Live Events Marketing Manager, Merchandise (Contract Role)

San Francisco, CA (On-site)

$0K/yr – $0K/yrMid Level3+ years expContract

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive live events marketing, retail activations, and asset workflows with tight schedules and agency collaboration.

  • Own planning and execution of live events and retail activations.
  • Must-have: 3+ years producing live events or leading complex marketing projects.
  • Standout: Strong vendor and cross-functional collaboration to deliver on-brand assets.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Support the planning and execution of our live events marketing calendar.
  • Assist in managing the end-to-end operation of retail activations, working with support agencies to oversee site build-out, merchandising, and on-site operations.
  • Maintain accurate inventory records by conducting audits, and tracking stock levels across warehouses and event locations.
  • Oversee the approval workflow for all marketing assets, ensuring creative materials are accurate, on-brand, and legally compliant before release.
  • Collaborate with project leads to effectively own key workstreams, including drafting copy, building decks, updating key documents, and managing key vendor relationships.
  • Develop and track against detailed workback schedules, ensuring key achievements are met on time and deadlines are not missed.
  • Comfortable working with AI tools to deliver on core job functions: outlining concepts, color matching, iterating on creative with agencies.

Requirements

  • 3+ years experience producing live events and/or leading complex marketing projects.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
  • Strong project management and interpersonal skills.
  • Outstanding verbal and written communication.
  • Willingness to travel.

Preferred

  • Passion for Pokémon GO and the Pokémon franchise.
  • Experience with tools such as Asana and Jira.
  • Experienced with AI tools such as ChatGPT and Windsurf/Codex.
  • Proficiency in G Suite.

Benefits

  • In addition to base pay, employees may be eligible for equity, bonuses, and a comprehensive benefits package, including healthcare benefits, retirement benefits, pet insurance, paid holidays, paid Scopely free days, and unlimited paid time off.
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Scopely is a leading global interactive entertainment and video game company, home to many top-grossing, award-winning franchises, including the most successful mobile game ever launched "MONOPOLY GO!," along with "Stumble Guys," "Star TrekTM Fleet Command," "MARVEL Strike Force," "WWE Champions" and "Yahtzee® With Buddies," among many others.Scopely creates, publishes, and live-operates immersive games across mobile, web, PC and console that empower a directed-by-consumerTM experience.Founded in 2011, Scopely is fueled by a world-class team and a proprietary technology platform PlaygamiTM that supports one of the most diversified portfolios in the games industry.Recognized multiple times as one of Fast Company’s “World’s Most Innovative Companies” and as a TIME100 “Most Influential Company In the World,” Scopely has surpassed $10 billion in lifetime revenue due to its ability to create long-lasting game experiences that players enjoy for years.Scopely has global operations across North America, Central America, EMEA and Asia, with additional game studio partners across four continents. Scopely was acquired by Savvy Games Group in July 2023 for $4.9 billion, and is now an independent subsidiary of Savvy.For more information on Scopely, visit: scopely.com.

Founded in 2011
Culver City, California, USA
3.7K employees (1,138 in marketing)
71% recommend to a friend
81% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
2.9M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$30
Traffic Source Mix
Search
17.4%
Direct
32.7%
Referral
47.1%
Social
2%
Paid
0.7%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~3.7K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
301 (8% of company)
Median Career Experience
13 years
Median Tenure
3.9 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
4

Funding

Total Funding
$998.5M
Last Raise
$340M
Secondary Market, 4 years ago

Funding History

  • Oct 2021
    Secondary Market
  • Dec 2020
    Secondary Market
  • Oct 2020
    Series E • $340M

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