Apr 17

Job: Publishing Manager for Japanese Market at Riot Games (Santa Monica)

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Thanks to LA-based JET alum Janelle Jimenez and NY-based JET alum Carleen Ben for passing on this interesting and JET-relevant opening with video game company Riot Games. Posted by blogger and podcaster Jon Dao (Toyama-ken, 2009-12). Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.

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Position: Publishing Manager
Location: Santa Monica
Type: Full-Time

Overview: 

• Support Riot Games Japan and Riot Games HQ teams by raising visibility for website, game and user experience issues for Japanese players
• Conduct market research and build strategy plans for initiating and growing Riot Games’ publishing presence in the Japanese market
• Own a strategic international functional discipline, such as Product Marketing, Pricing and Promotions or esports, and coordinate with other regions to ensure optimal execution

• Manage marketing and business development relationships with global partners that are relevant to the Japanese market
• Help the Country Manager identify and evaluate talent for the local publishing team

Requirements:

• Experienced: you’ve honed your analytical skills in business, consulting or investment banking, preferably working in the gaming industry or with gamer types like us
• Educated: you’ve earned a degree in a business-related field (an MBA earns you bonus points); while you are proud of your work in academia, you didn’t stop learning at graduation
• A multilingual communicator: you communicate easily in the most appropriate medium, be it email, hallway conversation or messenger pigeon; you can do so fluently in English and Japanese
• An informed strategist: you know knowledge births strategy, so you make research the foundation of your market plans; you’ve amassed a deep understanding of local video game markets and strategy for your regions
• Data-driven: you’re fluent in the language of data, analyzing and interpreting data and KPIs for Riot Games Japan teams
• A jetsetter: you’re globally minded thanks to your academic or professional experiences abroad; you’ve got the passport stamps to prove it
• Player-focused: a gamer yourself, you enjoy interactive entertainment and prioritize the player in the work you do

Application:

Apply online here