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Role Overview
Manager Games Partnerships & Activations at Esports Foundation, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Full-time position reporting to Senior Manager Games Partnerships & Activations, with no direct or indirect reports.
Company Overview
The Esports Foundation connects with publishers behind the world's biggest game titles, working alongside game studios to bring their games to life across the Esports World Cup and Esports Nations Cup, from initial conversations through fan experience delivery.
Role Purpose
You will own the partner workstream end-to-end across all events, managing day-to-day partnerships with assigned publishers and ensuring commitments turn into action. Your focus is making sure publisher activities across marketing, in-game, fan engagement, broadcast, and festival land on time, on spec, and on brand while identifying opportunities to deepen partnerships.
Key Responsibilities
Relationship & Account Management
- Build and maintain trust with assigned publishers, understanding their priorities and becoming a credible first point of contact who can move partnerships forward independently.
- Develop and propose activation concepts and ideas for how each publisher shows up rather than waiting to be handed them.
- Spot new partnership and co-marketing opportunities and bring them forward to leadership.
Delivery & Operations
- Turn publisher commitments into delivery by tracking what has been agreed, who owes what, when it is due, and drive completion across both sides.
- Route publisher needs to the right people internally and close the loop so requests do not sit unanswered.
- Own the operating backbone including asset specs, lockup guides, QA checklists, and post-mortems that make each cycle sharper than the last.
- Manage the calendar of publisher announcements and key beats across blog, social, and trailers, keeping every date on track.
Marketing & Alignment
- Drive co-marketing alignment with Corporate Marketing and Fan Marketing, helping move initiatives forward rather than waiting for meetings.
- Conduct publisher-side creative reviews for both compliance and strategic fit, offering insight into why an asset works and not only whether it passes.
- Drive insights and market research to fuel campaigns that connect publisher initiatives to how fans discover and engage with the brand.
Reporting & Insights
- Gather delivery proof and engagement metrics proactively to populate first-draft mini-reports for publishers and internal leads, written in your own words and analysis.
Festival & On-Ground Delivery
- Line up publisher communications and creative against the on-site Festival footprint at Esports World Cup and Esports Nations Cup.
- Own the on-ground role at EWC and ENC: connecting stakeholders, clearing bottlenecks, running last-mile fixes, and escalating early when something is at risk.
Cross-Functional Leadership
- Structure and continuously improve cross-functional workstreams connecting publishers with Corporate Marketing, Fan Marketing, and Festival, ensuring clear alignment, ownership, and effective delivery across teams.
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, or a related field.
- 5+ years in IP collaborations, marketing, brand or partnership management, account management, or a related role.
- Prior experience working in Saudi Arabia (KSA) and understanding of local nuances.
Skills & Competencies
- Strong and demonstrated knowledge of the gaming and esports industry, including major titles, publishers, competitive ecosystems, industry trends, and current developments, with ability to discuss them credibly and confidently. This is an essential requirement for the role.
- Proven experience working with pop-culture IP such as global brands and AAA video game publishers.
- Strong grasp of marketing principles and community engagement.
- Proven ability to build and manage strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, with clear ownership of communication, coordination, and follow-through.
- Proactive and independent work style with experience prioritizing work and taking initiative without close supervision.
- Strong track record of reliability and accountability, including meeting deadlines and communicating risks, delays, or changes early.
- Experience using AI tools effectively in a professional environment, combined with strong independent research, critical thinking, and judgment.
- Fluent in written and verbal English and Arabic.
- International agency experience is a plus.
Additional Information
- Relocation support
- Transportation allowance
- Housing allowance
- Competitive compensation
- VIP medical insurance
- Freedom to excel and make a real impact on a new exciting project with a group of passionate professionals
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