Video and Social Strategy Director, Games and Entertainment

New York, USA (Hybrid)

$165K/yr – $200K/yrDirector/ExecutiveFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive video and social strategy for gaming/entertainment, leading teams and monetization initiatives.

  • Own the video and social strategy for Games and Entertainment brands.
  • Must-have: Experience building and monetizing audiences across video and social on gaming/entertainment platforms.
  • Standout: Manages a growing video team and partners with commercial leadership on branded content revenue.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Implement the video and social strategy to grow engaged video and social audiences.
  • Run video and social media teams for our Games and Entertainment, brands, balancing editorial and commercial demands.
  • Research and summarize the gaming and entertainment ecosystems by platform, forming working hypotheses into the way in which viewers are interested.
  • Create development for new shows, formats and video franchises across initial idea creation to bring the strategy to life.
  • Work with the senior commercial team to develop a go-to-market strategy for video and social.
  • Help to set video performance indicators based on platform ecosystem desired growth and audience segmentation.
  • Work towards commercial goals for branded content and be a partner, building monetizable growth IP, increasing branded content revenue from video and social year-over-year.
  • Manage a growing video team of creatives and strategists, building a culture of collaboration, innovation, and creative ambition.
  • Attend commercial quarterly meetings, sales summits, and other important temples to ensure exposure to commercial strategy, priorities, and ways of working.
  • Stay up to date with important industry trends, competitive insights and new social media, marketing, AI and e-commerce technologies.

Requirements

  • Experience building and monetizing audiences across Video and Social platforms within the gaming and entertainment space
  • Passionate storyteller in the gaming and entertainment category, with experience with gaming culture and trends within the space
  • Experience achieving editorial and commercial goals related to video and social
  • Understand how to create content across different social video platforms (YouTube, IG, FB, and TikTok)
  • Experience developing new show formats for a digital audience including format testing and casting
  • Experience developing visual identity for video franchises
  • Experience using social analytics to understand content performance and understanding how this can feed into ongoing creative development
  • Experience managing video and social media across creative development, pilot testing, execution and optimisation processes
  • Experience working with multiple team members, both from video and non-video backgrounds

Nice To Have

  • Experience developing new show formats for a digital audience including format testing and casting
  • Experience developing visual identity for video franchises
  • Experience using social analytics to understand content performance and understanding how this can feed into ongoing creative development
  • Experience managing video and social media across creative development, pilot testing, execution and optimisation processes
  • Experience working with multiple team members, both from video and non-video backgrounds
  • Passionately storyteller in the gaming and entertainment category, with experience with gaming culture and trends within the space
  • Experience achieving editorial and commercial goals related to video and social
  • Understand how to create content across different social video platforms (YouTube, IG, FB, and TikTok)
  • Experience building and monetizing audiences across Video and Social platforms within the gaming and entertainment space

Benefits

  • Uncapped leave, because we trust you to manage your workload and time
  • When we hit our targets, enjoy a share of our profits with a bonus
  • Refer a friend and get rewarded when they join Future
  • Well-being support with access to our Colleague Assistant Programs
  • Opportunity to purchase shares in Future with our Share Incentive Plan

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