE: MARKETING GAME MANAGER: DEPENDS ON EXPERIENCE *** Based at one of our leading studios and integrated into the heart of the development team, you will work on several game projects currently in production. You will report to the Editorial Marketing Director based at the Production Headquarters (in France). From the concept phase to the end of the production phase, you will make sure that the marketing aspects are included in the project development working closely with the projects Producer
You will:
Participate in the game conception by bringing your marketing expertise (market analysis, consumer knowledge) to enrich the creative work and ensure a strong and unique positioning
Accompany the development team from pre-production phase to production phases and fine-tune the positioning and communication strategy at all stages. .
Prepare product presentations and be responsible for communication of the project to Top Management (together with the Producer) for the main validation stage gates. Equally you have to ensure that operational marketing teams have the right information at the right time to work on consistent marketing plans.
Manage 1 or several Marketing Coordinator(s) in charge of the creation of marketing assets and communication tools (screenshots, demos, artworks, trailers).
Profile:
Gamer, passionate about video games, you have a minimum of 5 years experience in an operational marketing department in the videogame or entertainment industry, an excellent knowledge of the industry with an ability to understand, analyse and explain the market.
You also have a strong affinity for game development issues.
With excellent communication skills, you are diplomatic, flexible pro-active and convincing.
You are mobile (precise the countries in your cover letter) and fluent in English
Marketing Assistant (temporary) Our client is a world leader in mobile entertainment providing the distribution channels, content, brands and technology to bring mobile entertainment to a global mass-market audience. They were the first company in the world to demonstrate multi-player WAP games, with Nokia in 1999; the first to demonstrate multi-player J2ME (Java) games, with Motorola in June 2000; and the first to introduce a comprehensive colour gaming service to European and North American markets, in March 2002
The company works with many of the major media and entertainment publishers to bring globally recognized mobile entertainment franchises to market, including Fox's "24-The Mobile Game", The International Olympic Committee's "Torino 2006 - The official mobile phone game of the Winter Olympic Games", Codemasters' "Colin McRae Rally 2005", Universal's "The Fast and The Furious" and "2 Fast 2 Furious" and The Fast and The Furious Tokyo franchise, as well as arcade classics such as "King of Fighters 2" and "Metal Slug: Mobile Impact"
The company vision is to be the best and most successful mobile games publisher in the world, dedicated to making mobile games fun and accessible to everyone, everywhere, and have a good time while they are doing it.
Summary of the Role
A fantastic temporary opportunity has arisen in our London office for a Marketing Assistant. Reporting directly to the VP of Marketing, Europe, the Marketing Assistants role is to Coordinate and deliver global customer marketing requirements.
Duties and Responsibilities
Creating the first draft of the marketing assets (according to our templates)
Getting the translation done from the English texts into the 12 languages - manage the relationship with the translation agency
Getting the graphical marketing assets from production and graphic artists
Upload of the marketing assets (graphics + text + files) on the Marketing Assets Tool
Creating the first draft of the competitor analysis
Marketing research on upcoming product/concept/title
Drafting the first analysis of new concepts and license
Updating marketing document with the changes (Roadmaps, products sheets, etc.)
Creating a database of competitors (optional
Experience, Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications and Ability Requirements
A marketing education.
Be reactive and motivated
Able to use the Windows Office
Marketing Assistant wanted for Publisher Main Duties
Providing support services to members of the marketing department, e.g. assistance with mailings, preparation of events, preparation of external presentations
Producing and distributing weekly release schedules
Maintaining and distributing the weekly trade price list. Liaising with the sales manager and product marketing manager to ensure accuracy
Producing weekly, Chart-Track sales reports and analyses
Producing monthly Cogs and Royalty reports in Excel
Aiding the product managers with research for the marketing planning process
Aiding the product managers with the analysis of weekly sales for each active product.
Maintaining a catalogue of all purchase orders generated by the marketing department.
Downloading and dissemination of artwork assets from the Brand team to the relevant UK departments (sales, PR, marketing, agencies)
Maintaining an updated library of in-game product footage on BETA-SP, CD and DVD.
Updating the Sierra website with product information and assets.
KEY JOB QUALIFICATIONS
Work Experience
Minimum 1 year office experience, ideally working within a marketing department.
Education, Professional Training, Technical Training or Certification
A-levels
Knowledge/Skills
Must be able to communicate effectively and tactfully, both oral and written.
Computer literate in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint programs required.
Good team player.
