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Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. is a leading, international digital entertainment company that publishes video games for game consoles such as PlayStation 4, Xbox one, Nintendo Switch, as well as mobile games. The company’s popular franchises include Metal Gear Solid, Pro Evolution Soccer, Silent Hill, DanceDanceRevolution and Castlevania, among other top titles. Konami also manufactures the wildly popular Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME, which has sold more than 25 billion cards worldwide. We are looking for talented people that have a passion for gaming and the skills and experience listed below.

Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. Hawthorne, CA

  • Facility Specialist

    The facility specialist will be primarily responsible for assisting in managing all aspects of our building located in Hawthorne, CA. He/she must work closely with several cross-functional teams including marketing, sales, organized play, and production to achieve or exceed overall corporate goals and ensure inventory levels are maintained and products are shipped out on schedule. The ideal candidate should have experience in inventory and shipping.

    Department: Facilities

    Reports To: Facility Manager

    RESPONSIBILITIES:

    • Handle receiving of shipments into our warehouse.
    • Working with the various teams that require shipping labels- both domestically and internationally.
    • Maintain accurate inventory of all building assets.
    • Communicate inventory levels to appropriate team members for replenishment with enough lead time to facilitate approvals, production time, and delivery of needed items.
    • Process internal requests for the HR and Facility team, including but not limited to vendor payment requests, expense reports, and sample requests.
    • Work with external partners to get these materials delivered to the events on time and within budget.
    • Assist HR with all internal company events.
    • Maintain an inventory of spare parts and office/maintenance supplies for the office including kitchens, bathrooms, and common areas. Maintain compliance with OSHA requirements and annual postings.
    • Update office décor as needed.
    • Maintain relations with current vendors and seek new vendors in order to improve services or control costs.
    • Create building badges for new hires and/or replacement badges for current employees.
    • Maintain and organize the Facilities storage area.

    QUALIFICATIONS:

    • Ability to lift at least 50lbs.
    • Should demonstrate the ability to work under pressure.
    • Experience with Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
    • Ability to accurately process and data enter information.
    • Must be detail-oriented and demonstrate the ability to multi-task.
    • Proven ability to work with various personality types and work styles in a multicultural environment.

     

    Please send resumes to kdehr@konami.com

  • Digital Products Specialist

    A strong self-starter with a passion for Yu-Gi-Oh! and Yu-Gi-Oh! digital games. We are looking for an individual contributor that supports the Digital Products Team with reporting, promotions, marketing, and production support for Yu-Gi-Oh! digital properties.

     

    Department:                      Digital Card Business

    Reports To:                         Senior Digital Product Manager

    RESPONSIBILITIES:

    • Digital
      • Be our in-house Digital Card product expert.  Responsible for playing our digital games, understanding game mechanics, new features, characters, and game modes; provide critical marketing and product feedback to cross-functional and development teams as necessary.  Strong familiarity with physical Card products as they relate to Digital Card business.
      • Create weekly and monthly reporting on KPIs to report on Digital Card business success and ensure business goals are being met; including but not limited to: product sales, promotions, community feedback and engagement, and industry news and updates.  Work with Senior Digital Product Manager to establish internal process for managing data and reporting for Digital Card business data reporting.
      • Assist with budget management, vendor setup and payments, and provide administrative support from product inception through post-launch, to usher products and marketing efforts through internal business and financial processes.
      • Manage Hardware, Firmware, Network, and Software needs and process for Digital Card team.
      • Research and inform the rest of the Digital Card and Marketing team on relevant digital trends, technologies, and strategies.
      • Work with the Digital Card team, Business Strategy and Operations Team, and their counterparts at KDE and KDE-E to coordinate promotional opportunities for new and existing digital products.
      • Work with external vendors to create or secure prizing and other promotional items within budget to meet scheduled deadlines.
      • Assist with trafficking approvals of marketing plans, marketing and promotional creative assets, and other critical documents and assets.
      • Work with the Digital Card team to support marketing activities and initiatives for our digital properties, as necessary.
      • Assist with Social Media responsibilities as needed.
      • Offer technical expertise on equipment, systems, product set-up, and production support to make our marketing activation livestreams as professional as possible within our budgets.
    • Coordinate with the Marketing Team and R&D to maintain our Card Image Database.
    • Process invoice payment, sample requests and other DWP forms for the Digital Card team.
    • Other duties as assigned.

