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[Part-time] Gamer/Social Media Internship at Playd

2012-01-16 19:04:34

Location: United States
URL: http://playd.it

Description:

Are you passionate? Are you a hardcore gamer? Do you love talking about games? Do you love social media? Playd is looking to recruit some interns that are eager to grow in the game industry. We are a young early startup company that has been featured by TechCrunch, Mashable, CNN and more.

Why would you want to be an intern with Playd?

-Learn new skills
-Grow your network
-Learn how to start a business
-Gain experience doing what you love.

Whats a day in the life of an intern like?
-Talking with users via Twitter, Facebook
-Managing mini contest via social media
-Talk about the latest video games via social media
-Email out for interviews with gamers and developers
-Posting interviews on the blog
-Seeding content on forums, websites, social networks.

Sounds interesting? What are you waiting for? Apply. Room for growth and new opportunities.

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[Full-time] Director of Business Development at Graphite Lab

2011-12-16 19:14:09

Location: St. Louis, Missouri
URL: http://graphitelab.com/

Description:

About
Graphite Lab is seeking a versatile, intelligent Business Development Director with a range of experience in building and growing relationships in the video gaming and advertising industries. Applicants must possess the skills necessary to identify, attract, execute and grow sales for Graphite Lab.
The Business Development Director [BDD] is responsible for developing strategic business partnerships for Graphite Lab with game publishers, developers, online communities, and investors. Their efforts ensure financial stability & growth for GLI as well as foster business relationships that afford GLI the room to create a culture that fosters creativity & balance.
The BDD is a key member of the overall Graphite Lab team.
Responsibilities
• Manage relationships with partners – publisher, developer, strategic, and technology partners.
• Manage all partnership deals through closing, including term sheet and contract processes in conjunction with business development management and legal counsel.
• Maintain ongoing contact and dialogue with all partner accounts through the deal process and beyond to ensure long-term repeat relationships.
• Maintain and update a database of all partnership contacts, including records of all documents, conversations, and other deal-related information and correspondence.
• Establish sources of competitive information and maintain strong awareness of competitor deal practices and deal momentum.
• Ensure the highest levels of satisfaction with Graphite Lab among the publisher clients and technology partners of the company.
• Act as an external representative for Graphite Lab in other contexts as assigned.
• Secure business relationships that allow Graphite Lab to both drive its personal creative vision forward and secure a company culture that promotes balance & creativity.
• Provide weekly reports on all business activities.
• Organize materials for presentations and client meetings.

Required Skills
• Candidate will ideally have extensive existing game publisher and/or game developer relationships such as Microsoft, Sony, EA, Ubisoft, Eidos, Codemasters, THQ, SEGA, Atari, Activision.
• Candidate must possess superior written, face-to-face, and telephone presentation skills and bring a good sense of humor and fun to their work.
• Candidate must be willing to travel.
• Candidate will have at least 5 years of experience in similar roles with experience leading major deal creation, building deal consensus, and managing teams and deal processes.
• Candidate must possess keen business analytical skills; follow, be up to date with, and understand the implications of long term business trends in the video game and technology industries.

BONUS SKILLS
• Experience leading other developers in an Agency setting.
• Experience securing external funding for development of new properties.
• Understanding of Intellectual Property development.
• Expertise with a key discipline of game development [Art, Programming, Design]
HOW TO APPLY
Send an email with the subject “Director of Business Development Applicant | [Your Name]” to info@graphitelab.com.
• Write a brief cover letter / introduction in the body of the email, including a summary of your work experience and your interest in working with GLI.
• Attach a resume (DOC / PDF / Weblink) including work experience, education and significant achievements in past roles.

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[Full-time] Web/Media Analyst at BioWare

2011-12-07 00:46:58

Location: Austin, Texas
URL: http://www.bioware.com/bioware_info/jobs/austin_jobs/.

Description:

BioWare’s business intelligence analytics team aggregates, analyzes and reports data that inform decisions and track KPIs. This specialist focuses on defining, collecting, analyzing, and reporting on key online media metrics in order to drive effectiveness across all functions of BioWare with the result of maximizing the effectiveness of our coordinated media strategies.