Excellent Maths and English skills
Marketing Assistant Marketing Assistant!
Do computer games interest you?
Are you looking to become part of the game industry?
A fantastic opportunity has become available at a games developing company for a marketing assistant. This well known company is a global developer, publisher and distributor of multiplatform interactive entertainment. They are looking for an enthusiastic, communicative and hard working individual to provide day-to-day administrative and support services to the UK marketing department. Career progression is guaranteed to the right candidate.
The skills you learn at this level will help you understand the business and structure so as when you progress within the company you will already be an essential part of the team. Our client is looking for someone with ambition who will want to grow quickly within the business and climb the corporative ladder.
While there is an element of creativity the role will also require that you have a strong attention to detail as you will be aiding the product managers with research for the marketing planning process and producing weekly schedules.
The company is looking to invest in growing a candidate from trainee to a highly useful asset.
Well, what do you think? Do you want to know more? Send us your CV now!
CLIENT PARTNER Client Partner Needed
Do you have account director experience and are ready for the next step?
Do you want a chance to make the sort of money you should be earning?
A successful London based new media agency is looking for a client partner to join the team and bring proven industry experience and insights to their company. Our Client is an integrated agency which is 70% digital and 30% offline marketing. They are looking for a confident people person who is organized, focused, responsible and can see the big picture in terms of business strategy.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone who has experience as an account director and is looking to make the next step. As a client partner our client rewards highly and in the future share options are a definite possibility.
As a Client Partner you will be responsible for the agencys strategic, commercial and interpersonal relationships. You will be leading the client service team which is responsible for the client account(s), ensure its effective performance against client expectations and provide the senior point of contact for client representatives in relation to the agencys existing business responsibilities.
This is an excellent opportunity to work with some well known and exciting brands. Good communication skills are essential to develop smooth flowing beneficial client relationships.
As a manager some of your responsibilities will include leading training programs, driving co-operation between client services department and other agency departments and finally being an active member of the business development team.
You will have a passion for digital marketing and be well versed in dealing with multi-million pound accounts.
Please send us your CV!
**LONDON: 3 BILINGUAL ACCOUNT MANAGER: SPANISH/TURKISH OR DANISH: 25-30K Top ad agency needs you!
Requirements
Mother tongue: Danish, Turkish or Spanish
Background in marketing
Skill set and role
Able to understand an ad idea, the basic discipline of ATL advertising e.g. poster, TV, print, cinema how they are produced, broadcast etc
Highly developed project management skills
The ability to run a piece of business
Trafficking
Running accounts
Client contact
Arranging POs
Great telephone and email manner
Well organised
Mother tongue either Spanish, Turkish or Danish
Fluent English
Account manager
Marketing and language coordinator
Personality
Confident- be able to sell and pick up the phone to clients
Driven
Passionate about language adaptation and advertising
Hold gravitas
Come across as more mature than their age
Can be from a major creative translation agency background or ad agency background
121MA: Newcastle: Marketing Assistant: 12-14K - until November 2010 As a member of the production team, the Marketing Assistant is responsible for supporting the International Product Manager in supervising the creation of all marketing tools (screenshots, trailers, internal presentation and newsletters).
Requirements
Strong project management skills
Strong communication and writing skills
Understanding of video game development production
Responsibilities
Following-up on the production of marketing tools
Creating newsletters to support the project and the Driving category internally
Working on presentation/pitch documents
Preparing PR events
Desirable Skills
Ability to convey key messages on multiple media
Organized and self-motivated
Experience in working within a video game production studio a plus
An avid vido gamer.
**Germany: Head of Marketing: £good Together with the CMO, the Head of Marketing defines the marketing targets, develops the strategies to achieve them, implements them and carries out success monitoring. The main responsibility of this position is profitable user acquisition, both nationally and internationally. The aim is a continuous increase in sales/turnover with simultaneous optimization of the ROI (Return on Investment)
X Definition of the marketing targets
X Responsibility for the marketing budget
X Setting up and controlling the implementation of advertising strategies and marketing concepts (including sponsoring and branding activities) and approving the advertising materials
X Concept design and implementation of promotion campaigns
X Development and implementation of concepts to reactivate customers (newsletters etc.)
X Monitoring the measures / assessing the reporting and optimising based on internally defined targets
X Assessing market research results
X Steering the day-to-day operational business and managing the employees
X Reporting teams: SEO, SEM, Media, Brand, Affiliate, Operations, Analyse, Viral
X Leadership scope about 20 employees
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