Senior Director, Digital Marketing

Santa Monica, CA (On-site)

$148K/yr – $274K/yrSenior Level12+ years expOther

Posted 6 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the digital strategy and the team that shapes global franchise marketing, aligning cross functional partners, lifecycle programs, and measurement to drive business impact.

  • Digital Strategy & Leadership: own the vision, channel priorities, investment framework, and KPI system for global marketing.
  • Lifecycle & Engagement: drive acquisition, activation, retention, and reactivation with CRM, segmentation, and personalization.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration & Growth: partner with Brand, Product, Studios, Analytics, and regional teams to align priorities and run scalable experimentation.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Digital Strategy & Vision: Define and lead the digital marketing strategy across all franchise touchpoints, including channel priorities, investment frameworks, and performance metrics aligned to business objectives.
  • Team Leadership & Organizational Design: Build, lead, and evolve a multi-disciplinary digital organization while fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.
  • Campaigns & Audience Engagement at Scale: Lead digital strategy for launches and live-service initiatives, establishing scalable frameworks that drive high-quality execution and audience growth.
  • Lifecycle Marketing & Player Engagement: Oversee lifecycle marketing strategy across acquisition, engagement, retention, and reactivation, including segmentation, personalization, and CRM programs.
  • Cross-Functional Partnership & Influence: Partner with Brand, Product, Studios, Media, Analytics, Community, and Regional teams to align strategy, priorities, and execution.
  • Performance & Measurement: Define KPIs and reporting frameworks, leveraging analytics and experimentation to optimize performance and connect marketing to business impact.
  • Champion Innovation & Growth: Identify emerging platforms, technologies, and audience trends while championing experimentation to advance digital capabilities.
  • Strategic Planning & Resource Allocation: Support prioritization of investments, resources, and initiatives to balance long-term capability building with near-term performance goals.

Requirements

  • 12+ years of experience in digital marketing or audience engagement, with leadership of high-performing teams and global, consumer-facing brands
  • Proven track record developing and executing integrated digital strategies that drive growth, engagement, retention, and measurable business impact
  • Experience in gaming, entertainment, or similarly highly engaged ecosystems, with strong understanding of lifecycle and community-driven models
  • Demonstrated ability to operate across global markets and align regional teams to deliver scalable, locally relevant execution
  • Deep expertise across digital disciplines, including social, content, lifecycle marketing, CRM, and audience segmentation
  • Strong understanding of platform ecosystems, creator/influencer strategies, emerging technologies, and evolving consumer behavior
  • Experience integrating acquisition and lifecycle marketing with fluency in analytics, attribution, and performance measurement frameworks
  • Strategic, collaborative leader with strong executive presence, communication skills, and a track record of influencing stakeholders and developing talent

Preferred

Benefits

  • - Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance;
  • - 401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching;
  • - Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave;
  • - Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others;
  • - If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance.
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Activision Blizzard, Inc. is one of the world’s largest interactive entertainment companies, with operations across North America, Europe, and Asia. We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises including Call of Duty®, Skylanders®, World of Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Diablo®, Candy CrushTM, and Bubble WitchTM. Our combined entertainment network delights hundreds of millions of monthly active users in 196 countries, making us the largest gaming network on the planet!We’re proud to be recognized as one of FORTUNE’s "100 Best Companies To Work For®” for four consecutive years and have earned a spot on FORTUNE’s “Most Admired Companies,” and “Future 50” lists. Our 10,000+ global employees are some of the best and brightest talents across entertainment, media, and technology.

Founded in 2008
Santa Monica, California, USA
1.5K employees (304 in marketing)