Media Content Manager (12-month contract)

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Electronic Arts Inc. is a global leader in interactive entertainment. We develop and deliver games, content and online services across platforms. We have a broad portfolio of brands that span the most popular genres.

We exist to Inspire the World to Play. We create extraordinary new game experiences for our millions of players everywhere by bringing together people that combine creativity, innovation, and passion. We immerse our employees into an inclusive culture and provide opportunities for learning and leading that allow our employees to do the most impactful and rewarding work of their careers.

Join us in driving the next revolution in games.

You will be part of the Content Adaptation and Localisation Team within the Global Production team at EA. Based in the UK, this is a diverse role reporting to the Lead Manager, Channel Content. You will join a team that works daily with partners in the US, Canada, UK, Germany, Madrid, Romania and Sweden so ’one team’ vision is essential and flexibility is key.

You will project manage global marketing and advertising materials for International partners. We manage campaign coordination, adaptation, and localisation for video assets, digital banners, digital and traditional out of home which are deployed for use across all consumer-facing touch-points, such as advertising, TV, web, owned channels, 1st Party channels and social media.

You will work with multiple partners such as Global Media, International Marketing Teams, Publishing Teams, Core Creative teams and Studio teams. We provide high capacity, high-quality and focused assets to support EA’s global and local marketing campaigns.

You will ensure creative concepts are communicated, tracking central asset deliverables to ensure territory needs are met, gathering opt-ins, producing custom assets, localising and delivering across EA’s full portfolio of titles.

Responsibilities:
Manage the production of localised content for global partners.

Compile all International and multi-channel asset needs and communicating to Core Creative leads/LOC production teams to ensure global schedules are developed. Challenge duplication.

Challenge plans and guide decisions to ensure the best production flows are met.

Develop custom production of advertising assets for TV/Cinema, Digital, OOH and Print. This includes managing the cut down edits to shorter lengths, additional edit requirements, re-formatting and creating multiple banners assets (dynamic and static) to work in multiple media locations such as Facebook, twitter and paid for media working from supplied assets and brand toolkits.

Ensure delivery of source files from partners on time and in the right technical formats.

Brief our localization vendors on campaign requirements, clear expectations and clarity on deliverables and timings.

Oversee final asset quality control, proofing and approvals.

Firefighting short turn around requests.

Budget Management – awareness of allocated budgets, planning content and highlighting any overspend to relevant parties.

Be a core contact point between asset users and core content creators to refine communication. Maintain core relationships across the business

Contribute to the development of core process between core creatives and our partners to increase efficiency, set technical standards, develop core communication and reduce cost.

Develop understanding of 1st party agreements, legal requirements, approval submissions, communication of local restrictions

Experience:
3+ years agency experience (marcoms, creative, production)

Hands-on Project Management experience in independent but collaborative environment

International experience, or working with international clients

Experience managing and driving maximised output from within or with our agency teams

Experience in media and managing media agencies

Have a good understanding and technical knowledge of formats, Video & Display specs, TV/Cinema Specs, HTML5 code.

Fluency in English, other languages beneficial