Posted on: 22nd February 2023
About the Studio
A unique brand-new challenger arrives! Join Africa’s leading publisher of mobile games and content as their Head of Product Marketing. Backed by top investors and firms like Andreessen Horowitz, Google, Riot Games, Bitkraft Ventures, and more, this nascent company develops, licenses, and publishes video games while monetising them with a state-of-the-art, proprietary launch platform.
Responsibilities and Requirements
Reporting to the COO, the Head of Product Marketing will define and execute the publishing strategy for the company’s new and third-party games. You will inform the studio how it should test concepts, prototypes, and games in the soft launch while leading its efforts to scale its partner’s games in Africa. Your responsibilities are as follows:
- Define and codify our strategy for branding, marketing, and monetising in-development and established games to drive positive ROI
- Partner with product, UA, and data teams to test and optimise art style, creative strategy, and ASO for games in development
- Oversee the end-to-end publishing of owned and third-party games coordinating across the UA, Community, and Product teams
- Recruit, align, and coach a team of growth leads for individual games
About You
- Experience in a senior product marketing role for a top 100-grossing F2P mobile game
- Demonstrated creative approach to multifaceted product marketing
- Ability to collaborate with product teams and inform/influence product strategy
- Highly skilled operator with experience building and enforcing transparent processes and plans
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to synthesise and communicate complex ideas to both executives and team members
- Ambitious, hard-working, entrepreneurial mindset with an orientation toward problem-solving and a strong desire to win
- Experience recruiting and managing cross-functional teams
- Demonstrated interest/experience in serving emerging markets
Benefits and Perks
This studio is a fast-paced and dynamic place to work. As they operate entirely remotely across 25+ countries, you’ll enjoy working with a diverse, global team. By choosing to work with this studio, you will have the opportunity to:
- Develop, launch, and scale industry-defining games in innovative ways
- Make a difference, serving a massive underserved player base across Africa and the global frontier
- Become a leader in an emerging VC-backed startup with strong prospects
- Own shares in the company, enabling you to benefit from the value you help create
- Work from anywhere in the world (time zone permitting) with immense personal flexibility
- We hire great people from several backgrounds, not just because it's the right thing to do but because it strengthens our company. Join us!
About Us
At Haptic, we know that people-first recruitment is fundamental to our success. We work closely with talented candidates and innovative studios to offer the best opportunities and build the most promising teams.
Operating on the belief that a studio’s strength comes from the team they build to bring their ideas to life, we are committed to assembling the most talented, diverse game makers.
As part of this pledge, whenever you apply for a job with us, one of our specialist recruiters will support you through each stage. From introductions and interviews to accepting an offer and submitting your resignation, we’re always here to help.
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