Live events are at the core of Niantic products and highlight our real-world social experience at its best. Niantic is looking for a Live Events Marketing Manager II to support the marketing and execution of global events for Pokémon GO. These include major worldwide events such as Pokémon GO Tour and Pokémon GO Fest, and location specific events such as Pokémon GO City Safari. An outstanding candidate will possess a deep passion for crafting and delivering unforgettable experiences that resonate with fans long after the event.
As someone who will work under tight timelines with internal (Engineering, Product, Operations, and Legal) and external teams (agencies, vendors, and partners), the ideal candidate is an organized collaborator skilled in aligning partners to achieve shared goals efficiently. Join the team and make a positive impact on millions of Trainers around the world!
What You Will Do- Support the planning and execution of our live events marketing calendar.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to conceptualize and bring live events to life globally, ranging from 5,000 to 300,000 players.
- Collaborate with project leads to own key workstreams, including drafting copy, building decks, briefing assets, and updating key documents.
- Manage and support projects through project management tools, workback schedules, and slide creation.
- Develop and track against detailed workback schedules, ensuring key achievements are met on time and deadlines are not missed.
- Coordinate logistics with internal collaborators, partners, and vendors.
- Deliver post event reports with data-driven analysis including attendee feedback, goal attainment, and recommendations for future event improvements.
- Required in-office 2 days a week.
- Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years experience producing live events and/or leading complex marketing projects.
- Proficient in English and Spanish.
- Willingness to travel.
- Strong project management and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced hybrid environment and handle stress appropriately and/or ability to solve practical problems and be sufficiently adaptable to handle dynamic situations with little advance notice.
- Experience working on cross-functional teams with ability to communicate effectively through written and verbal communications, including asynchronous interactions with others.
Scopely is a leading video game and global interactive entertainment company, home to many of the world’s most beloved and enduring experiences, including two of the most successful mobile games of all-time “MONOPOLY GO!” and “Pokémon GO,” along with “Stumble Guys,” “Star Trek™ Fleet Command,” “MARVEL Strike Force,” “WWE Champions,” the Scrabble® franchise, “Yahtzee® With Buddies,” and many others. Across mobile, web, PC, and console, Scopely creates, develops, publishes, and live-operates one of the most diversified and award-winning portfolios in the games industry — bringing hundreds of millions of players together through a shared love of play.
Founded in 2011, Scopely is powered by its exceptional team — including thousands of world-class gamemakers around the globe, a distinctive tenet-driven culture, and its proprietary technology platform, Playgami. Together, these strengths have fueled Scopely’s position as the #1 mobile games company in the U.S. and #2 globally, generating more than $10 billion in lifetime revenue. Whether building global sensations like “MONOPOLY GO!” from the ground up, or expanding through strategic acquisitions, including the FoxNext, GSN, and Niantic games businesses — Scopely consistently delivers experiences players love today and return to for years to come.
Recognized multiple times as one of the "100 Most Influential Companies in the World" by TIME magazine and one of Fast Company's "World's Most Innovative Companies" and “Best Workplaces for Innovators,” Scopely believes that video games can be a force for good — creating meaningful connections, vibrant communities, and making life better through play.
Scopely has global operations and partners across four continents in more than a dozen countries worldwide. For more information, visit: https://www.scopely.com/.
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Scopely is a global interactive entertainment and mobile-first video game company, home to many top, award-winning experiences based on both original and licensed IP, including “Star Trek™ Fleet Command,” “MARVEL Strike Force,” “Scrabble® GO,” “WWE Champions," “Yahtzee® With Buddies,” and "Stumble Guys," among others. Scopely creates, publishes and live-operates immersive games that empower a directed-by-consumer™ experience. Founded in 2011, Scopely is fueled by a world-class team and a proprietary technology platform Playgami that supports one of the most diversified portfolios in the mobile games industry. Recognized multiple times as one of Fast Company’s "World’s Most Innovative Companies" and Built In's "Best Places to Work," Scopely is a multi-billion-dollar business due to its ability to create long-lasting game experiences that players enjoy for years. Scopely has global operations in Bangalore, Barcelona, Boulder, Dublin, London, Los Angeles, Sevilla, Shanghai, Singapore, Seoul, Tel Aviv, Tokyo and more! Scopely is home to many internal game development teams, or Scopely Studios, including: Boundless Entertainment, DIGIT, Genjoy, Hijump, Omnidrone and Parallel, among others, with additional studio partners in seven countries across four continents. For more information, visit scopely.com.
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