Games Marketing Coordinator

Carlsbad, CA (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableMid Level2+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive marketing support for Upper Deck's Entertainment products by creating assets, coordinating campaigns, and engaging influencers and partners.

  • Own asset creation and campaign execution across social, email, and web.
  • Must-have: 2-3 years in marketing with strong organization and communication skills.
  • Standout: Industry contacts, influencer outreach, and a cross-functional collaboration focus.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • The Marketing Coordinator will focus heavily on Entertainment products such as trading cards, trading card games, table-top games and collectibles.
  • They will contribute to marketing initiatives and execute effective marketing campaigns.
  • They will be responsible for creating and organizing marketing assets for campaigns across social media, email and websites based on target audiences.
  • The Marketing Coordinator will also be responsible for reaching out to influencers, shops, and other industry contacts to promote Upper Deck according to marketing campaigns and overall business objectives.
  • The ideal candidate must have a strong work ethic centered on excellent organizational skills and the ability to develop and maintain positive, collaborative relationships and communications with internal and external partners.
  • - Works with Marketing team to develop ideas and strategies that promote Upper Deck products through various marketing channels.
  • - Helps facilitate asset ideation, creation and execution that meets internal and external guidelines.
  • - Ideate organic promotional ideas that provide community engagement and program awareness
  • - Collaborate with Social Media Manager to contribute material for UD blog, website and other editorial needs
  • - Coordinates contests and promotional sweepstakes programs, including obtaining legal approvals, acquiring and delivering sweepstakes prizes, coordinating related promotional events and interfacing with sweepstakes winners.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in marketing or related field.
  • 2-3 years of marketing experience.
  • Experience with Entertainment Trading Cards and Collectibles.
  • Experience in Trading Card Game Industry.
  • Excellent organization and project management skills
  • Outstanding written and oral communication skills
  • Ability to manage multiple and changing priorities and adhere to deadlines
  • Team player with excellent interpersonal skills
  • Solid research and analytical skills
  • Creative, problem solver, detail oriented

Preferred

  • Experience creating and/or editing videos is a plus
  • Photoshop or Illustrator experience is a plus
  • Experience with WordPress Blog publishing a plus
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The Upper Deck Company

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Upper Deck, headquartered in Carlsbad, Calif., is a worldwide sports and entertainment company built on the pillars of quality craftsmanship, authenticity and innovation with a dedication to creating products that turn memorable moments into collectibles. Upper Deck revolutionized the sports trading card industry with anti-counterfeit holograms, high quality card stock and stunning photography in its inaugural 1989 baseball set, and since then its mission has been to capture the excitement of the game and deliver it to fans of all ages. The cornerstone of Upper Deck’s business, which opened in 1989, is based on sports trading cards. As its brand has evolved to include other products over the years, the company now creates exclusive memorabilia, gaming products, collectible cards and a wide array of sports trading cards.Find more information at www.upperdeck.com, www.upperdeckstore.com, www.UpperDeckBlog.com or follow us on Facebook (UpperDeck), Twitter (@UpperDeckSports and @UpperDeckEnt), and YouTube (udvids).

Founded in 1988
Carlsbad, California, USA
609 employees (298 in marketing)
24% recommend to a friend
53% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
148.6K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
50.4%
Direct
41.6%
Referral
4.4%
Social
2.9%
Paid
0.6%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~610

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
98 (16% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2

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