About the role
Why Sony Interactive Entertainment?
Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand. As a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation, we’re part of a proud legacy of innovation and excellence. SIE is a dynamic technology company, delivering cutting-edge hardware and network services to more than 100 million people and an entertainment leader, home to some of the most beloved and recognizable intellectual properties (IP) in the world. Our role at SIE is to create and nurture the experiences under the PlayStation brand, a name synonymous with entertainment excellence and creativity.
Role Details
- Location: San Mateo, CA or Los Angeles, CA
- Work Model: Hybrid
- Reporting Structure: Reports to the Senior Staff Manager, Global Brand Marketing
Responsibilities
Marketing and Brand Strategy
- Define global brand and product strategy, including positioning, unique selling points, and go-to-market approach based on strategic target audiences, market, and player insights.
- Partner with global cross-functional teams, responsible for pulling together holistic global business results for their portfolio.
- Accountable for the success of the global marketing campaigns.
- Ensure consistent representation of brands’ global activations while overseeing tactical execution on global campaigns.
- Manage internal creative teams and external agencies to deliver key marketing and creative assets and programs while ensuring alignment across multiple stakeholders.
Studio Partnership
- Partner with development studio based in Los Angeles to develop product marketing strategy for game titles, including determining appropriate target audiences, business models (financial models and/or monetization strategies), launch timing, and product/service feature sets.
- Ensure consumer insights are provided during the development of games through world-class qualitative and quantitative research.
Budget Management
- Financial responsibility for marketing strategies, initiatives and advertising related efforts for specific game franchise.
- Manage global marketing budget for the title.
Requirements
- 5 years of brand and product marketing.
- Bachelors degree or equivalent (MBA a plus).
- Deep understanding of and experience working on AAA Games, platform experience a plus.
- Demonstrated record of success in developing high impact global consumer strategies, mass market marketing campaigns, brand marketing, and direct to consumer performance-based marketing, for a portfolio of games/services.
- Must have broad experience and understanding of all facets of the marketing discipline including consumer insights, product positioning, consumer promotions, online innovation and creative development.
- Ability of influencing and engaging external and internal stakeholders in a franchise brand vision.
- Extensive knowledge of and a passion for video games is a huge plus.
Compensation and Benefits
- Base Pay Range: $126,700 - $190,100 USD. Individual base pay is determined based on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location.
- Benefits: Top-tier benefits package including medical, dental, vision, matching 401(k), paid time off, wellness program and coveted employee discounts for Sony products.
- Bonus: This role may be eligible for a bonus package.
Additional Information
- Sony Interactive Entertainment conducts background checks at the offer stage for all new employees (which may include criminal background checks for some roles) and will need to process personal information to support these checks.
- Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender (including gender identity, gender expression and gender reassignment), race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy, maternity or parental status, trade union membership or membership in any other legally protected category.
- Sony Interactive Entertainment is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.