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Senior Global Brand Manager

Welcome to Striking Distance Studios!

Driven by people. Inspired by challenges. Relentless to deliver creative excellence.

At the intersection of art, design and technology lies Striking Distance Studios. Led by Dead Space and Call of Duty franchise veteran Glen Schofield, a new AAA development studio has risen within the San Ramon Hills of the San Francisco Bay Area. We have planted roots in beautiful Bishop Ranch and are now building our flagship state-of-the-art development studio establishing the East Bay as the new up and coming creative and technological hub we know it to be.

Here at Striking Distance Studios, it is amazing people, an immersive experience and a passion for excellence that drives us each day. We are looking for people who push themselves creatively and learn with every new challenge. We give you the setting and opportunity to do work you are proud of. We’re looking for the best come join us and become part of a world-class team.

To us excellence is not a skill, but an attitude.

Do you want to have the opportunity to play a meaningful role in the future financial success of Striking Distance Studios and a portfolio of games, including single player and live service titles? We are looking for someone to join our brand marketing team for the creation and management of end-to-end global plans that drive growth and profitability for our games. Role involvement includes working with vertical teams and agencies to define and build plans that drive acquisition of new players, engagement and retention of existing players, and re-engagement and reclaim of previous players.

Reporting into the Brand Director, you will be a self-starter with a strong background in marketing games, including experience with live service products and business models. The ideal candidate will possess a balance of creativity and analytical thought to drive product strategy and year-round marketing plans to keep players constantly engaged.

Success requires a results-oriented and resourceful leader who can ramp up quickly and establish themselves as a credible strategic partner with the ability to influence.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead brand strategy and identify market opportunities for a title within our portfolio.
• In partnership with the studio teams, build and drive approval of growth and promotional plans to deliver on business performance, including player acquisition and engagement targets across a portfolio of live service titles.
• Partner with the studio product marketing team to ensure products are resonating with consumers globally by sharing key learnings to inform better product development decisions.
• Collaborate with Media, Creative, PR, Web, CRM, Social Media, Events, Community, Retail, and Partnerships.
• W ork closely with internal/external consumer insights, community management, and product marketing to assess player needs/behaviors to better define product strategy, lifecycle planning, and ongoing marketing tactics.
• Distill large volumes of consumer feedback into tangible and actionable insight that the studio team can use to optimize player experience, strategy, and execution throughout the lifecycle of a game.
• Responsible for day-to-day interaction with external agencies to track business results, and impact on weekly, monthly, quarterly business performance.

Job Qualifications

• 5+ years in video games brand management experience.
• Live service experience, a must, can include products with continuous revenue models and constantly updated content offerings.
• Expertise in assessing and building new business models with players in mind.
• Ability to make data driven marketing decisions.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to support cross-functional marketing plan executions that drive acquisition and engagement.
• Ability to think strategically and execute tactically, with a persistent attention to detail.
• Ability to adapt quickly in a dynamic, changing, fast-paced environment.
• Proven expertise in the planning, execution, and leadership of campaign plans.

Exceptional candidates will have...

• Experience in a startups
• Love for games
• Bilingual in Korean

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