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Brand Marketing Manager - Exoprimal

Capcom is a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment for game consoles, PCs, handheld and wireless devices. Founded in 1983, the co mpany has created hundreds of games including ground-breaking franchises Resident Evil®, Street Fighter®, Monster Hunter™, Ace Attorney®, Mega Man® and Devil May Cry® . Capcom maintains operations in the U.S., U.K., France, Germany, Tokyo, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Korea, with corporate headquarters located in Osaka, Japan. More information about Capcom and its products can be found at www.capcom.com or www.capcom-unity.com.

Position Intro

Ranked as the #1 Major Publisher in Metacritic’ s 9th Annual Game Publisher Rankings, Capcom continues to deliver world-class, award-winning titles and we are searching for a Brand Marketing Manager to join our talented team. The role of the Brand Marketing Manager is to assume marketing ownership of Exoprimal and other port titles , with a strong focus towards Go to Market Strategy and maximizing the sales potential of titles across North and South America.

Reporting into Capcom USA’s Head of Marketing, an ideal candidate for this role must be a creative, analytical and detail-oriented self-starter who possesses strong multi-tasking and execution skills. This role is responsible for managing effective, innovative, and cost-efficient marketing campaigns, while working collaboratively with Capcom’s European and Japanese promotional teams, as well as the Development team in Japan. The Brand Marketing Manager should be capable of managing a large AAA marketing campaign with limited oversight, post-launch management of a live-service game, as well as management of Associate Brand Managers.

Exoprimal and Other Port Titles

Exoprimal is a new IP announced by Capcom in March , 2022. It is an ambitious game with the intention of entering the multiplayer shooter genre as a 5 versus 5 Team-Based Action game with cutting-edge graphics and several unique elements such as exosuits and dinosaurs. Capcom also has multiple port titles coming down the pipe alongside Exoprimal .

Responsibilities

• Manages Associate Brand Manager(s) .
• Lead and supervise marketing campaign team .
• Responsible for managing effective, innovative, and cost-efficient marketing campaigns in North and South American territories .
• Work collaboratively across teams, supporting and providing leadership across sales, channel, public relations, legal, digital, licensing and media departments to maximize sales potential of products. This includes working with Capcom’s international teams in Europe and Japan, as well as the development team in Japan .
• Manage post-launch activation of live service games such as sale promotion, DLC drops and in-game events.
• Create and manage Go to Market strategy and marketing roadmaps .
• Utilize data analytics to hypothesize solutions and measure results .
• Manage multiple marketing projects at once, overseeing both strategy and operations to bring campaigns to launch. This includes the creation and oversight of project management plans, as well as their coordination across multiple stakeholders .
• Deliver engaging experiences at key trade show events, and provide general event support on-site.
• Oversee the creation and production of both physical retail and digital products .
• Partner with Capcom’s advertising agency to produce integrated, high impact media plans spanning digital, social, influencer, broadca st and other emerging verticals.
• Manage creative agencies to deliver best in class marketing assets such as key art, trailer s, websites, and online banners.
• Provide media spokesperson duties for assigned products, including live on-camera interviews .
• Manage marketing budgets for assigned products, working closely with Capcom’s finance team.
• Collaborate with 1st party partners including Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo and Valve, to maximiz e sales potential for products.

*Other duties as required

Required Experience

• 4-5 years’ product / brand marketing experience in a related entertainment industry
• The ideal candidate will have industry experience working on AAA live-service games

Skills & Abilities

• Integrity & Ethics
• Must be able to maintain absolute confidentiality regarding sensitive information
• Ability to work across job levels and cultures
• Customer Focus
• Willing to meet internal and external customer expectations
• Ability to negotiate with all parties to bring about win-win situations
• Job Knowledge
• Strong project and time management skills
• Firm understanding of product marketing fundamentals
• Computer literate
• Adaptability/Flexibility
• Willing to help colleagues perform their tasks
• Willing to travel and work outside prescribed business hours
• Dependability
• Proactive and can-do approach
• Compliance
• Attention to detail and process
• Ability to work as part of a team in a fast paced environment.
• Must have strong project management skills

Education

• BA in Business/Marketing or related field.

Bonus Points

• Japanese business proficiency recommended

Travel Requirements

This job includes regular domestic air travel and occasional international travel, primarily to Japan. Travel can be as often as 20% of the time and the applicant must be willing to travel regularly and be prepared to attend and work at a variety of industry events.

Lic enses, Certifications and Other

A valid California Driver’s License.

Physical Demands

Ability to lift objects of up to 25 pounds in weight. Must be able to stand for long periods of time.

Working Environments

Work is generally performed in an office environment and the noise level is usually moderate. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Additional Information

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of duties, knowledge, skills, abilities, or requirements, as any one position in this classification may be assigned some or all of these duties, in addition to other duties not explicitly listed here. The various duties, responsibilities and/or assignments of this position may be unevenly balanced and changed from time to time based upon matters such as, but not limited to, variations in shift schedules, work demands, seasons, service levels and management’s decisions on how to best allocate department resources. Any shift, emphasis or rebalancing of these assigned duties, responsibilities and/or assignments does not constitute a change in the job classification.