Understanding the consumer response to our various media activities is integral to creating amazing customer experiences. The ideal candidate will have a core background in dynamic web analytics and a demonstrated analysis experience in the following areas: social networking tools, community virality methodology, online media campaign performance, and text analytics. This position will interact with multiple business units within BioWare and alongside our partners to provide timely and actionable information for tactical and strategic planning.

The ideal candidate will be energetic self-starter who is willing to build upon a strong analytics foundation in order to establish an industry-leading media analytic effort. In addition, they will be responsible for building meaningful objective analysis of ‘qualitative’ data connecting the web experience with other facets of the customer behavior, including social activity, satisfaction, and game play.

RESPONSIBILITIES
• Design, maintain, and optimize a full suite of web analytics dashboards and reporting
• Model consumer behavior on our web presence and perform customer experience analysis for optimization of usability
• Coordinate, validate and troubleshoot tags, tracking pixels, go links, re-directs, and tracking parameters for our online media campaigns
• Lead the development of a multi-function, multivariate, and a/b testing process with the goal of increasing the overall satisfaction of our player-base
• Work effectively with tools to transform unstructured multi-channel text data into actionable intelligence for use by the community, marketing, customer service, and design teams
• Be able to work with a diverse team and prioritize competing requests in a fast paced, goal oriented environment
• Conduct research on new technologies, capabilities, and trends in online media and ensure that current industry standards are exceeded

QUALIFICATIONS
• 5+ years professional experience in a web analysis or marketing research environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Marketing Research or related field
• A demonstrated understanding of web technologies and their current and future potential capabilities for interaction with the end user experience
• Direct experience working on multiple online campaigns modeling full consumer funnels from source to target, using state of the industry methodologies
• Experience with web analysis and testing tools such as Omniture Site Catalyst or Google Analytics with experience in Visual Sciences/Omniture Insight, Omniture Test & Target, WebTrends, Google Search, Tealeaf, Foresee, and OpinionLab a plus.
• Experience in unstructured data and social media monitoring tools such as Attensity, Radian6, Scoutlabs, Hootsuite, Clarabridge, and Sysomos.
• Excellent communications skills with experience in writing, publishing, and presenting to a widely varied audience using PC business visualization and analytics reporting software (Tableau experience a strong plus)
• Online or MMO game industry experience a plus
• Self-starter, detail-driven, with a passion for the creating the best possible MMO gaming experience in history

To apply, please visit http://www.bioware.com/bioware_info/jobs/austin_jobs/.

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[Full-time] Senior Marketing Manager at Electronic arts - Play4Free

2011-12-02 21:52:54

Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
URL: http://www.play4free.com/en

Description:

REQ. #: 50410
Job Title: P4F – Senior Marketing Manager – Play4free
Location: Sweden – Stockholm or Burnaby – British Columbia

Description: EA was founded 25 years ago by individuals with a deep passion for making games. Many things have changed over the years as the gaming industry—and the company—has expanded immensely, but we are still driven by the same passion for developing, publishing, and distributing the world’s best games. Our history has been one of great success, and our future looks even brighter. Gaming has come a long way from Pac-Man & Space Invaders to modern EA Favorites like Burnout, Battlefield, Mercenaries, Dead Space, Spore, FIFA, Madden, Need for Speed and the world’s most successful game franchise, The Sims. Fuelled by our talented staff at locations right across the Globe we are united in our passion to continue shaping the future of interactive entertainment. Together we can make a difference.

Role Overview

Senior Marketing Manager, Play4Free

We are looking for a Senior Marketing Manager to join our team. With studios located in Redwood City, Vancouver, Stockholm, and Ingelheim we are a young and dynamic team driven by the passion to deliver the world’s very best Play4Free games irrespective of platform.
This is a broad and hands on role, requiring an excellent background in marketing online games, a data and metrics driven approach, and proven leadership ability. As a key member of the EAGL Play4Free team you will be working with the talented individuals at our publishing and product teams as well with functional peers outside the EA Games Label to help us define the future of Play4Free video games.

