PlayStation

Brand Manager, Games Marketing

PlayStation$165K — $247K *
Consumer Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years in brand and product marketing experience
  • Strong background in AAA gaming or platform experience
  • Proven success in global consumer marketing strategies
  • Broad marketing knowledge including consumer insights and promotions
  • Ability to influence stakeholders in brand vision
  • Passion for video games is highly desirable

Responsibilities

  • Define global brand and product strategy and positioning
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams for global business results
  • Ensure success of global marketing campaigns
  • Oversee tactical execution of global brand activations
  • Manage internal and external creative teams for marketing assets
  • Collaborate with development studio on product marketing strategy
  • Manage financial responsibilities for marketing initiatives

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
  • 401(k) with matching contributions
  • Generous paid time off
  • Wellness program support
  • Employee discounts for Sony products
  • Potential eligibility for bonus packages
Full Job Description
Brand Manager | Global Games Marketing
San Mateo, CA or Los Angeles, CA
west coast remote considered**


Sony Interactive Entertainment is looking to hire a Brand Manager to support our exclusive games developed by PlayStation Studios. Reporting directly into the Senior Staff Manager, Global Brand Marketing, this role will work closely with a team of global marketers and partner with development studios to craft the brand and global go-to-market marketing strategy for several high-profile game titles.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Marketing and Brand Strategy
  • Define global brand and product strategy, including positioning, unique selling points, and go-to-market approach based on strategic target audiences, market, and player insights.
  • Partner with global cross-functional teams, responsible for pulling together holistic global business results for their portfolio.
  • Accountable for the success of the global marketing campaigns.
  • Ensure consistent representation of brands' global activations while overseeing tactical execution on global campaigns.
  • Manage internal creative teams and external agencies to deliver key marketing and creative assets and programs while ensuring alignment across multiple stakeholders.

Studio Partnership
  • Partner with development studio based in Los Angeles to develop product marketing strategy for game titles, including determining appropriate target audiences, business models (financial models and/or monetization strategies), launch timing, and product/service feature sets.
  • Ensure consumer insights are provided during the development of games through world-class qualitative and quantitative research.

Budget Management
  • Financial responsibility for marketing strategies, initiatives and advertising related efforts for specific game franchise.
  • Manage global marketing budget for the title.


REQUIREMENTS:
  • Deep understanding of and experience working on AAA Games, platform experience a plus.
  • Demonstrated record of success in developing high impact global consumer strategies, mass market marketing campaigns, brand marketing, and direct to consumer performance-based marketing, for a portfolio of games/services.
  • Must have broad experience and understanding of all facets of the marketing discipline including consumer insights, product positioning, consumer promotions, online innovation and creative development.
  • Ability of influencing and engaging external and internal stakeholders in a franchise brand vision.
  • Extensive knowledge of and a passion for video games is a huge plus.


RELATED EXPERIENCE/EDUCATION:
  • 5-7 years of brand and product marketing.
  • Bachelors degree or equivalent (MBA a plus)


At SIE, we consider several factors when setting each role's base pay range, including the competitive benchmarking data for the market and geographic location.

Please note that the base pay range may vary in line with our hybrid working policy and individual base pay will be determined based on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location.

In addition, this role is eligible for SIE's top-tier benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, matching 401(k), paid time off, wellness program and coveted employee discounts for Sony products. This role also may be eligible for a bonus package. Click here to learn more.

The estimated base pay range for this role is listed below.

$165,100-$247,700 USD

About PlayStation

PlayStation is a video game brand that consists of four home video game consoles, as well as a media center, an online service, a line of controllers, two handhelds and a phone, as well as multiple magazines. The brand is produced by Sony Interactive Entertainment, a division of Sony, with the first PlayStation console released in December 1994, followed by the PlayStation 2 in 2000, the PlayStation 3 in 2006, the PlayStation 4 in 2013, and the PlayStation 5 in 2020. PlayStation also has a strong online presence, with the PlayStation Network (PSN) which provides online gaming, streaming services, and access to the PlayStation Store. The PlayStation brand has become one of the most successful video game brands in history, with over 500 million consoles sold worldwide.
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