Manager, Global Partnerships

Job Title:

Manager, Global Partnerships

Requisition ID:

R023390

Job Description:

Job Title:  Manager, Global Partnerships

Reports to:  Senior Director, Global Partnerships

Location: Playa Vista, CA

Your Mission
The Global Partnerships team at Activision Blizzard is responsible for sourcing, negotiating, and managing brand partnership deals across ABK games, and events. The Global Partnerships team is uniquely positioned to create long-term value via the commercialization of ABK’s portfolio of assets through brand partnerships. Our industry-leading games, including Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Diablo, Overwatch, Candy Crush, Crash Bandicoot, Tony Hawk, Starcraft, Hearthstone, and others, provide brand solutions for all their entertainment partnership needs.

The Manager, Global Partnerships candidate will assist and support the team by working with our partner brands and the various internal teams at Activision Publishing to help fulfill the partners for Call of Duty and its various sub-franchises.  A successful candidate should have a knowledge base inclusive of gaming and entertainment brand partnerships and the work that goes into making them successful.  The candidate should have excellent analytical & organizational abilities, strong interpersonal skills, the ability to represent various stakeholders needs for them with other teams, the ability to work and communicate effectively in a small team environment, and an understanding of the culturally relevant entertainment landscape. A successful candidate should have an aim to participate, be proactive in their helpfulness, and be a proactive communicator.

Responsibilities

Priorities can often change in a fast-paced environment like ours, so this role includes but is not limited to, the following responsibilities:

• Independently lead day-to-day partner activation process, including campaign development, media planning, creative approvals, grass-roots program planning, and event coordination

• Be able to build and manage strong senior executive client relationships

• Maintaining weekly/bi-weekly status calls with brand partners

• Develop strong, respectful relationships and build credibility with appropriate partners and internal stakeholders

• Assessment and management of partner needs; representation of those needs internally with the broader team

• Ability to attend partner shoots and events

• Provide partnership expertise in the comprehension of contractual elements and understanding of partners’ marketing/business goals objectives, target audience, and competitors

• Build partnership recap presentations

• Provide support and complete additional projects as directed by the management team

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelors’ degree required

• 5+ years of brand partnerships experience and/or brand marketing agency with an emphasis on gaming, esports, or brand partnerships

• Experience with Microsoft Office, Excel, PowerPoint, CRM, and others as required

Knowledge and Skills

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Strong strategic and brand planning skills as well as good presentation skills

• Ability to lead discussions with senior-level partner contacts

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple tasks concurrently

• High motivation, positive energy, and passion for gaming

• Strong interpersonal skills and relationship-builder

• Detail-oriented and highly organized

• Sound judgment and decision-making

• Marketplace awareness and knowledge

• Strong PowerPoint Skills as well as other MS Office programs

Our World 

Activision Blizzard, Inc., is one of the world's largest and most successful interactive entertainment companies and is at the intersection of media, technology and entertainment. We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises including Call of Duty®, World of Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Diablo®, Candy Crush™ and Bubble Witch™. Our combined entertainment network delights hundreds of millions of monthly active users in 196 countries, making us the largest gaming network on the planet!

Our ability to build immersive and innovative worlds is only enhanced by diverse teams working in an inclusive environment.  We aspire to have a culture where everyone can thrive in order to connect and engage the world through epic entertainment. We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for ‘Every World’ - we’ve got our employees covered!

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