Program Manager - Brand & Creative, Games - Temp
il y a 1 jour
Los Angeles
Who We Are We are Skybound. We love creators. We love fans. We love thrilling games, indelible images and moving stories. Our roots are in comics, but our brands extend to video games, television, movies, merchandise, and live experiences. We take special pride in original tales, fresh characters, and diverse voices. From well-known franchises to freshly-minted originals, we offer the chance to join brilliant creators shaping a new generation of entertainment in a concentrated, agile environment where every perspective matters, and any idea can create a breakthrough. Opportunity Skybound Games is looking for a legendary Program Manager - Brand & Creative, Games that empowers the Skybound Games Marketing team to create best-in-class creative at their highest capacity. This individual is a seasoned professional who takes a proactive approach to help drive key activations with an understanding of the nuanced skills required to manage world class creative across a multitude of mediums. As the Program Manager, this candidate will manage the development of content to support the marketing of several Skybound Games titles including the upcoming 3v3 fighter Invincible VS. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background in asset production and post-production pipelines as well as project and organizational management. The position will support a variety of content for varying projects, ranging from key marketing assets and gameplay videos to live events and pre-recorded content. This role serves as a super connector between Brand Marketing, Community, Social / Digital, Public Relations and Product Marketing, as well as facilitating alignment with external and internal partners including, but not limited to: Development & Production, Finance, Legal, Creative Services, Partnerships, and External Agencies and Freelance Contractors. Aligning stakeholders and shepherding teams through the process of bringing our programs to life. Excellent interpersonal skills; strong written and verbal communications skills are a must. In addition to knowledge of and passion for the IP in the Skybound universe, the ideal candidate will have deep marketing/creative production experience at an agency or on the client-side in gaming, entertainment or tech. Candidates should be comfortable working under tight deadlines, have excellent organizational and time management skills, be comfortable taking direction and feedback from multiple parties, easily adapt to shifting priorities, and be able work with equal effectiveness both solo and as part of a team. They will oversee planning, roadmaps, resourcing, budgets, and record keeping as well as being a champion of our team’s culture. They bring creativity and functionality to the operational aspects of a fast-moving team and deal with solving the “how,” freeing up your peers to focus on crafting the “what.” They anticipate how decisions are made, persistently explore and uncover new ways of doing things, and work collaboratively with stakeholders. This person thrives in ambiguity and creative environments and demonstrates problem-solving leadership with limited oversight. Reports: This position will report to Senior Manager, Brand Marketing Responsibilities: Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: • Plan, support the execution of, and improve our end-to-end Planning and Creative Production processes from top to bottom across all marketing workstreams., • Schedule & lead key meetings to ensure effective collaboration, educating and informing team members while communicating notes and next steps to key stakeholders., • Own and coordinate day-to-day reporting, including status, priorities, risks (and mitigations), and action items., • Manage project status reports to ensure key stakeholders are kept up to date from project start to completion, • Facilitate communications between key stakeholders, other producers, and post-production staff, ensuring necessary reviews take place, including creative feedback and legal reviews., • Map out and manage production schedules, versioning QC and delivery of assets., • Collaborate with external agency account teams and contract freelancers to facilitate review and finishing sessions., • Work with development team, in-house design resources and creative agencies to coordinate production of key marketing assets., • Work with internal and external teams to coordinate, track, and manage project resources to ensure projects are completed on schedule., • Build, curate, and manage internal and external resources (production companies, support groups, etc.) Requirements • Must have 5+ years of equivalent brand, marketing, and/or event production experience and experience with in-game assets pipeline., • Must have strong production knowledge of a variety of mediums needed for entertainment marketing (video, digital, and print) including production dynamics and working knowledge of the equipment and technologies therein (Adobe Creative suite, Post production technologies)., • Ability to multitask in a fast pace production environment., • Experience in managing large quantities of assets and complex production schedules., • Ability to guide projects from inception through post., • Ability to implement structure and workflow solutions., • Ability to liaise with studios and cross functional teams., • Able to work well with others in a diverse and fast-paced environment., • Strong ownership and responsibility for the work they are responsible for, with attention to detail and a high-degree of follow-through., • Unrelenting self-motivation and initiative., • Phenomenal communication skills., • International and global experience is a plus., • Experience working with first party platforms (Xbox, Sony, Steam) a plus. Job Type: Temporary, Full-Time Salary Range: $95,000 - $110,000 USD / Year • Actual base salary is dependent on several factors including but not limited to; market dynamics, location and region, experience, specialized skills/training (education), level of responsibility, budgetary considerations, tenure at the company (for current employees), etc., • The salary range listed is just one component of the total compensation package for employees, • Compensation decisions are dependent on circumstances of each role Skybound offers a wide array of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, flexible spending and dependent care accounts, as well as free counseling through our Employee Assistance Program (EAP). We also offer a 401K plan with 4% match, 12 weeks of paid parental leave, generous time off, wellness benefits, and tuition reimbursement. Company Overview Skybound is a multiplatform content company working closely with creators and their intellectual properties, extending stories and universes to new platforms, including comics, television, film, tabletop and video games, books, digital content, events, and beyond. We are home to critically acclaimed global franchises, including The Walking Dead and Invincible. Skybound Games produces, publishes and distributes video and tabletop games across all genres, including the multi-million-unit selling The Walking Dead video game series. In addition to our wholly-owned franchises, we work with independent developers to foster and create original games with compelling characters and worlds, strong creator and artistic focus, and innovative approaches to engaging genres. Invincible is one of Skybound's tentpole franchises (celebrating 20 years!) and spans the world of comic books, merchandise, video games, and the critically acclaimed adult animated television series on Prime Video. Now in its second season, the television show has consistently ranked as one of Prime Videos top-streamed series with a 99% score on Rotten Tomatoes. Based on the groundbreaking comic book by Robert Kirkman, Cory Walker, and Ryan Ottley, Invincible revolves around 18-year-old Mark Grayson, who’s just like every other guy his age—except his father is (or was) the most powerful superhero on the planet. Still reeling from Nolan’s betrayal in Season One, Mark struggles to rebuild his life as he faces a host of new threats, all while battling his greatest fear - that he might become his father without even knowing it. The show stars Steven Yeun, with Sandra Oh, Zazie Beetz, Grey Griffin, Chris Diamantopoulos, Walton Goggins, Gillian Jacobs, Jason Mantzoukas, Ross Marquand, Khary Payton, Zachary Quinto, Andrew Rannells, Kevin Michael Richardson, Seth Rogen, and J.K. Simmons. Executive producers include Skybound's own Kirkman, David Alpert, and Margaret M. Dean. Equal Opportunity Employer At Skybound we value diversity and are looking for extraordinary employees of all backgrounds! Skybound is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, citizenship, age, genetic information, disability, hair texture or veteran status. In addition to federal law requirements, Skybound complies with all applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination. 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