Your responsibilities will include:
• Set and manage the Marketing strategy for your titles
• Act as an Marketing expert within the EAGL Play4Free Publishing team
o Set best practices in the areas of marketing and brand management
o Educate Executive Producers, as well as your peers in product marketing, strategic and tactical marketing, CRM and analytics about your area
• Define the market position of the Play4Free products through in depth analysis of the marketplace and competitors
• Develop brand awareness roadmap for EAGL Play4Free and drive implementation with central EA teams
• Work with product teams to ensure games are designed with the right Marketing roll out plan from the get go
• Work closely with product teams and community managers to constantly improve the players’ experience
• Benchmark and collect competitive intelligence in the area of Marketing management
• Review and align strategic as well as tactical marketing plans for your titles
• Create a culture of continuous KPI improvement
• Set and continuously improve work processes
• Represent EAGL Play4Free in Marketing strategy and tech roadmap meetings at the corporate level
• Maintain an ongoing dialog with your functional peers in other parts of EA (Playfish, Pogo, etc)
The requirements for this position are:

Experience:
• 5 years of experience in a senior marketing role at a leading multi-territory online games publisher or web business
• Extensive experience in the marketing and brand management of consumer facing products
• Experience in working with and influencing development teams
• Experience in leading and developing a team
• Business/Marketing/Economics degree or equivalent qualifications desirable

Skills:
• Strong track record of managing Marketing in the context of online games across various genres and geographies
• Excellent understanding and proven track record of managing the entire free2play monetization value chain (catalogue/offer design, pricing, promotion, assets/copy, customer flow, tools, payment instruments)
• Ability to immerse yourself in data and identify key trends and opportunities
• Ability to manage vertically and laterally in a complex organization
• Excellent command of the English language
• Understanding of core free2play and social gaming dynamics

Approach:
• Leader by natural authority, team player, enjoy collaboration, highly effective communicator
• Pro-active and hands-on contributor
• Entrepreneurial attitude
• Creative and pragmatic approach to problem solving

*HOW TO APPLY: https://jobs.ea.com/search/view.do?id=a0z50000000wovNAAQ

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[Full-time] E-Commerce Manager at Electronic arts - Play4Free

2011-12-02 21:50:14

Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
URL: http://www.play4free.com/en

Description:

REQ. #: 52047
Job Title: E-Commerce Manager – Play4Free
Location: BC – Burnaby

OBJECTIVES
We are looking for an e-commerce manager for the Play4Free team at Black Box. You will be working closely with both the game development teams and the publishing team, with the objective to maximize revenues for all game titles from this studio. You will be reporting into the senior e-commerce manager of the Play4Free publishing team.

Your responsibilities
• Implement the product and business strategy set out by the publishing team
• Help translate strategic objectives into development initiatives for the games, in conjunction with the game producers
• Report on the status of the games from a strategic monetization perspective
• Report on the economic results of the games on a periodical basis
• Set the pricing strategy for the games and provide analysis of the sales
• Manage the A/B/n-testing for the games
• Align with and learn from other e-commerce managers for the other titles
• Manage the store managers for the games
• Align with the marketing manager, community manager and acquisition manager for the game studio as representatives of the publishing team

Qualifications
• Proven experience in online sales and/or e-commerce
• A proven track record of results, driving and growing an e-commerce business
• Expertise in e-commerce best practices and trends
• Data driven and highly analytical
• Passion for innovation and problem-solving
• Must work well in a rapidly changing environment with high expectations for execution
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, thorough
• Clear communication style, able to escalate problems pro-actively
• Self-motivated, keen to learn
• Understanding of the entertainment sector and a natural affinity with the videogames sector as a whole is a strong plus
• Fluid in English

Recommended experience
• Completed Bachelor degree; Business Administration or Economics preferred
• Deep knowledge of Excel including macros, pivot tables, vlookups, charts and graphs
• Understanding and familiarity with business intelligence processes and tools
• Understanding and experience from the gaming and/or gambling industry

Travel – NA

*HOW TO APPLY: https://jobs.ea.com/search/view.do?id=a0z50000000yrFzAAI

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[Part-time] VIDEO GAME SALES SPECIALIST at Advantage Sales and Marketing

2011-12-02 18:39:50

Location: Irving, Texas
URL: http://www.asmnet.com

Description:

Integrated Marketing Services is seeking enthusiastic, self-driven & motivated individuals to represent our company in the role of Video Game Sales Specialist (VGSS) within your local area. As a VGSS you would be assigned to work within one of the major retailers for our client, responsible for engaging, qualifying and closing customers on sales of video game products; seeking sales opportunities in departments throughout the store to maximize sales; ensuring products are on display, functioning properly and presentable to customers; training Retail Sales Associates on clients’ products and the benefits; and generating positive PR and Brand Awareness in-store.

