Publishing Creative Lead

Job Description

The Publishing Services team in EMEA manages many direct-to-player publishing functions such as social media, communications, influencer relationships, events, content and channel management.

The team is dedicated to providing platforms for authentic local interactions and channel experiences for our players, both online and offline. The team will also ensure that our content reaches our players through the right medium.

You will help act as the bridge between product and publishing teams throughout EMEA and our partner creative agencies. You will ensure that we're using the right external partners for our projects, ensure partners stay on track to create and provide player-focused content, and you will own the daily relationships with our creative partners.

You will build meaningful and trusting external relationships through clear two-way communication and planning. Your approach will ensure sustainable production without compromising quality.

Reporting to the Sr. Manager Operations & Delivery EMEA, this role can be based from our offices across EMEA Reading (UK), Berlin (Germany), Barcelona (Spain), Istanbul (Türkiye), Paris (France), or Dubai (UAE).

Responsibilities:
• Be the point of reference for all pan-EMEA creative topics.
• Lead pan-EMEA creative initiatives:
• Provide creative direction / Determine the visual look and feel, brand voice and tone across touch-points
• Communicate creative project scope, schedules, deliverable dates, project status/action items and any other relevant information
• Manage creative partner relationships, communicate Riot's vision and feedback to those partners, ensuring our assets stay true to our player-focused philosophy, are within each brand's guidelines and meet Riot's quality bar.
• Work with Brand teams and vendors to provide assets on time within budget.
• Improve the way we develop creative campaigns in EMEA - implement creative brief templates & processes, define how we give feedback to a creative vendor - so we can surpass Riot's quality bar.
• Develop a pan-EMEA creative vendor lists and offer creative advisory to country teams / help them implement local programs.
• Leverage countries' best ideas to be implemented across EMEA.

Required Qualifications:
• 5+ years of experience in creative content management, creative project management, client management, content operations or similar roles in an advertising / creative agency.
• Experience delivering quality content from a variety of creative disciplines
• Experience collaborating and maintaining relationships with multiple vendors and team members.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to talk to technical staff, artists and business leaders.
• Fluent in written and verbal English

Desired Qualifications:
• Desired Expertise with Project Management tools (Airtable) and Digital Asset Management tool for management, tracking, and archiving of assets.

For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise, a collaborative spirit, and decision-making that prioritizes the delight of players. We will look at your past studies, experience, and your personal relationship with games. If you embody player empathy and care about the experiences of players, this is the role for you!
Our Perks:
• Open paid time off
• Retirement benefits with company matching
• Medical and dental plans that cover you, your spouse/domestic partner, and children
• Life insurance, short-term and long-term disability
• Family Bonding leave
• Commuting allowance
• Play funds so you can broaden and deepen your knowledge of our players and community through games
• Wellness/Gym allowance
• Vision allowance
• Daily lunch, snacks and fruit in the office
• We will double down on your donations of time and money to nonprofits

Let's Thrive Together:

Because together we are better, we know that fresh and varied perspectives will make us better at what we do, so however you identify and whatever background you bring with you, we're excited to hear from you. Don't be discouraged if you feel you don't fully meet every single one of the requirements for a role, there's always room for growth at Riot. If you spot a role that will make you want to jump out of bed in the morning, we are waiting to hear from you! Don't forget to include a resume. We receive many applications, but we'll notice a fun, well-written intro that shows us you Dare to Dream and Execute with Excellence.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r789p8-3-147-104-120-42 in your application.