     

    QUALIFICATIONS:

    • In-depth knowledge of the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG and Yu-Gi-Oh! digital games REQUIRED.
    • Ability to work independently and handle multiple concurrent projects.
    • Knowledge and passion for gaming and gaming communities.
    • Should demonstrate the ability to work under pressure.
    • High sense of confidentiality.
    • Experience with Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint, experience with pivot tables and creation of infographics ideal.
    • Experience with Streaming and Broadcasting Software including OBS, Xsplint, Xpression and Vmix a plus.
    • Ability to accurately process and data enter information.
    • Must be detail-oriented and demonstrate ability to multi-task.
    • Proven ability to work with various personality types and work styles in a multicultural environment.
    • Knowledge of all major gaming platforms: Steam, Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo, iOS and Android.

    Please send resumes to:  yh17196@konami.com and cp.02640@konami.com

  • Customer Support Representative

    We are hiring a customer support representative (contract position) to assist with customer queries and complaints. You will be asked to process orders and escalate various customer matters through several communication channels. Other duties include participating in meetings with the customer service team to discover new communication tactics, as well as maintaining expert knowledge about company products/services to best help customers.

    Job Description:

    • Provide timely and accurate resolution of customer inquiries and issues via Zendesk ticket system, phone, chat, and email.
    • Assist in maintaining new customer accounts in Insite, OTS Database, and KCGN.
    • Work with internal departments to ensure operational and product quality consistency.
    • Assist in mass emailing tournament stores product and event information.
    • Communicate with the warehouses to manage store tracking information, order cancellations, and return authorizations.
    • Other projects as needed

    Writing Skills: Excellent writing skills, ability to communicate with all levels of Management and Business Partners with comprehensive emails and correspondence

    Math Skills: Proficient in Math

    Excel Skills:  Intermediate Proficiency

    Word Skills:  Intermediate Proficiency

     

    Education:

    • High School Diploma
    • Has strong computer and Excel skills
    • Must be detail-oriented
    • Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills
    • Must be able to problem solve
    • Must be currently authorized to work in the U.S.

    Work Experience:

    • Minimum 3-5 years related skills and experience working in similar role.

    Computer / Technical Skills / Job Specific Skills:

    • Knowledge of console hardware a must
    • Zendesk experience a plus
    • In Site experience a plus
    • Internet and Social Media savvy
    • Passionate about videogames or Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards a plus
    • Worked or studied in a multi-cultural company / environment is a plus

    Work Hours:

    • 8:30AM- 5:30PM
    • Regular and on-time attendance.
    • Occasional overtime based on department needs.

    Physical / Mental Requirements:

    • Able to sit and work at a computer keyboard for extended periods of time.
    • Able to stoop, kneel, bend at the waist and reach on a daily basis.
    • Able to perform general office administrative activities: copying, filing, delivering, and using the telephone.

    Supervision Requirements:

    • Minimal:  Work receives general direction toward accomplishment of major program or project objectives.  Employee must draw on available resources to accomplish end result.  Manager reviews work for progress toward achievement of objectives.

    Dress Code:

    • Business Casual with occasional professional dress required.

    Travel Percentage:

    • Less than 5% Travel is Predicted:  Employee must be flexible to the needs of the business.

     

    Send resumes to rj21095@konami.com.

  • Digital Store Planning and Analytics Specialist

    This specialist role is a vital member of the Business Strategy, Sales and Operations group and at the forefront of critical first party interactions. The individual will report to the Senior department members and collaborate to ensure that all content releases, assets, metadata, and pricing are submitted to our distribution partners (Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft and other PC opportunities). This position is also responsible for initial planning and securing of sales, promotional opportunities, sales goals and help achieve revenue targets for the Americas. This is a growth position and responsibilities listed are not all inclusive, additional duties may be assigned.

    Responsibilities:

    • Work with distribution partners (console & PC) to plan and secure sales and promotional opportunities for our titles throughout the year, including the preparation and submission of promotional plans and all that this entails (sales analysis, timing windows, brand goals, fiscal targets, more).
    • Collaborate and align promotional efforts with global Konami offices.
    • Develop and maintain a strong relationship with our distribution partners.
    • Plan and develop incremental revenue opportunities for our digital contents.
    • Effectively manage the lifecycle of digital games and related content across console and PC platforms.
    • Analyze results of promotions to improve performance and make recommendations for best practices.
    • Maintain and implement pricing updates and strategies across all territories.
    • Proactively monitor and evaluate current and new business trends and opportunities (e.g. Games on Demand, Live Services, Cloud Gaming and other emergent trends).
    • Provide product analysis, game evaluations, and initial forecast documentation for current and proposed titles as needed. This task may extend to supporting other departments.
    • Work with Product Marketing and Social teams to promote scheduled activities, product launch results and necessary postmortems.
    • Provide back up support on digital operations and business development matters.

