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Senior Manager of Global Partnerships

Who We Are

Founded in 2005, 2K Games is a global video game company, publishing titles developed by some of the most influential game development studios in the world. Our studios responsible for developing 2K’s portfolio of world-class games across multiple platforms, include Visual Concepts, Firaxis, Hangar 13, CatDaddy, Cloud Chamber, and HB Studios. Our portfolio of titles is expanding due to our global strategic plan, building and acquiring exciting studios whose content continues to inspire all of us! 2K publishes titles in today’s most popular gaming genres, including sports, shooters, action, role-playing, strategy, casual, and family entertainment.

Our team of engineers, marketers, artists, writers, data scientists, producers, problem solvers and doers, are the professional publishing stewards of our growing library of critically-acclaimed franchises such as NBA 2K, Battleborn, BioShock, Borderlands, The Darkness, Mafia, Sid Meier’s Civilization, WWE 2K, and XCOM.

At 2K, we pride ourselves on creating an inclusive work environment, which means encouraging our teams to Come as You Are and do your best work! We are dedicated to diversity and inclusion, and want our community of candidates to reflect this commitment. We encourage all qualified applicants to explore our global positions.

2K is headquartered in Novato, California and is a wholly owned label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO).

What We Need

The Partnerships team at 2K is seeking a self-motivated, entrepreneurial problem solver that’s ready to join a revenue-generating team working on deals across all titles that 2K develops and publishes. In a typical day, you will work on deals large and small while talking about basketball, wrestling, weapons and aliens with companies like Adidas, Pepsi, Snickers, Puma and HBO. You’ll be tasked with strengthening our IP and delighting our consumers through creativity and partnership.

What You Will Do

• Structure, negotiate and finalize strategic partnerships that drive revenue and brand awareness for the company including in-game integration, out-of game sponsorships, dynamic media campaigns and retail/QSR promotions
• Serving as an account manager for a handful of partners and forging strong relationships with them, while providing timely recaps, assets, reports and effective answers
• Sales tool development including pitch creation, media valuation and industry benchmark analysis
• Align with internal 2K teams including brand marketing, channel marketing, PR/community teams and development to implement well-rounded partnership programs
• Cultivate and co-manage agency(ies) that work with 2K
• Seek out partnership opportunities in new categories to improve the revenue potential of 2K IP while maintaining brand integrity
• Collaborate with 2K legal counsel on contract development
• In-game media valuation & reporting both internally and externally to partners
• Revenue forecasting, tracking & category analysis
• Retail promotion analysis and case study development
• Competitive analysis

What Will Make You a Great Fit

We’re looking for a candidate with extensive partnerships who has interest and experience in developing marketing and promotional programs. Strong presentation skills, creative problem solving, a commercial approach and the ability to assess partnership campaigns and programs will make you a perfect fit.

• 8+ years in partnership marketing and/or sales
• Excellent interpersonal written and verbal communication skills
• Extremely organized, self-starter with the ability to multi-task and work across multiple products & groups

Bonus Points

• BS/BA Required; MBA preferred
• Preferably experience with interactive entertainment brands; video game, sports and/or media experience, a plus

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to ensuring that qualified individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform their essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us if you need reasonable accommodation.

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