Worldwide Brand Manager - Little Nightmares - Bandai Namco Entertainment

As a Worldwide Brand Manager within our Content Creation & Publishing Team, you will work on our headline IP : Little Nightmares in all of its incarnations : games, merch, transmedia etc.

You are in charge of defining and carrying out the brand identity of this licence to continue to increase it success 7 million units sold to date.

You manage the brand direction and create marketing strategies for the licence across worldwide territories and work on holistic approach of the product/brand, physical and digital, video game as well as any relevant entertainment extensions.
As a world marketing referent of this IP within the BANDAI NAMCO group, you are directly interacting with the Production Department, the Development Studio, our top management team, and other group entities.

Your main responsibilities include :

Teaming up with a producer & our marketing support teams to shape the game's development process according to marketability's best practice
Defining and carrying out the brand's marketing strategy across worldwide territories, supporting regional and local offices to strengthen the brand in all territories.
Ensuring an optimal project coordination & brand awareness by working effectively with our internal experts & external stakeholders
Managing the marketing budget for each title ; follow-up sales in volume/value, revenue and margin
Managing forecast, P&L and Brand roadmap in general
Developing creative assets in cooperation with the developers and creative agencies, including key art, icons, banners, trailers, media advertising, screenshots, renders, social media assets, website, ...
Coordinating effort between sales & digital to optimize digital revenues using all available means, including promotional synergies with physical products, cross-platform partnerships,
Maintaining a high level of working knowledge on the entire videogame market, its emerging marketing trends & opportunities and global entertainment market
Being a brand champion and guardian including asset approval from local territories and departments
Push new concepts and avenues for the brand to grow in collaboration with the editorial team

This senior role allows you to lead the development of a prosperous brand and to contribute to our company success. It gives you a high level of autonomy and visibility across our business and across the video game industry.

• At least 7/8 years of experience in the video games industry as part of an international marketing team
• Experience in brand identity creation/management
• Ability to work with individuals from different geographies
• Strong organizational skills and ability to meet deadlines
• Ability to work autonomously with little supervision
• Effective team player with excellent interpersonal skills
• Responsiveness & proactivity
• Fluency in English, French is a plus
• Willingness to travel
• Passionate about video games
• Strong understanding of the game development process