Global Brand Manager

Job description

Company Description

Ubisoft’s 19,000 team members, working across more than 30 countries around the world, are bound by a common mission to enrich players’ lives with original and memorable gaming experiences. Their dedication and talent have brought to life many acclaimed franchises such as Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, Watch Dogs, Just Dance, Rainbow Six, and many more to come.

Ubisoft is an equal opportunity employer that believes diverse backgrounds and perspectives are key to creating worlds where both players and teams can thrive and express themselves. If you are excited about solving game-changing challenges, cutting edge technologies and pushing the boundaries of entertainment, we invite you to join our journey and help us create the unknown!

Job Description

We are looking for a Brand Manager to join the ranks of our Global Publishing team dedicated to live titles. Reporting to the Brand Director in Paris, you will contribute to shaping the global go-to-market strategies, marketing tactics and supporting creatives for key live service games in the Ubisoft Portfolio. Your brand management expertise, strong organizational skills, eye for detail and keen knowledge of the industry will empower the team to design ambitious and effective campaigns.

Your main missions will be the following:

Create and execute live campaigns to recruit new players and keep existing ones active

·  Collaborate with production, cross franchise teams, and live ops teams to market new content drops (seasons, events, patches, expansions) with effective messaging and timing ;
·  Ensure all marketing, communication, and in-game events reinforce the game's tone, values, and visual identity - even as the game evolves over time ;
·  Align promotional efforts with monetization goals (season passes, in-game purchases, bundles) while maintaining brand integrity and player goodwill ;
·  Regularly review campaign performance, in-game data, player sentiment, and market trends to refine marketing tactics and inform brand strategy ;
·  Follow the industry and regularly share key benchmarks that could help strengthen our strategies.

Produce impactful tactics and creatives adapted to each audience

·  Brief internal/external agencies and lead the production of diverse initiatives like key arts, trailers, media creatives, activations, and more, in a ROI driven / agile mindset ;
·  Gather key insights from previous campaigns, players knowledge, and qualitative/quantitative studies ;
·  Build optimal paid media plan to drive ROI and leverage earned and owned channels to maximize impact (Social, CRM, Content Creators, Press, Platforms, Community Management) ;
·  Keep track of your budgets and production schedules thoroughly.

Ensure consistent brand communication across the world

·  Act as the bridge between production and internal/external teams to deliver cohesive campaigns that support game updates and business needs ;
·  Embody the vision & make it travel consistently within all supporting teams ;
·  Ensure fluent communication, consider each team specificities and follow-up the impact on performance ;
·  Provide each team with the products’ information and the marketing tools they need to build plans at global and local levels.

Qualifications

·  Previous experience(s) in the gaming industry required, ideally on live service titles ;
·  Marketing Expertise: Has a good understanding of the full marketing mix. Demonstrates an ability to be agile and to adjust to new dynamics the fly. Experience in performance marketing campaigns is a plus.
·  Leadership: Can establish a clear vision, then rally partners and cross functional teams to strive to achieve it ;
·  Results Oriented: Demonstrated ability to take ownership and responsibility for projects. Anticipates problems, marshals resources, and does what it takes to get the job done ;
·  Innovation/Creativity: Not afraid to try new things. Can come up with creative ideas and/or elicit creative ideas from others ;
·  Collaboration savvy: ability to join forces with publishing and production teams across the world.
·  Fluent English mandatory.

Additional Information

Ubisoft's perks 

Profit Sharing, yearly company saving plan. 25 paid time off + 12 additional paid days off. 50% of your Navigo pass is paid by the company, lunch vouchers (9€/day), healthcare for you and your family, and lots of Ubisoft additional perks. 
Our brand new office is located in Saint Mandé, (Metro line 1, Saint Mandé station). Gym available in the building.

Additional information

·  Location : Saint-Mandé, France 
·  Duration of work : Full-time 
·  Remote or on-site : Flexible working organization to be discussed with the manager of the role, in accordance with the Ubisoft Work From Home policy - 3 days a week in our Saint-Mandé office. 

Ubisoft offers the same job opportunities to all, without any distinction of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, social status, disability or age. Ubisoft ensures the development of an inclusive work environment which mirrors the diversity of our gamers community.

The position is attached to the International Headquarters in Paris.

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