This is a part-time regular opportunity running from HIRE Date through April 2012. The VGSS must be able to commit to the entire length of the program including the regular schedule of Saturdays and Sundays – 5 hours per day; working up to 25 hours per week during the last 2 weeks of December then resuming the regular Saturday and Sunday schedule in January; and available for any online special training.

Requirements:
Willingness to participate in drug/background screening; Must be at least 18 years of age with a high school diploma or equivalency; Experience playing at least one "Next-Gen" Console (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii);
Familiarity with the current handheld consoles (DSi, Sony PSP, iPhone); must have daily computer access and high speed internet; Passion for technology – especially video game/home entertainment products; Sales background with minimum of 1 year direct sales experience

Competitive hourly wage provided and possible incentives based on productivity and sales levels.

To apply, please visit the following link to complete your online profile.

Asmnet.com career section, look under Video Game Sales Specialist

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[Full-time] BioWare Edmonton: Global Lead Product Manager at BioWare

2011-10-20 19:52:59

Location: Edmonton, Alberta
URL: http://bioware.com

Description:

BioWare (www.bioware.com), one of the newest members of the incredible family of EA studios, has created some of the world’s best-selling titles including the award-winning Baldur’s Gate, the Neverwinter Nights series, and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. Original BioWare-created IPs include Jade Empire, the critically acclaimed Mass Effect, and Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood for the Nintendo DS and the epic fantasy RPG IP Dragon Age. BioWare is hard at work on Mass Effect 3 and Star Wars: The Old Republic, our massively multiplayer online game being developed at BioWare Austin.

BioWare’s games have continually achieved critical and commercial success. All of our published titles are in the top 5% highest rated at www.gamerankings.com; in fact we have 6 games in the top 1% highest rated games of all time! Today BioWare has over 500 staff at its locations and continues to grow.

The Marketing team works closely with game developers to ensure that games have a clear design and a ‘X’, the defining element of the game that makes it unique and the ultimate reason behind why our customers should pay for and play it. The Marketing team identifies the key audience for our games and tailors the marketing strategy to communicate clearly to the intended target. This position would report in to the Director of Marketing overseeing the BioWare Edmonton studio.

The Product Manager will be responsible for leading the global marketing of an AAA product from BioWare Edmonton, from long-term brand planning to day-to-day operational management of the North American marketing campaign including budgeting, packaging, PR, advertising, forecasting, retail marketing, community building and other integrated marketing.

Key Responsibilities

• Creation of global marketing plan, including positioning, market analysis, and strategies
• Manage budgets and forecasts for North America
• Manage development of marketing programs, including mass market advertising, packaging, community, PR, and promotions
• Collaborate with development teams to ensure alignment between the product offering and optimization of marketing programs
• Coordinate across EA divisions to maximize integrated marketing opportunities
• Act as main marketing point of contact for all licensors on product ensuring strong synergy between the brands and compliance with all branding guidelines
• Collaborate with 1st party (Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo) to maximize co-marketing opportunities
• Work with consumer research team to optimize product and marketing efforts

Skill Set and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree is required. An MBA or a master’s degree in a related discipline is a plus
• Five years experience in marketing,
with a video game or entertainment company
• Strong creative skills, including ability to generate new ideas and “editorialize” potential ideas
• Ability to aggressively create innovative marketing programs that generate results
• Strong quantitative skills, particularly in the context of budgeting, forecasting and ROI
• Excellent organizational skills to balance a wide range of initiatives
• History of teamwork and willingness to roll up one’s sleeves to get the job done
• Ability to define projects for developers, and work closely with technical team
• Ability to think analytically, strategically and execute methodically
• Superior verbal and written communications skills
• High attention to detail and proven ability to manage multiple, competing priorities
• Self-starter/entrepreneurial spirit
• Passion for gaming and specifically BioWare’s games a strong plus
• Willingness to travel

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[Full-time] Entry-Level Marketing Manager at Ogmento

2011-09-26 17:05:51

Location: Los Angeles, California
URL: http://www.ogmento.com

Description:

Interested in working at the cutting-edge of mobile gaming technology? Ogmento is a category leader in Geo-Social Augmented Reality Games, and we are looking for a Marketing Intern!

