Lead Producer
King
Location: Greater London
Job Type: Full time
Posted
Craft:
MarketingJob Description:
Summary:
Marketing Studio is King’s in-house creative production agency. We exist to deliver game-changing creative work, from the inside out. We’re serious about games, without taking ourselves too seriously. We know what gamers want and we know our craft, inside out.
Your Role Within our Kingdom:
We are looking for an experienced Producer, who is highly consultative and has a solid understanding of creative best practice and innovation in mobile game marketing, with a keen focus on user acquisition for pre-release and live titles.
You will always be looking for opportunities to improve strategic output across our stakeholders, and the team, and drive positive commercial outcomes.
Working as part of the senior team in the Marketing Studio, you will join the mission to define, protect and improve stakeholder experience and output and will be responsible for stakeholder relationships - protecting our reputation, overdelivering on stakeholder KPI’s, and developing strong, long lasting professional relationships.
You will among other things…
Drive success for critical areas of marketing, leading multiple multidisciplinary teams and managing and developing the production team handling these channels, as well as contributing to the production growth in the Marketing Studios as a whole
Join a cross-craft leadership team and be responsible for building, defining and driving execution of a roadmap with input from your peers.
Lead the team by example, fostering a positive "can-do" atmosphere which drives the team to perform and deliver beyond their own expectations
Be excellent at communicating upwards and downwards
Be analytical and make strong data- informed decisions
Have the ability to have a high-level view but attention to detail where required
Work well under pressure and to frequent, tight and changing deadlines
Support in-house creatives and external creative partners in the maintenance of a coherent creative vision throughout the entire project lifecycle
Define and understand the impact the Marketing Studio is making for the business at all times and have a plan in place to improve relationships, improve impact and deliver commercial objectives.
Skills to create thrills…
Hands-on experience leading the production of creative marketing campaigns from idea to delivery
Superb project management skills, managing multiple projects at a time, with different deadlines and requirements
Experience with CGI pipelines
A strong people manager, with a passion for developing their teams
A solid sense of quality and craftsmanship
A great attitude towards knowledge sharing and the desire to work within a team that discusses solutions and ideas
Documented experience of working with budgets, forecasting and scheduling
Ability to work proactively with developing and refining creative processes
Bonus Points:
SCRUM/Agile/Waterfall development experience
Knowledge of Workfront
Combination of Agency side experience and client side experience.
About King
King is the game developer behind the world-famous Candy Crush franchise, as well as mobile game hits including Farm Heroes, Bubble Witch and Pet Rescue. Candy Crush is the top-grossing franchise in US app stores, a position it has held for the last two years, and King’s games are being played by 245 million monthly active users as of Q3 2021. King, which is part of the Activision Blizzard group since its acquisition in 2016, employs nearly 2,000 people in game studios in Stockholm, Malmö, London, Barcelona and Berlin, and offices in San Francisco, New York, and Malta.
A Great Saga Needs All Sorts of Heroes
Making games is fun. Especially when you do it with people who share the same idea of what makes a good workplace great. We design games for everyone, no matter where they are or who they are, and we employ all sorts of people from all kinds of backgrounds to bring them to life. Truth is, we simply cannot expect diversity in our players and originality in our games without first nurturing it in our people. A great saga needs all sorts of heroes.
Making the World Playful
Making the World Playful is what inspires us to create new experiences and raise the bar. It’s what makes King a place where we can all dream bigger, continue to add innovation to our games, broadening the portfolio and exploring new territories in mid-core and casual. We take the art and science of gaming to the next level through our curiosity for the unexplored, passion for games, respect for each other and love for our players - and we’re not afraid to have fun along the way. In fact, together with our parent company Activision Blizzard and experts around the world, we believe having fun is good for you. There has never been a better time to join us. We're dreaming bigger and see a world of possibilities ahead. If you share our passion, our values, and our hunger to shape the future, join us in Making the World Playful!
Applications need to be in English.
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