User Acquisition Manager Pokémon GO

Niantic is positioned as a leader in augmented reality and mobile gaming and is looking for a complex contributor joining as an User Acquisition Marketing Manager. This is an outstanding opportunity to drive mobile consumer growth working on projects that immediately reach millions of people every day. This candidate will promote a data-driven mentality demonstrating their media buying experience to formulate extraordinary user acquisition campaigns while closely collaborating with cross-functional partners in aspiring towards team growth goals. If youre a quantitative and creative problem solver excited to unlock major growth channels wed love to meet you!

This cross functional role is crucial in helping craft Niantics overall growth marketing strategies and product launches. This role is based in Tokyo Japan. English and Japanese fluency is required for this role.

Responsibilities

• Craft and implement comprehensive user acquisition strategies across all marketing channels in collaboration with the broader marketing and product team.
• Reach performance marketing KPIs through optimized budget allocation.
• Work with IP holders and help advise on their overall marketing strategies.
• Resolve any data integrity issues that may arise while running performance marketing campaigns with MMP internal data science or marketing channel.
• Work with internal/external creative agencies to build out performance marketing creative for all needed channels.
• Manage external media and creative agencies.
• Collaborate with our data science team to enhance UA reporting and proactively adapt to evolving marketing metrics.
• Conduct detailed data analysis to identify trends measure campaign performance and optimize strategies for continuous improvement.
• Work with product marketing marketing and analytics teams to ensure alignment with overall business objectives.
• Communicate weekly with leadership to present insights recommendations and campaign results ensuring alignment with strategic goals.
• Lead meetings with cross-functional team members and stakeholders to align on business needs.
• Required in-office 3 days a week.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree or equivalent in marketing statistics finance or a related field and passionate about analyzing products customer insights and market data.
• 6 years experience in a mobile media buying position on major advertising platforms such as paid social ad networks and DSPs.
• Outstanding interpersonal skills to translate data to meaningful business recommendations that have material business impact.
• Experience working with executive leadership on a frequent basis and helping drive overall marketing strategy.
• Experience managing large monthly budgets across multiple channels. Ideally monthly budgets bigger than $500k.
• Past experience directly managing/hiring contractors and or third party agencies.
• Proposed changes to marketing tech stack to account for changing mobile marketing landscape.
• Proven track record of improving creative performance through continuous A/B testing across multiple platforms and channels.
• Blend of creativity and analytical approach to problem solving.
• Experience with various market research data services e.g. App Annie Sensor Tower.
• Experience working with MMP (Singular Adjust and Appsflyer) and knowledge around Apple SKAN protocols is a bonus.

About Us

Scopely is a global interactive entertainment and mobile-first video game company home to many top award-winning experiences such as MONOPOLY GO! Star Trek Fleet Command Stumble Guys MARVEL Strike Force and Yahtzee With Buddies among others.

Scopely creates publishes and live-operates immersive games that empower a directed-by-consumer experience across multiple platforms--from mobile web PC and beyond.

Founded in 2011 Scopely is fueled by a world-class team and a proprietary technology platform Playgami that supports one of the most diversified portfolios in the games industry.

Recognized multiple times as one of Fast Companys Worlds Most Innovative Companies Scopely is a multi-billion-dollar business due to its ability to create long-lasting game experiences that players enjoy for years.

Scopely has global operations in more than a dozen markets across Asia EMEA and North America and is home to many internal game development teams referred to as Scopely Studios with additional game studio partners across four continents.

Scopely was acquired by Savvy Games Group in July 2023 for $4.9 billion and is now an independent subsidiary of Savvy.

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