Manager, Creative Arts Business Partnerships

Job Description

PlayStation is seeking a Manager of Creative Arts Business Partnerships to act as a strategic partner to first-party studios, ensuring seamless communication and execution of Creative Arts services across multiple IPs. This role will oversee top-level workflows, track progress against roadmaps, and ensure effective multi-discipline communication between Creative Arts teams and studios. The ideal candidate will be instrumental in optimizing communication channels and driving efficiency through partnership with Creative Arts disciplines, Studios and corporate function teams within PlayStation Studios. This role is committed to delivering high-quality service with optimum solutions, ensuring reliability, responsiveness, and innovation.Responsibilities include:

• Serving as a liaison for Creative Arts development work with first-party studios production teams.
• Facilitating conversations between game studios and Creative Arts teams.
• Providing clear and consistent communication across all Creative Arts teams.
• Managing a small team of regionally based partnership managers.
• Developing and forwarding new business opportunities.
• Proactively building strong working relationships with key stakeholders.

Qualifications include:

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience at a game developer, publisher, or creative services agency.
• Demonstrated skills in production and/or client management.
• Strong communication, presentation, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Working knowledge of game production, usage of quality metrics, and market trends.
• Self-motivated to work independently and take ownership.
• Attentive to detail and accurate when reviewing financial and deliverable reports.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and stakeholders.
• Working knowledge using Resource and Work Management toolsets.
• Experience with cost center level of financial reporting and tracking.
• Experience with data visualization tools.

PlayStation offers:

• An inclusive environment that empowers employees and embraces diversity.
• Opportunity to work with an award-winning, global internal creative services team.