Senior Manager, Brand Marketing

Requisition Number: 163149

Position Title: Manager, Global Brand Management

External Description:

Senior Manager, Brand Marketing

We are Electronic Arts’ Marketing and Commercial Organization (MCO). Our teams build meaningful relationships with hundreds of millions of players around the world who love our games. We aim to be the best at meeting players where they are and supporting them throughout their journey with EA. Our teams develop the strategic vision of our products, run outstanding multi-channel campaigns, build global engagement across all touch points, develop global insights, and propel sales and global publishing. We understand the dynamic global landscape so we can bring relevant content, promotions, and help to players anywhere.

We foster an environment where our teams create the most amazing work of their career while inspiring the world to play.

Are you our Senior Manager, Brand Marketing?

The newly formed brand team for Electronic Arts is only six months into building our brand, so all of this is very new. That means we’re still making it up as we go along. If you’re a leader who is also a doer, and if you’re looking for a challenge, then this might be your gig.

We will be totally honest, right now we all muck in on everything and it can be a little messy. But that’s because you’ve caught us at the best time - the very beginning. How exciting is that? The opportunity to bring an amazing brand back to life doesn’t come around too often. So that’s why we’re here and hopefully why you’re still reading this job description…

The Senior Manager, Brand Marketing, will report directly to the EA brand comms director, and dotted-line into the head of EA social. You are passionate about gaming and entertainment, and you have a fascination with the brands who have totally nailed their voice. You have a sharp eye for awesome content and enjoy building a social journey around a great idea, activation or moment in time. 

You will strategize, plan and deliver the always-on social presence for Electronic Arts across all social channels. You will have deep social expertise and great writing skills. You will also have delivered the always-on social for a brand transformation or reset. (You probably find it a bit weird reading this job description talking about YOU in the third person but you’ve decided to let it fly).

Day-to-day

• You’ll oversee the development of social strategies, the annual calendar, channel plans and strategic brand pillars for social.

• You will partner with agencies and internal creative teams to deliver the always-on voice of our brand throughout the year, supporting the brand activation beats and responding to world events in real time. This will include:

• Overseeing and managing social media campaigns & promotions with internal/external partners including third party console manufacturers and partner brands

• Using tools and technology to improve social content performance and identify the most appropriate trends & topics of interests for the community of EA players & fans to meet campaign objectives and business

• Developing comprehensive reporting to articulate social media campaigns’ impact

• Owning the EA brand social media budget & optimize spend based on business objectives

What we’re looking for:

• 6+ years of communications experience across entertainment, gaming, and, or
• technology
• Experience of driving hero brand social / transforming a brand’s voice
• Experience owning a social strategy across paid/ earned/ owned landscape
• Experience in building influencer or social content led branded programs ideal, or
• previous experience developing and/or executing marketing strategies and/or
• marketing activation plans.
• Experience with content creation tools such as image / photo / video design &
• editing a plus but not mandatory - you will manage people who possess such
• skills and review / approve their work
• Experience leveraging behavioral, demographic & psychographic data to create & optimize content.
• Experience managing agencies
• Great collaborator who thrives working with others
• Strong opinions lightly held
• Outcome and output oriented - dare we say ‘relentless’?
• Willing to get hands dirty
• A comrade

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We are a global team of creators, storytellers, technologists, experience originators, innovators and so much more. We believe amazing games and experiences start with teams as diverse as the players and communities we serve. At Electronic Arts, the only limit is your imagination.

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About Electronic Arts

Everything we do is designed to inspire the world to play. Through our cutting-edge games, innovative services, and powerful technologies, we bring worlds with infinite possibilities to millions of players and fans around the globe.

We’re looking for collaborative and inclusive people with diverse perspectives who will enrich our culture and challenge us. We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support our people through every chapter of life. We provide comprehensive benefit packages and support for a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. Our goal is to provide a safe and respectful workplace that empowers you to thrive in both work and life.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.

Days Open: 146

Can this position be remote?: 1

EEO Employer Verbiage:

About Electronic Arts

Everything we do is designed to inspire the world to play. Through our cutting-edge games, innovative services, and powerful technologies, we bring worlds with infinite possibilities to millions of players and fans around the globe.

We’re looking for collaborative and inclusive people with diverse perspectives who will enrich our culture and challenge us. We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support our people through every chapter of life. We provide comprehensive benefit packages and support for a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. Our goal is to provide a safe and respectful workplace that empowers you to thrive in both work and life.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.