Marketability Director

Ubisoft


Job Location:

Montreal - Canada

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed
Posted on: 6 days ago
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Define and manage a products marketability to ensure its desirability consistency and clarity of value proposition to players. Develop a strategic framework to guide development teams and inform go-to-market strategies through clear consistent and actionable marketing foundations. 

 

WHAT YOULL DO

  • Define the fundamentals of the products marketability including its core elements positioning USPs visual and verbal identity as well as the principles that ensure consistency differentiation and continuity across products. 
  • Develop and evolve the products marketing vision to ensure its relevance to players consistency across experiences and alignment with business goals. 
  • Define marketability guidelines for content themes products and new features to ensure they align with the products positioning player expectations and development objectives. 
  • Collaborate closely with the Go-To-Market Director to ensure that the products foundations meet marketing and business needs as well as market realities. 
  • Provide development teams with player insights (motivations perceptions feedback reception of new features) market trends and business needs to ensure a player-centric approach to product development. 
  • Act as a spokesperson for players in discussions regarding product evolution and evaluate content decisions through the lens of marketability. 
  • Initiate marketability strategies to enhance the products desirability and ensure consistency across all its dimensions. 
  • Collaborate with insights teams and marketing experts to identify growth opportunities emerging expectations and market trends.
  • Translate product changes (features content monetization new releases) into value propositions documentation and content that can be leveraged by Go-To-Market Business and marketing partner teams. 
  • Develop the marketability deliverables necessary for understanding and promoting the product including product bibles naming frameworks build & capture guidelines and product understanding content. 
  • Define marketability asset requirements and guide their production in collaboration with the Go-To-Market and Creative Services teams to support business needs promote USPs and ensure product consistency across marketing touchpoints. 
  • Ensure that business priorities and Go-To-Market needs are factored into marketability outputs to maximize their relevance and impact. 
  • Define and track marketability and product desirability metrics to assess the resonance of the positioning player perception and the products marketing health. 
  • Develop measurement approaches to evaluate marketability performance (brand equity intent-to-play excitement metrics reception of new features etc.) and identify opportunities and risks.  
  • Conduct regular reviews to identify lessons learned benchmark market trends and inform future product direction. 
  • Manage and develop a team of Marketability experts covering Product Marketing and Product Management. 
  • Foster a culture of product expertise collaboration with development teams and marketing consistency. 
  • Support employee development through coaching clear prioritization and growth opportunities. 
  • Perform all other related tasks. 

Qualifications :

WHAT YOULL BRING

  • A university degree in a relevant field or equivalent education.  
  • At least 7 to 10 years of experience in video game marketing or other relevant experience in product positioning and strategy.  
  • Leadership and excellent interpersonal communication skills  
  • Ability to manage and adapt to change  
  • Ability to work effectively on multiple projects simultaneously  
  • Results-oriented and committed to serving stakeholders   
  • Ability to defend ones point of view even when it is unpopular  
  • Ability to delegate and empower others  
  • Functional bilingualism (French and English)
  • In-depth knowledge of the video game market and industry 
  • Human resources management skills  
  • Ability to incorporate a creative vision into the development of marketing products taking into account market trends and player expectations  

Remote Work :

No


Employment Type :

Full-time

Define and manage a products marketability to ensure its desirability consistency and clarity of value proposition to players. Develop a strategic framework to guide development teams and inform go-to-market strategies through clear consistent and actionable marketing foundations.  WHAT YOULL DODefi...

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