Project

Work directly with the CMO to represent our company and our newest project with the NBA to the world of social, location based and augmented reality gaming! *Interface with our clients, including the NBA, to help develop and implement social-media marketing strategies. *Assist with the development and management messaging across social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter to represent Ogmento and the NBA game to fans worldwide. *Support our CMO in marketing efforts including the creation of presentations used in client acquisition and client/partner updates

Where
Westwood Village,
Los Angeles

Period
12 weeks or more with the potential for long-term employment
Position has flexibility to be part-time, though full-time is preferred

Compensation
DOE

Qualification
-We are looking for media-savvy professionals with formidable skills in PowerPoint and experience creating content in social media forums such as Twitter, Facebook, blogs and YouTube to work with us through the fall months
-Excellent written communication skills and creativity are a must!
-Graduate or undergraduate students are welcome to apply
-Love for Basketball and NBA fan status a huge plus! Understanding the game is absolutely essential!

About Ogmento
Ogmento was founded in 2010 by industry veterans committed to developing the next generation of video games. Through cutting-edge technology that overlays computer graphics onto real-world environments, Ogmento creates games that let users directly interact with their surrounding environment. The company is currently developing groundbreaking Augmented Reality (AR) content for a range of mobile devices and platforms including iPhone, Android, PC, and traditional game consoles.

How to apply
Send an email to jobs@ogmento.com
Write in the title: INTERNSHIP MARKETING
Please include your CV and one paragraph in the email body telling us why do you think this internship at Ogmento is for you. We look forward to hearing from you!

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[Full-time] Night Shift Community Representatives - SW:TOR at BioWare

2011-09-13 20:41:12

Location:
URL: http://www.bioware.com/bioware_info/jobs/austin_jobs/

Description:

BioWare, a member of the incredible family of EA studios, has created some of the world’s best-selling titles including the award-winning Baldur’s Gate, the Neverwinter Nights series, and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. Original BioWare-created IPs include the critically acclaimed Mass Effect, the epic fantasy RPG Dragon Age, Jade Empire, and Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood. BioWare Austin is hard at work on the massively multiplayer online game, Star Wars: The Old Republic.

BioWare is searching for an Off-Site Community Representative to support the upcoming MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic. The successful candidate will assist with the day-to-day operational activities surrounding the reporting and administering of the Star Wars: The Old Republic online community. In-depth knowledge of the massively multiplayer online gaming community and experience in dealing with online communities are key success factors for this position.

This position will be located offsite, so candidates must have the ability to work from home within the core hours of 8pm – 8am CST. This is a temporary, full-time position and can last for up to 12 months.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
• Promote a user-friendly environment on community message boards.
• Enforcement of the official website Rules and Guidelines.
• Maintain a neutral, unbiased presence on the official website while addressing user issues.
• Document all customer interactions and issues.
• Assists other members of the community team with community-related tasks.

QUALIFICATIONS
• Prior experience in the administration and/or moderation of an online message board
• Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Knowledge of Internet message-board browsing, use, and etiquette
• Strong customer service ethic
• Must have the ability to work with a minimum of direct supervision
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
• Demonstrated initiative and positive spirit in a rapidly changing environment
• Must be able to work from home; full and part-time positions available
• Scheduling flexibility including weekend and holiday hours

To apply, please send your resume to the email address above.

Due to the volume of applications we receive for our job postings, we are unable to respond personally to telephone inquiries regarding the status of an application. Only candidates being considered for interview will be contacted at this time.

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[Full-time] Off-Site Community Representative - Star Wars: The Old Republic at BioWare

2011-08-19 20:22:06

Location: Austin, Texas
URL: http://www.bioware.com/bioware_info/jobs/austin_jobs/

Description:

BioWare is searching for a Contract Offsite Community Representative to support the upcoming MMO Star Wars™: The Old Republic™. The successful candidate will assist with the day-to-day operational activities surrounding the reporting and administering of the Star Wars: The Old Republic online community. In-depth knowledge of the massively multiplayer online gaming community and experience in dealing with online communities are key success factors for this position.

NOTE: This position will be located offsite, so candidates must have the ability to work from home. This is a temporary for up to 12 months.

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