    Qualifications:

    • 2-4+ years of digital operations and store set up, processing content submissions, assets, metadata, and pricing.
    • Strong understanding of the video game industry and digital games (Console & PC).
    • Previous experiencing securing promotional opportunities for digital game platforms (Console & PC).
    • Demonstrated ability to work across multiple groups (Sales, Marketing, Social, PR).
    • Strong presentation skills and ability to develop proposals for promotional opportunities.
    • Good data analysis and knowledge of Excel.
    • Ability to manage multiple projects and relationships.
    • Demonstrated ability to work independently.
    • Understanding of partner procedures is a plus – Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft, Valve/Steam, Luna, Stadia, Epic,
    • Familiarity of Konami products a plus.
    • Bilingual in Japanese a plus.
    • Experience in mobile gaming a plus.

    Please send resumes to  hr.99977@konami.com

  • Organized Play and Warehouse Specialist

    The Organized Play and Warehouse Specialist will be primarily responsible for managing all aspect of our internal and external warehouses. He/she must work closely with several cross-functional teams including Marketing, Sales, Organized Play, R&D, Facilities, and Production to achieve or exceed overall corporate goals and ensure inventory levels are maintained and products are shipped out on schedule. The ideal candidate should have experience managing inventory and shipping.

    Department:  Card Business or Human Resources

    Reports To: Director of Organized Play

    RESPONSIBILITIES:

    • Handle receiving of shipments into our warehouse.
    • Working with the various teams in Card Business and Digital Publishing to get prizing and support items shipped out in a timely manner
    • Maintain accurate inventory of all Marketing, Organized Play, Digital, and Event items utilizing the WASP inventory system.
    • Keep warehouse in order and work with Associate Director of HR and Facilities to make sure proper shipping supplies are on hand to cover outgoing shipments.
    • Communicate inventory levels to appropriate team members for replenishment with enough lead time to facilitate approvals, production time, and delivery of needed items.
    • Work with our external fulfillment warehouses to ensure products are shipped out on schedule
    • Monitor and review inventory levels at external fulfillment warehouses to ensure any extra product is being used in a timely manner so we do incur unneeded storage fees.
    • Work with internal and external teams to get required art assets, have designs created and approved to our vendors to ensure all event prizing is produced and in house or at distribution center at least 4 weeks prior to first usage.
    • Help accurately data enter and process North American Tournament Paperwork as we work toward digital only reporting.
    • Process internal requests for the OP team, including but not limited to Vendor Payment Requests, Expense Reports, and Sample Requests.
    • Make sure all materials being used at in person events and conventions for OP, Marketing, Digital and Sales are properly inventoried and ready to ship out prior to the events.
    • Work with external partners to get these materials delivered to the events on time and within budget.
    • Receive all returning shipments from events and restock each kit as needed working with the appropriate team members so we are prepared for the next event.
    • Monitor and report on Organized Play activities on established and new Trading Card Games
    • Work with Organized Play team to ensure event reports are completed in a timely fashion
    • Other duties as assigned

    QUALIFICATIONS:

    • Ability to lift at least 50lbs.
    • Knowledge and passion for gaming and gaming communities
    • Should demonstrate the ability to work under pressure.
    • High sense of confidentiality.
    • Experience with Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint, experience with pivot tables and creation of infographics ideal.
    • Ability to accurately process and data enter information.
    • Must be detail-oriented and demonstrate ability to multi-task.
    • Proven ability to work with various personality types and work styles in a multicultural environment.

    Please send resumes to kdehr@konami.com

  • Digital Product Marketing Manager

    A strong self-starter with experience managing top-tier video and mobile games. The Digital Product Marketing Manager is responsible for helping to develop and implement product marketing plans for all Yu-Gi-Oh! digital titles in various business models including F2P with Live Ops. Candidate should have solid business acumen, cross functional leadership skills, experience working with licensors, ability to multi-task numerous projects, be highly organized and be a team player and desire to manage the digital titles for one of the most successful TCGs in the world.

