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HERE’S THE DEAL

We are a full-service esports company that creates, manages and monetizes competitive video game leagues. We build a title’s competitive community from the ground up, growing it into a unique, professional and world-class esports operation. We manage all league operations and produce expert live entertainment, whether that’s in-studio or at stadium-sized venues. We seek out ambitious partners and act as the leading esports company for new gaming titles.

We are anticipating breakneck growth and are looking for an individual that’s driven to deeply understand and speak to the ambitions of the next generation of competitive games, partners, and communities; for someone who gets fired-up about dreaming up, selling and promoting esports initiatives alongside a small, high-energy team. We want someone who pushes back on the status quo and does things faster and better - because that’s what gets them out of bed in the morning.

As a wise old man once said, “It’s dangerous to go alone, take this!”

WE NEED YOU TO

  • Work alongside the Director of Product to help shape the esports landscape.
  • Wildly exceed what a Client expects of esports entertainment and operations.
  • Manage a team of Product Strategists to create best in class proposals and plans.
  • Monitor and improve standard operating procedures within the Product Marketing team.
  • Conduct interviews for new Product Marketing hires.
  • Onboard and train new Product Marketing hires.
  • Manage day to day operations of the Product Marketing team: define tasks & projects, assign due dates, schedules, hold the team accountable, etc.
  • Supervise the execution of company initiatives, communicate policy and strategy to the department, and implement procedures defined by the Director of Product.
  • Orchestrate the development of client proposals during sales pitch process when team bandwidth requires, including the following:
    • Coordinate with sales and Product Design staff to interpret client product requests
    • Collaborate with internal teams by creating templates for the proposal deliverables
  • Coordinate with the Creative Team to ensure timely and quality creation of decks and proposal materials.
  • Set Product Marketing research targets and proactively conduct research market analysis on new games and products in our space.
  • Commision sales materials such as event photography and testimonials.
  • Attend product blue-sky brainstorming sessions with the Product Design team.
  • Use strong written and verbal communication skills to collaborate on the creation of high quality Presentation Materials.
  • Use product management tools and frameworks such as Asana to steward product deliverables to completion on schedule.
  • Review final materials with Product Design and Business Development to ensure budget alignment.
  • Navigate conflicting interests of each product feature, subject matter discipline, client preference, NGE capabilities, and executive direction to craft the optimal product offering for both NGE and our clientele.
  • Act as an internal consultant for esports marketing projects.
  • Develop internal budgets for esports marketing projects.
  • Work with leadership to update and maintain internal documents with support from Subject Matter Experts.
  • Iterate product development based on synthesis of both individual Subject Matter Experts’ domain research and market feedback (project post-mortems, client and prospect feedback, overage and underage analysis).
  • Organize and record notes from Creative Production focused Product Design postmortems.
  • Perform client, industry, market and consumer research and intelligence.

YOU MUST HAVE

  • Passion for video games and interactive media
  • Experience in Esports, Product Strategy, Live Production, or Product Management
  • A track record of excelling with little supervision
  • Experience managing multiple priorities in high-stress, time sensitive environments
  • The desire for a fast paced, entrepreneurial environment with high ambiguity

Reasonable Accommodations Statement: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable Accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

YOUR BONA FIDES

  • Education: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution
  • Experience: 3 or more years product development or marketing experience, 1 or more years of managing a team.

Other

  • Work Schedule: Be prepared to help build something great and work long hours, including occasional evenings and weekends
  • Amount of Travel Required: Occasional
  • Work Environment: Typical office, travel (trains, planes and autos), studios and on-location environments

The Company has reviewed this job description to ensure that essential functions and basic duties have been included. It is intended to provide guidelines for job expectations and the employee's ability to perform the position described. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all functions, responsibilities, skills and abilities. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate. This document does not represent a contract of employment, and the Company reserves the right to change this job description and/or assign tasks for the employee to perform, as the Company may deem appropriate.