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Associate Manager, Experiential Marketing Events

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Job Title: Associate Manager, Experiential Marketing Events

Location: Santa Monica, CA

Immediate Manager: Sr Manager Internal Events

Your Platform

Activision Blizzard plays a centralized role in the creation of epic entertainment by supporting our interactive gaming brands and studios with a diverse range of career opportunities across corporate functions such as Marketing, Communications, Legal, Human Resources, Finance and Supply Chain. Located in our global headquarters in Santa Monica, we encompass equal parts agility, creativity and rigor to enhance the employee and player experience. To learn more, check us out at www.activisionblizzard.com or on Twitter at @ATVI_AB.

Your Mission:

The experiential marketing internal events team is responsible for developing and executing shared experiences to build emotional connections while further telling Activision's story. Delivering safe, responsible, and engaging programming to build brand trust and advocacy. To improve employee engagement and instill an internal culture of support.

Job Description:

• Support the Internal and Emerging Events portfolio and team members on all experiential projects and initiatives; event concepting, programming, scheduling, technical checks, guest relations, production, administrative, key learnings, from start to finish.

• Coordinate, implement and manage production process documentation and trackers to ensure maximum efficiency for life of project.

• Create and manage internal gifting strategy, including creative ideation, approvals, budget tracking, deliverables, coordination with internal stakeholders, and recap literature.

• Support the financial and legal lifecycle of our pipeline of activations with contract and budget ownership.

• Manage and actualize budget estimates for multiple projects including expense tracking.

• Support our Veterans Day of Service initiatives by maintaining a communication matrix across studios and office teams, manage fulfillment needs, and registration ownership.

• Contribute to our corporate social responsibilities (CSR) initiatives by providing ad hoc assistance where needed.

• Provide necessary administrative support in building, tracking and facilitating project organizational documents

Key Skills

• 4+ years in event production and project management.

• Passionate about people, events, production, social responsibility, and video games.

• A deep love for process, procedure, document organization and communication

• Passionate about social responsibility programming and supporting those who drive positive change in their community

• Thorough understanding of event production, marketing, and logistics

• Proven track record of strong planning, organizational, and project management competencies

• Ability to manage multiple projects and work assignments from a variety of staff.

• Exceptional communication skills including active listening and clarity of voice

• Calm under pressure - need to remain calm during crisis and the high pressure of an event in progress.

• Problem solver - ability to think on your feet and resolve problems as they arise quickly and efficiently.

• Master of Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, Google Docs, Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint.

• Bachelor's degree preferred or work equivalent

Our World

Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI), is one of the world's largest and most successful interactive entertainment companies and is at the intersection of media, technology and entertainment. We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises including Call of Duty ®, World of Warcraft® , Overwatch ®, Diablo ®, Candy Crush ™ and Bubble Witch ™. Our combined entertainment network delights hundreds of millions of monthly active users in 196 countries, making us the largest gaming network on the planet!

Our ability to build immersive and innovate worlds is only enhanced by diverse teams working in an inclusive environment. We aspire to have a culture where everyone can thrive in order to connect and engage the world through epic entertainment. We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for ‘Every World’ - we’ve got our employees covered!

The videogame industry and therefore our business is fast-paced and will continue to evolve. As such, the duties and responsibilities of this role may be changed as directed by the Company at any time to promote and support our business and relationships with industry partners.

Activision is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.