Marketing Manager

PTW is currently looking for a passionate Marketing Manager to join our crew in Japan. PTW has been a stalwart of external development in the video games industry for nearly three decades and is ready to add to our creative collaborative team. As the PTW family of brands grows, our marketing team needs to continue to expand too.

The ideal candidate for this role is excited about PTW and responsible for developing PTW International’s position in Japan, from strategic positioning and market rollout to achieve business objectives. They are ready to undertake marketing projects, supporting our digital presence, develop marketing content for local markets in Japan, China and Korea and deliver promotional events and collateral for the business. The ideal candidate will be passionate for the “art” of marketing and the video game industry, and will have an abundance of ideas for delivering creative B2B marketing effectively.

You must bring forth a strong arsenal of techniques and methods to promote our services, and ready to be an integral part of our team. You will be working with our wider marketing and sales team, our in-house graphics and content teams, our content team and the business development leads.

• 3-5+ years of experience in marketing and/or project management, preferably in the games industry, creative industries or in tech with social products or platforms.
• Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent experience), in marketing, English, business or relevant discipline.
• A strong understanding of B2B marketing.
• Knowledge about games and the video game industry, and audio production particularly would be a plus.
• Familiarity with digital marketing, including but not limited to managing social media, websites and web analytics.
• Proficient in Japanese marketing, copywriting and localization.
• Good communication, presentation (in English and Japanese) and interpersonal skills with customer-oriented mindset.
• Writing and proofreading creative copy, asset management and team coordination.
• Highly proficient in MS office (especially PowerPoint) and working knowledge of marketing software (e.g. CRM, WordPress), Office365, Adobe and Google Suite.
• Working high proficiency in English.
• Knowledge for design, video and PR would be a plus.
• Excellent communication and people skills
• Strong time management, project management and organization skills.
• Creativity and commercial awareness.
• Self-driven personality and team player.

• Permanent & Fulltime with Competitive Salary.
• Group Insurance Benefits coverage.
• Paid personal and sick leave.
• Flexible & remote work model.
• Company provided laptop and phone.
• Fun, diverse, inclusive and collaborative work environment.

Who we are

PTW is a provider of services company that provides custom solutions worldwide. We believe in accelerating innovation across the globe. We started more than 25 years ago and since then, have grown exponentially year-on-year to who we are today. Our history is in gaming, and we are still gamers at heart. In our time within the games industry, we have worked on over 1,500 titles across all genres and all platforms.

We have grown rapidly over the past few years and now have 42 sites spanning the globe. The PTW umbrella of companies includes SIDE, 1518, OR Esports, and Entalize. SIDE works at the cutting edge of interactive media as a provider of audio services for the global entertainment market. 1518 is known industry wide for world-class art and is also our in-house game and product development studio.

Basically, anywhere in the world, any platform, any genre, we can help come up with a custom solution to make games run better, get to market faster, and enhance the lives of more players.

In summary, we connect and bring fun to the world.