**Company description** Publicis Media harnesses the power of modern media through global agency brands CJ, Performics, Publicis Collective, Publicis Health Media, Spark Foundry, Starcom and Zenith. A key business solution of Publicis Groupe, Publicis Media's digital-first, data-driven global practices deliver client value and drive growth in a platform-powered world. It is present in more than sixty countries with over 23,000 employees worldwide. **Overview** Overseeing, leading, and growing every aspect of the Gaming & eSports vertical within Publicis Content. Supporting the Head of Content and empowering the Gaming & eSports team, you will be required to lead and help the team to create and deliver end-to-end multi-market Gaming & eSports proposal and solutions. Where required, you will work with other Publicis Content teams such as creative, production, strategy or distribution to help further drive Publicis Content revenues. **Responsibilities** **Technical and Product:** + Responsible for developing, leading, and owning the overall Gaming & eSports strategy. + Project manage end-to-end multi-market gaming & esports proposal and solutions. This will include but not limited to brand gaming strategy, platform strategy, ideation, campaign planning, content & partnerships, campaign execution and management. + Providing industry expertise with a strong network of key stakeholders within Gaming & eSports. + Maintain up-to-date knowledge of industry trends and best practices for brands and creators in Gaming & eSports. **Business Accuracy & Operational Efficiency:** + In partnership with the Head of Publicis Content, set an insights-driven to-to-market approach for client acquisition and engagement and for the partnerships with publishers, brands, creators, and IP owners within Gaming & eSports. + Lead on the development and negotiation of new business. + Deliver the roadmap for Gaming & eSports in the MENA through the development and delivery of growth and activation planning. + Manage the delivery of online and offline events. + Manage the day-to-day relationship with our key client stakeholders. + Support the Head of Publicis Content and the wider business with creative ideas and research for new business pitches when required. + Constantly exceed client expectations and ensure key project milestones are met. + Maintain a solid understanding of client's business and their competitors to make recommendations to clients and planning teams which drive change. + Ensure accuracy with finance & keep constantly updated with finance and billing processes. + Develop your team's skills across the media and gaming & esports landscape, negotiation, project management, creativity, data analysis and campaign optimization. + Ensure your team is familiar with the Publicis Content offering as well as other practices within the Publicis Groupe. + Provide regular feedback and build a trusted relationship with your team. + Prioritize the workload and manage tasks to achieve deadlines, ensuring the team supporting you do the same. + Set clear roles and responsibilities at the start of each project for your team, allowing for their constant development and learning. + Assist in the annual revenue targets as determined by the leadership team and aligned to OKRs (Objectives& Key Results) + Work with the wider Content practice to integrate Gaming & eSports opportunities with other Publicis Media services. **Innovative & Analytical Mindset:** + Challenge gaming & esports partners to deliver innovative responses to briefs and provide solutions to client challenges that inspire our advertisers to work with Publicis Content. + Identify opportunities to knowledge share and cross-skill within the team. + Proactively share innovations, trends and thought leadership with client partners and industry publications. + Periodically analyze products and develop growth opportunities for the vertical (new products, removing non-performing ones, strategic alliances) + Ensure active participation in regional and global conferences and awards. **People & Leadership:** + Takes initiative to challenge an established point of view with respect and openness. + Able to use storytelling to connect with internal and external stakeholders in a compelling manner to influence and inspire. + Able to handle complex issues and make decisions even when missing information. + Capable of proactively developing meaningful relationships with key decision makers. + Accepts responsibility for client problems, manages conflict and actively works to solve challenges internally and externally. + Able to build succession plans and grow and mentor future talent. + Able to provide constructive feedback to others in a timely manner. + Demonstrates a collaborative and positive spirit and showcases inclusivity towards all people. + Listens and proactively seeks views from others to create an environment that is transparent and comfortable for others to share. + Able to motivate their team to pursue goals and deliver beyond their beliefs. + Able to assess ideas and people on merit alone, without bias or favoritism and gives recognition when due. + Empowers individuals to solve problems with full support when needed. + Capable of coaching and supporting others by aligning career expectations providing actionable, open and constructive feedback. + Capable of persuading others with integrity by understanding their motivations and identifying their concerns and work toward solving them. + Proactively and continuously work towards improving effective team working and collaboration. + Able to handle complex messages and is able to convey issues to facilitate others/ understanding. + Able to initiate and lead open conversations with internal and external stakeholders to build a culture of trust. + Capable of creating opportunities for others to grow and demonstrate their learning agility. + Drives a culture of trust with peers, clients and other stakeholders. **Self:** + Able to adjust performance based on experiences and feedback and showcases agility and flexibility. + Displays openness to the ideas of others and leverages them when beneficial for the business. + Demonstrates the growth mindset and proactively adapts behavior and performance for sustained success. + Able to set high impact objectives and goes above and beyond to exceed performance. + Able to demonstrate agility and flexibility to respond and reprioritize based on different situations. + Able to constructively challenge the status quo and take risks to challenge internal and external perspectives. + Approaches situations and individuals with honesty, integrity, transparency and humbleness. + Showcases resilience and maintains drive and a positive outlook when faced with challenges. + Actively listens and is receptive to others feedback on performance. + Able to take justified risks when appropriate and take accountability and responsibility when things don't go as planned. + An early identifier of change, able to proactively develop and share plans to seize opportunities. + Acts ethically and makes ethical decisions in line with local regulations and contracts, even in the face of ethical challenges. + Able to listen to other people in a way that they feel understood and is respectful of others. + Able to make timely decision that take into account different factors in ambiguous circumstances, considering impacts internally and externally. + Able to build initiatives despite doubts or resistance from others to deliver strategic impact. **Qualifications** + 8+ years of successful Gaming & eSports sales and partnership experience, with a proven track record of strong leadership experience. You will have developed a distinct blend of creative instincts, social media marketing aptitude and executive management skills. + Must have managed gaming campaigns and activations in KSA market. + Be well connected with KSA gaming vendors & partners, such as E-sports teams, gaming influencers & E-sports world cup organizers. + Strong passion for eSports and video mobile games and domain expertise globally and in the MENA. + Able to work in a fast-paced and high-performing environment. + Build and develop relationships with client business leads and their teams to ensure synergy in the overall product delivery. + Must be able to cultivate excellent relationships with technology solution partners. + Candidate must be able to integrate with fast-paced Planning and Activation teams + Strong end-to-end project management skills and a level of negotiation skills + Process driven, experience using research and measurement tools + Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, and continuously demonstrating the ability to think big and implement innovative ideas in ways that create significant social sharing and PR attention. **Additional information** R-2105 P-2394