    Department: Card Business Division
    Reports to: Senior Digital Product Marketing Manager, Card Business

    POSITION SUMMARY:

    A strong self-starter with experience managing top-tier video and mobile games. The Digital Product Marketing Manager is responsible for helping to develop and implement product marketing plans for all Yu-Gi-Oh! digital titles in various business models including F2P with Live Ops. Candidate should have solid business acumen, cross functional leadership skills, experience working with licensors, ability to multi-task numerous projects, be highly organized and be a team player and desire to manage the digital titles for one of the most successful TCGs in the world.

    RESPONSIBILITIES:

    • Work with Senior Digital Product Marketing Manager to develop comprehensive strategies and execute all aspects of the marketing plans for launch and post launch, including activities to support major updates and launch anniversaries, of the entire Yu-Gi-Oh! digital game portfolio.
    • Oversee marketing asset development for digital titles, including creating and managing the asset calendar, managing external vendors, and managing approvals, including third-party approvals.
    • Manage marketing creative and product copy by working closely with the Social Media team, development teams and external business partners.
    • Manage the implementation of cross-promotional opportunities with other business partners, including first parties.
    • Team Lead for Digital Card business in the development of and participation in Livestream events.
    • Manage and measure all marketing activities through quantitative/qualitative research, digital reporting, and analysis to provide campaign performance and business insights.
    • Build and maintain relationships with all first party: Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, and Steam and obtain necessary approvals for all marketing-related activities to ensure compliance with licensors, first-parties, ESRB, etc.
    • Work with Senior Digital Product Marketing Manager on direction for Social Media, Website and Influencer programs to grow our digital brands.
    • Provide weekly reports outlining the progress of all marketing plans.
    • Manage content rating board submissions to obtain Ratings in a timely manner.

    QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS:

    • Experience with marketing licensed products.
    • Strong understanding of digital marketing tools and techniques using SNS.
    • Two or more years of work experience in digital marketing for mobile games or Apps.
    • Must have good organizational skills and be very detail oriented
    • Must be a self-starter, work well in a fast-paced environment, be flexible, and possess a can-do attitude and able to think two steps ahead.
    • Personal initiative and sound business judgment required to identify, evaluate and respond to job needs.
    • Must 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
    • Excellent oral and written communication skills to write product copy. Must be comfortable speaking to all levels of management.
    • Professional, with exceptional interpersonal skills.
    • Must be detail-oriented and demonstrate ability to multi-task in a high-stress environment.
    • Proven ability to work with various personality types and work styles in a multicultural environment.
    • Speaking multiple languages is a plus. English is required, and Japanese is a plus
    • Strong presentation skills
    • Passion for video games

    REQUIREMENTS:

    • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience of at least 10 years.
    • 4 to 6 years of experience in marketing video games, including mobile, live, and console games, and/or digital entertainment industries.

    ADDITIONAL SKILLS THAT ARE A PLUS

    • Experience with esports and influencer marketing activations
    • Passion for the Yu-Gi-Oh! brand
    • Creative writing skills

    Please send resumes to kdehr@konami.com

  • SAP / EDI Specialist

    Summary: • To provide solutions, support for SAP SD, MM, FI/CO, CA/PA, and BASIS/Security modules including Integration. Analyzes user-level & cross departmental-level requirements and provides best solutions from IT point of view. • Support end-users and team members to meet and improve IT serviced environment. • Understanding of the architecture of EDI, B2B and B2C platforms and respective Order to Cash flow.

    Responsibilities:
    • Provide support and solutions for all SAP SD, MM, FICO, user security modules.
    • Thorough understanding of the Integration/Interfaces and Inbound/Outbound processes.
    • Support Users on day-to-day SAP issues, training, or enhancements.
    • Provide After-hour Support during Month End and Year End Closings.
    • Ability to handle multiple tasks, prioritize and deliver task results.
    • Providing business solutions within allotted time.
    • Adaptive and eagerness to learn new tools and service environment.
    • Utilize the current resources to properly correct and/or fix any outstanding application issue.
    • Interviewing the Process Owners for any new requirements.
    • Drafting out Business Requirement Documents and providing design documents for Custom Reports.
    Requirements:
    • 4 Years of Experience with EDI mapping and basic troubleshooting of EDI-SAP transmission issues.
    • Experience in SAP Upgrade/Enhancement Projects.
    • Experience setting up new EDI partners in SAP and Inbound/Outbound processes.
    • Experience setting up and troubleshooting of all IDoc types.
    • Able to work with technical and non-technical users.
    • Skilled in ABAP Debugging, is a plus.

