We are looking for a Marketing Manager to be part of the Game Drive marketing team.
As a Marketing Manager, you’ll oversee the strategy, coordination, and execution of campaigns for clients and their games. You’ll lead a small talented team and work closely together to deliver actions that make an impact. Ideal candidates possess a deep understanding of game marketing and strong communication skills. We’re looking for a highly motivated, proactive, and independent team player to help us push Game Drive to the next level.
Your duties
- Develop and implement short- and long-term marketing strategies
- Ensure all marketing efforts serve to achieve immediate and long-term goals, identifying and executing improvements for processes, content, and actions
- Manage the planning, execution, and optimization of marketing campaigns across digital and traditional channels
- Coordinate day-to-day activities that lead to the completion of projects, goals and tasks
- Communicate campaign objectives, timelines, and deliverables
- Supervise and mentor the marketing team
- Communicate campaign objectives, timelines, and deliverables across internal teams and external partners
- Oversee the creation and quality assurance of marketing materials, from social media content to promotional assets
- Organize the production of branded products for the purpose of marketing, such as merchandise and stationery
- Maintain marketing databases, inventories, and reports for internal and external stakeholders
- Manage the team, and ensure the team delivers and follows the agreed upon processes and practices
- Explore opportunities to add value to job accomplishments
- Identify new opportunities, trends, and innovations to continuously enhance marketing effectiveness
Skills required
- Proven experience in marketing management, preferably within the video game industry
- Strong understanding of both digital and traditional marketing, including social media, content marketing, and influencer outreach
- Excellent organizational and time management skills, with the ability to balance multiple priorities
- Natural leadership skills with strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Experienced in turning data into actionable strategies
- Knowledge of traditional and digital marketing, content marketing, and social media marketing
- Self-motivated, proactive, and adaptable to new challenges
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with rapidly changing priorities and multiple deadlines
- Affinity with video games, able to generate enthusiasm and empathy for each project
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Marketing or a related field
- Strong written and spoken English
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), planning and collaboration tools (e.g. Trello, Jira)
We offer
- Employment contract 8-12 months with intention to extend,
- Min. 32-40 hours a week
- Full-time gross salary of €3.500- €5.000, depending on experience.
- Caring and supportive 12+ member marketing team
- Insights into the video game industry and games
- A day off on your birthday
- Monthly Thursday afternoon drinks & Monthly lunch
- Annual company BBQ and team outing
- Great office space in the heart of Utrecht city center
Are you ready to embrace different types of games and take charge of the marketing push behind them?
Please send your CV with a motivation letter to [email protected], and we might invite you for an interview at our office in the center of Utrecht!
