Riot Games

Senior Brand Manager

Riot Games$100K — $130K *
Consumer Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 6+ years of experience in brand strategy, product marketing, or publishing roles
  • Experience leading integrated go-to-market campaigns from strategy to execution
  • Strong understanding of growth and performance marketing
  • Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence stakeholders
  • Excellent communication skills for aligning diverse stakeholders
  • Strong organizational and project management skills
  • Experience working with gaming audiences, particularly in live-service genres

Responsibilities

  • Lead the creation of high-quality global campaigns in collaboration with creative and production teams
  • Partner with game development to shape campaign strategy around key features and moments
  • Develop integrated, cross-platform campaign plans that showcase TFT's gameplay
  • Ensure campaigns reinforce a cohesive brand identity and player promise
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams on campaign narratives and publishing priorities
  • Lead Regional Brand Leads through campaign cycles for global alignment
  • Manage brand marketing budgets, ensuring timely and on-budget delivery

Benefits

  • Open paid time off policy
  • Flexible work schedules
  • Medical, dental, and life insurance
  • Parental leave for employees and their families
  • 401k with company match
Full Job Description
As a Brand Manager III for Teamfight Tactics (TFT), you will lead high-impact initiatives and deliver world-class campaigns that strengthen TFT's brand identity. You will shape global perception by defining how the game shows up to players, crafting integrated publishing strategies and guiding creative expression across sets, features, and player moments. This role builds a cohesive, enduring brand, ensuring consistency in tone, voice, and visual identity while partnering closely with cross-functional teams to bring the brand to life.

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Brand Marketing, you will own go-to-market strategy and execution for global player experiences, balancing long-term brand building with moment-based impact. Operating at the intersection of product, publishing, and creative, you will lead campaign development, align partners, manage budgets, and uphold a high bar for craft to deliver culturally resonant, distinctly TFT work.
Responsibilities:

Brand & Campaign Leadership
  • Lead the creation of high-quality global campaigns in partnership with creative, production, and community teams
  • Partner with game development leadership to shape campaign strategy across sets, features, and key moments
  • Develop integrated, cross-platform campaign plans that express TFT's gameplay, creativity, and evolving set fantasies
  • Ensure campaigns reinforce a cohesive brand identity, tone, and player promise

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Global Publishing
  • Partner with product, communications, social, and community teams to align on campaign narratives, publishing priorities, and evergreen programs
  • Collaborate with insights to inform strategy and global publishing decisions
  • Lead and support Regional Brand Leads through campaign cycles, ensuring global alignment and effective local execution

Creative & Operational Excellence
  • Provide strategic direction to guide creative development with a consistent tone, voice, and narrative
  • Translate insights into clear creative briefs and campaign strategies
  • Manage brand marketing budgets and execution, ensuring delivery on time and on budget
  • Stay connected to players, culture, and the competitive landscape to inform brand direction
Required Qualifications:
  • 6+ years of experience in brand strategy, product marketing, publishing, or equivalent roles
  • Experience leading integrated go-to-market campaigns from strategy through execution and measurement
  • Strong understanding of growth and performance marketing, with the ability to connect brand strategy to business outcomes
  • Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence stakeholders across disciplines and regions
  • Strong strategic thinking, with experience translating insights into plans, briefs, and campaign direction
  • Experience working with gaming audiences, ideally within live-service or strategy-driven genres
  • Excellent communication skills, with experience aligning diverse stakeholders
  • Strong organizational and project management skills, managing complex timelines and dependencies
Desired Qualifications:
  • Familiarity with TFT, Riot IP, and the strategy or live-service game landscape
  • Experience working with game development teams and understanding development cycles
  • Experience with media planning, user acquisition, or channel strategy within full-funnel campaigns
  • Experience managing campaigns across PC, mobile, and console
  • Strong awareness of digital culture and player communities
  • Passion for games across PC, mobile, and/or console

For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise, a collaborative spirit, and decision-making that prioritizes the delight of players. We will be looking at your past studies, experience, and your personal relationship with games. If you embody player empathy and care about players' experiences, this could be your role!

Our Perks:

Riot focuses on work/life balance, shown by our open paid time off policy and other perks such as flexible work schedules. We offer medical, dental, and life insurance, parental leave for you, your spouse/domestic partner, and children, and a 401k with company match. Check out our benefits pages for more information.

About Riot Games

Riot Games is a video game developer and publisher based in Los Angeles, California. The company was founded in 2006 by Brandon Beck and Marc Merrill, and is best known for its flagship game, League of Legends. The game has become one of the most popular esports titles in the world, with millions of players and fans around the globe. Riot Games is committed to creating high-quality, immersive gaming experiences that bring people together and foster a sense of community. The company is also dedicated to promoting diversity and inclusion in the gaming industry, and has launched several initiatives to support underrepresented groups.
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Size
2,500 employees
Industry
Founded
2006

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