Brand Partnerships Project manager 12 months FTC

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Job Description:

Candy Crush is expanding the world of Candy into the real world bringing fun colour and cultural relevance to players everywhere. Brand partnerships are a key pillar of this ambition helping Candy evolve into an entertainment brand not just a game. To support this growth we are hiring aProject Manager Brand Partnershipson a 12 month contract to own the operational backbone of our partnership work supporting the Brand Partnerships Lead in delivering high-impact collaborations across sport music lifestyle CPG and talent.

This role focuses onexecutional excellence coordination and project delivery. You will support the Brand Partnerships Lead by managing day-to-day partnership operations ensuring projects run smoothly partners are well supported and internal teams stay aligned. You will bring strong organisational skills and a proactive detail-oriented approach to keep projects on track. This role is delivery-focused rather than strategic and best suited to someone who thrives in operational coordination and structured workflows

Your Role Within Our Kingdom

Were looking for a structured energetic project manager who loves keeping complex projects organised and moving. Working alongside the Brand Partnerships Lead you will help us deliver the next phase of Candys partnership vision bringing fun to sport music lifestyle and beyond all while building toward our 15-year anniversary celebrations.

You will manage day-to-day partnership operations track performance coordinate across teams and ensure every activation lands on time on budget and with creative excellence.

This role is the operational engine behind Candys partnerships perfect for someone who loves structure logistics and making things happen. This role is central to building a repeatable scalable partnership model that helps Candy close the gap between awareness and consideration and shows up in culture in a more consistent meaningful way.

Your role within the Kingdom

Project & Partnership Delivery

• Manage the day-to-day delivery of partnership projects ensuring timelines deliverables and budgets stay on track.

• Coordinate across internal teams (Brand Product Marketing Creative Game Legal BD) to ensure smooth execution.
• Maintain project plans trackers workflows and approvals to keep work moving efficiently.
• Support the integration of partners into Candys tentpoles lifestyle collaborations sport moments and music activations.
• Provide operational excellencehelping ensure every activation is delivered to a high standard.
• Build support documentation file management and operational housekeeping to keep partnership processes running smoothly.
  

Partner & Stakeholder Coordination

• Act as the day-to-day contact for partners and agencies helping clarify requirements gather assets and manage approvals.
• Build strong working relationships with external partners representing Candy with professionalism and a player-first mindset.
• Support the organisation by occasional attendance of shoots partner visits live moment activations and cross-team coordination.
  

Performance Tracking & Reporting

• Track and monitor partnership KPIs collecting data from internal teams and external partners.
• Build clear post-campaign reports summarising performance insights and recommendations.
• Support the Brand Partnerships Lead in preparing partnership updates for internal stakeholders and leadership.
  

Operational & Strategic Support

• Assist with partner research category exploration and opportunity evaluation across sport music lifestyle CPG and talent.
• Help prepare pitch materials and partner evaluations using data and insights to strengthen recommendations.
• Support the development and maintenance of delivery frameworks asset inventories and demo materials without owning the strategic design of these tools.
• Stay up to date on cultural moments partnership activity and market trends to help inform team discussions.
  

Skills to Create Thrills

• Experience in project coordination or project management within marketing partnerships or related fields.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to coordinate complex cross-functional workflows.
• Experience managing external partners agencies or vendors.
• Excellent communicator who thrives on clarity collaboration and problem-solving.
• Comfortable operating in a fast-moving environment with shifting priorities.
• Analytical mindset with experience tracking performance and building reports.
• Ability to work independently on day-to-day delivery while escalating strategically when needed.
• A proactive solution-oriented approach and strong sense of ownershipbut without expectation to set broader strategy or manage a team.
• Comfortable working behind the scenes to make partnerships land flawlessly
• Bonus: experience in entertainment gaming sport music lifestyle CPG licensing experiential marketing or sponsorship delivery.

About King

With a mission of Making the World Playful King is a leading interactive entertainment company with more than 20 years of history of delivering some of the worlds most iconic games in the mobile gaming industry including the world-famous Candy Crush franchise as well as other mobile game hits such as Farm Heroes Saga. King games are played by more than 200 million monthly active users. King part of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has Kingsters in Stockholm Malmö London Barcelona Berlin Dublin San Francisco New York Los Angeles and Malta. More information can be found at by following us on LinkedIn @lifeatkingon Instagram or @kinggameson X.