    Contact us-app@konami.com

  • Network & System Administrator

    Network & System Administrator will manage and maintain the company's network infrastructure. Daily tasks may include configure/security audit & patch/deploy network and systems, software and hardware. Network & System Administrator will be part of IT supporting team member, to provide general IT support services to the end-users' essential business environment consists of PC/Mac Hardware & OS, business applications, security configuration, email, VPN, etc.

    RESPONSIBILITIES:

    • Must fully “own” the network environment, to keep its system services running, and take full responsibility of its upgrades, maintenance, and service availability.
    • Administrate Linux and Microsoft Server System Roles, Active Directory, VMWare, DHCP, DNS, Cisco IOS, Incident Response, MS-SQL Server, MySQL server, vCenter server environment, Email server (Microsoft Exchange, Postfix), VOIP, and Data storage (NAS, DAS, IP SAN) environment.
    • Knowledge of a range of software and hardware diagnostic tools, including PowerShell (scripting), command line utilities and Linux shells.
    • Heavily experienced with TCP/IP in the virtual environment, including VLANs, VLAN Routing, virtual switches, and Wireless controllers.
    • Experienced in setting up & manage Firewall & Security appliances including IPS/IDS, VPN (IPsec, L2TP, OpenVPN) and endpoint security products.
    • Experienced in managing Hyper-V/vSphere, deploy and troubleshoot virtual servers, VDI and administrating VM infrastructure.
    • Ability to apply a sound troubleshooting methodology to isolate and resolve the root cause of reported issues at the operating system level and network hardware level.
    • To take care of System recovery tasks, backup processes, and test and prepare disaster recovery environment
    • Manage vendor relationships and its IT equipment and software service contracts.
    • Must be able to travel between LA and NY (up to 4 times/yr., 1-2 weeks long).

    QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS:

    • Strong L2 and L3 network management experience.
    • Preferred administrative experience and knowledge of Cloud (AWS, MS Azure, GCP) services.
    • Good communication and interpersonal skills, with service-oriented mindset individual.
    • Able to create and maintaining complete network documentation.
    • Strong time management, prioritization, problem solving, and analytical skills in a multi-tasking environment.
    • Ability to maintain consistent attendance and provide service report to supervisor and to the team.
    • Knowledge of applicable data privacy practices and laws (GDPR/CCPA), is a Plus.
    • Experienced with Change Management process within SOX Audited environment, is a Plus.
    • Fluency of Japanese language, is a Plus.

    REQUIREMENTS:

    • 5+ years of IT Administration experience blended across various system and network administration and Tech Support.
    • Ability to lift 35lbs.

    Please send resumes to kdehr@konami.com

  • Director – Digital Product Marketing

    A strong self-starter with experience managing top-tier video and mobile games. The Director of Digital Product Marketing is responsible for developing and implementing product marketing plans for all Yu-Gi-Oh! digital titles in various business models including F2P with Live Ops. Candidate should have solid business acumen, cross functional leadership skills, experience working with licensors, ability to multi-task numerous projects, be highly organized and be a team player and desire to manage the digital titles for one of the most successful TCGs in the world.

    Department: Card Business Division
    Reports to: SVP, Card Business

     

    RESPONSIBILITIES:

    • Develop comprehensive strategies and execute all aspects of the marketing plans for launch and post launch, including activities to support major updates and launch anniversaries, of the entire Yu-Gi-Oh! digital game portfolio. This includes, but is not limited to, target market identification and analysis, budgeting, category and competitive analysis, with a focus on new user acquisition and strong ROI.
    • Communicate frequently with the production & promotion teams in Japan to maintain an updated marketing plan with the latest Live-Ops schedule & content.
    • Collaborate with the Card Business TCG department to improve integration of various programs within official Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG digital channels and events, such as social media campaigns, influencer marketing, and offline Organized Play initiatives and events.
    • Work with SVP, product development, Mobile Digital Marketing team (team responsible for running digital ads in-house) and external agencies to ensure that all marketing materials (marketing assets, ad creative, online marketing, etc.) are developed to support marketing plans and sales goals, and are completed on time and within budget.
    • Assist with the implementation of cross-promotional opportunities with other licensees.
    • Build and maintain relationships with all first party: Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, and Steam.
    • Coordinating with other KDE offices to align marketing strategies and promotions for our digital properties.
    • Evaluate the results of all marketing plans by soliciting post-mortem feedback from sales, product development, and external agencies. Shared results will include such items as what worked and what did not, as well as recommendations for future marketing plans surrounding the Yu-Gi-Oh! titles.
    • Obtain necessary approvals for all marketing-related activities to ensure compliance with licensors, first-parties, etc.
    • Work with Product Manager – Digital on strategy and execution of marketing plans
    • Work with Product Manager – Digital on direction for Social Media, Website and Influencer programs to grow our digital brands.
    • Provide weekly reports outlining the progress of all marketing plans.
    • Manage content rating board submissions to obtain Ratings in a timely manner.

