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Job Title	Brand Manager
Job Category	Any
Job Description	My client is a video game production company focused on developing compelling, high-quality games based on theatrical and original intellectual property. My client is seeking a Brand Manager to support the Director of Marketing in ensuring that brands are accurately positioned, promoted, sold into the retail channel, and ultimately sold thru to achieved forecasts. The position will assume ownership of assigned projects and be responsible for developing and executing marketing strategies. RESPONSIBILITIES: •Work with the Director of Marketing, product development, and external agencies to develop detailed plans. •Schedule and conduct positioning, launch planning, and roll-out meetings with Director of Marketing, product development, and external agencies. Maintain detailed assignment checklists and ensure deadlines are communicated to all individual departments. •Provide product/promotion information to the team involved on each assigned project •Work with Director of Marketing, product development, and external agencies to ensure that all marketing materials are developed to support marketing plans and sales goals, and are completed on time and within budget. •Evaluate the results of all marketing plans by soliciting post-mortem feedback from sales, product development, and external agencies. •Schedule, assist, and coordinate marketing research needs by participating in focus groups, field research, and implementation of questionnaires or online surveys. •Review new technology and competitive products for each assigned title. •Participate in the development of the annual marketing budget •Assist in the greenlight process and title/IP evaluation •Assist Director of Marketing in accomplishing any and all assigned marketing projects JOB SPECIFICATIONS: •Successful candidates will have 3-5 years of product marketing experience with a successful track record of bringing products to market •Experience working with/for a consumer product group a plus •Experience developing brand strategies, conducting market research, implementing marketing plans, managing strategic relationships and product lifecycle management •Must have good organizational skills and be very detail oriented •Candidates must work well in a fast-paced and growing environment, be flexible, and possess a can-do attitude to exploit the unexpected and to succeed in unpredictable situations •Possess excellent project management skills to effectively track multiple deliverables across functional areas and timelines in a fast-paced environment •Ability to think creatively, identify problems, and offer solutions •Ability to complete assignments within tight and often difficult deadlines •Bachelor’s degree required (MBA preferred) •A POSITIVE AND SUPPORTIVE ATTITUDE IS A MUST! If you are interested int his role then please contact Sharon Hibble on 01026 544044 or email officemanager@opmjobs.com
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Salary	35000
Date posted	07/05/2008
Recruiter	This job is advertised on behalf of OPM using their internal reference 8952.