Licensing Research Analyst - Video Games - Gameloft
Sep 12
Location: New York, NYCategories: Marketing
Website: http://www.gameloft.com
Position Description
Role:
The Licensing Research Analyst will identify the most potentially profitable intellectual properties for mobile game adaptation by monitoring and exploring all forms of entertainment media.
Duties & Responsibilities:
• Research upcoming Hollywood film projects, TV shows, books, music and console video games.
• Analyze media ratings, sales charts and box office data.
• Follow trends in technology, toys, and consumer pop culture.
• Track shifts in celebrity popularity.
• Research older, overlooked intellectual properties suitable for revival.
• As necessary, work with independent consumer trend research firms.
• Monitor trend-setting foreign regions such as Europe, South America, Asia and Scandinavia.
Requirements:
• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing or related fields. Master’s degree would be a plus.
• 2-3 years of experience in marketing research.
• Previous working experience in handling entertainment related licensing is a plus.
• Encyclopedic knowledge of and insatiable appetite for all forms and genres of popular culture.
• Highly motivated and entrepreneurial.
• Excellent organizational and analysis skills to deliver quality projects under strict deadlines.
• Ability to forecast trends.
Why do you want to work for Gameloft? Here are a few good reasons:
• We are a fun and creative team based in New York City (based in the Flatiron District of Manhattan).
• Our offices are casual and the environment is relaxed.
• The work is challenging but rewarding.
• We are paving new ground everyday in the areas of mobile gaming and more.
• It’s the perfect place to make your mark in the gaming industry.
• Relatively small studio, meaning you can make a BIG impression on the direction of the company.
Gameloft offers a casual work environment, competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package. For consideration, please send your resume, cover letter and salary requirements to:
licensingresearchassistant@gameloft.com
About Gameloft
Gameloft is a leading international publisher and developer of video games for mobile phones and consoles. Established in 1999, it has emerged as one of the top innovators in its field. The company creates games for mobile handsets equipped with Java, Brew or Symbian technology. The total number of games-enabled handsets is anticipated to exceed four billion units by 2012. Gameloft games are also available to players on WiiWare and DS, Microsoft’s Xbox LIVE Arcade, Apple’s iPod and PCs.
Partnership agreements with leading licensors and sports personalities such as Ubisoft Entertainment, Universal Pictures, ABC, Dreamworks Animations SKG, Endemol, 20th Century Fox, Viacom, Sony Pictures, Touchtone Television, Warner Bros., FifPro, Ferrari, Paris Hilton, Gus Hansen, Kobe Bryant, Derek Jeter, Reggie Bush, Chuck Norris, Jonny Wilkinson or Robinho allow Gameloft to form strong relationships with international brands. In addition to the partnerships, Gameloft owns and operates titles such as Block Breaker Deluxe, Asphalt: Urban GT and New York Nights.
Through agreements with major telephone wireless carriers, handset manufacturers, specialized distributors and its online shop, Gameloft has a distribution network in over 80 plus countries.
Gameloft has worldwide offices in New York, San Francisco, Seattle, Montreal, Mexico, Buenos Aires, Paris, London, Cologne, Milan, Madrid, Lisbon, Copenhagen, Warsaw, Helsinki, Vienna, Bucharest, New Delhi, Seoul, Kuala Lumpur, Beijing, Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo and Sydney. Gameloft is listed on Euronext Paris (ISIN: FR0000079600, Bloomberg: GFT FP, Reuters: GLFT.PA).
For more information visit www.gameloft.com
