PlayStation

Senior Staff Brand Manager

PlayStation$192K — $288K *
Consumer Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of brand and product marketing experience
  • Bachelors degree or equivalent; MBA preferred
  • Deep understanding of AAA Game shipping processes
  • Proven success in crafting global marketing strategies
  • Experience influencing and engaging stakeholders
  • Passion for video games and gaming culture

Responsibilities

  • Define global brand and product strategy with a focus on audience insights
  • Lead cross-functional teams to achieve holistic global results
  • Oversee the global marketing campaign's success
  • Ensure consistent brand representation across global activations
  • Manage creative teams and agencies for asset delivery
  • Collaborate with development studios on marketing strategies
  • Manage global marketing budget for franchise titles

Benefits

  • Top-tier medical, dental, and vision plans
  • Matching 401(k) contributions
  • Paid time off for work-life balance
  • Wellness program support
  • Employee discounts on Sony products
  • Possible bonus eligibility
Full Job Description
Senior Staff Brand Manager | Exclusive Games Marketing
Los Angeles, CA (hybrid)


Sony Interactive Entertainment is looking to hire a Senior Staff Brand Manager to support our exclusive games developed by PlayStation Studios. Reporting directly into the Senior Director, 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.
  • Lead global cross-functional teams, responsible for pulling together holistic global business results for their portfolio.
  • Accountable for the success of the global marketing campaign.
  • Ensure consistent representation of brands global activations while overseeing tactical execution on global campaigns for multiple titles.
  • 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 studios 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 franchises.
  • Manage global marketing budget for portfolio of titles.

REQUIREMENTS:
  • Deep understanding of and experience working on and shipping AAA Game is a must, 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:
  • 10+ 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.

$192,100-$288,100 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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