     

    QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS:

    • Experience with marketing licensed products.
    • Strong understanding of digital marketing tools and techniques using SNS.
    • One or more years of work experience in digital marketing for mobile games or Apps.
    • Must have good organizational skills and be very detail oriented
    • Must be a self-starter, work well in a fast-paced environment, be flexible, and possess a can-do attitude and able to think two steps ahead.
    • Personal initiative and sound business judgment required to identify, evaluate and respond to job needs.
    • Must 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
    • Excellent oral and written communication skills to write product copy. Must be comfortable speaking to all levels of management.
    • Professional, with exceptional interpersonal skills.
    • Must be detail-oriented and demonstrate ability to multi-task in a high-stress environment.
    • Proven ability to work with various personality types and work styles in a multicultural environment.
    • Speaking multiple languages is a plus. English is required, and Japanese is a plus
    • Strong presentation skills
    • Passion for video games

     

    REQUIREMENTS:

    • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience of at least 10 years.
    • 8 to 10 years of experience in marketing video games, including mobile, live, and console games, and/or digital entertainment industries.

     

    ADDITIONAL SKILLS THAT ARE A PLUS

    • Experience with esports and influencer marketing activations
    • Passion for the Yu-Gi-Oh! brand
    • Creative writing skills

    Please send resumes to kdehr@konami.com

  • Business and Sales Analyst

    The Analyst is responsible for inputting daily deal uploads, researching underlying rights and game restrictions/data, developing curated client availability lists, analyzing client requests and creating executive summaries thereof. Business and Sales Analyst works closely with the Content Licensing group from deal start to close, capturing and interpreting data.

    Department: Business Strategy, Sales and Operations

    Pay Grade: $70k

    Report To: Senior Director of Business Strategy, Sales and Operations

    • Genre decay curves & Game Mode Trends – Identify future potential unfilled interests, show current trends and demonstrate where those trends are on a decay curve.
    • Performs extensive research of rights and restrictions, development of client avail lists, analysis of client offers via internal and client facing workups.
    • Feature / Quality of Life improvements over time – Look clearly at clusters of specific genera of games and be able to demonstrate what features or evolutions made some succeed and the others fail and what features from each were adopted going forward. (Apex vs Anthem)
    • Graphical standards (by genre) – Not every game needs to be AAA, but every game needs to be polished to the level of its competitive landscape.
    • Current standards and projected future standards – Showing through MetaCritic and user ratings what the public expectations have been and will be going forward.
    • Current standards and projected future standards – 1st party console, PC and Mobile – Using past sales/software installations to show how games that adopted and pushed their respective hardware either succeeded or failed. And in either success or failure, sent new benchmarks for other games.
    • Current paid media trends and baseline spends – We have shown HQ many times that we are well below normal spends on marketing/media at 8%. This position can not only help showcase that, but work closely with brand and agency on paid media spends in real time.

    Essential Skills and Experience

    • Minimum 4-5 years’ in the Entertainment Industry, preferable video games
    • Bachelor’s degree required
    • Intermediate/Advanced Microsoft Excel Skills required (i.e. vLookups/Pivot Tables)
    • Strong Knowledge of Rights and Clearances required (Underlying Rights vs Music Restrictions)
    • Strong Knowledge of Video Games and trends within the Industry
    • Must have excellent critical thinking and analysis skills
    • Must be able to effectively meet deadlines
    • Must be able to work well under pressure
    • Must be able to pay close attention to details while dealing with large quantities of data
    • Must be able to organize and schedule work effectively and manage sales expectations

     

     

    Please send resumes to kb.59862@konami.com

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