Gravity Road is a creative company bringing together marketing, entertainment, and technology to create things people want to spend time with – ideas that audiences will love and be entertained by. We recently joined the world’s first Brandtech group, You & Mr Jones, which means we are working with partners developing best technology across the globe.

We are looking for a commercially minded gamer, a strategic thinker who understands the gaming landscape and the emerging trends and can help others understand it too. You will be working on global brands such as Niantic and Mastercard and the focus of your role will be to make things happen on these and other key accounts.

Reporting to co-founder, Mark Boyd, in the US and the Gravity Road Management Team in the UK, you will be creatively driven, entrepreneurial and respected. You will set the creative agenda, understand your clients’ commercial challenges and build a cultural ambition for the work against this agenda. As a trusted influencer, you will develop a cross-disciplinary team that people want to be part of.

The role will include the following:

Set up and organize the ongoing management of key client relationships
Create a center of excellence on Gaming and Esports culture
Maintain an up-to-date understanding of the Gaming and Esports landscape, key players and trends
Deliver the 2021 US Business Plan with a focus on Gaming and Esports.
Co-author our 2021 Gaming Strategy
Build and roll out a marketing plan for Gaming
Build and lead new business initiatives around Gaming
Recruit and develop the smartest hybrid talent in this space
Protect and grow the internal culture of the agency around gaming

Essential skills and experience

10+ years of experience in marketing (at least 4 within an agency environment)
Experience or a passion for gaming. You keep up to date with gaming developments and are able to offer a point of view on the landscape and where it’s going
Experience managing, and delivering an exceptional service, on international accounts
Experience managing multi-layer, complex business relationships
Proven and consistent track record of executing against a changing strategy
Proven leadership ability to influence, develop, and empower a diverse group of internal cross-functional teams to achieve objectives across multiple markets
Emotional intelligence to navigate complex client relationships and matrixed organizations
Ability to convert business across multiple media channels
Result and detail orientated, with strong strategic thinking abilities
Excellent leadership, organizational, and problem-solving and decision-making skills
Intelligent, motivated self-starter with strong interpersonal skills and work ethic
Excels at building long term trusted relationships with key clients and agency partners
Able to translate business objectives into campaign strategy
Willingness to travel regularly

Gravity Road offers an excellent working environment and has a commitment to training and developing its employees. This role has excellent progression opportunities for a hard-working and ambitious candidate. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Salary $155k per annum.

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Closing date for applications is Sunday 28th March 2021