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Japan's development team is recruiting CG movie programmers! Click the banner on the left for details. Please use the contact below for questions regarding these positions.

E-Mail: CG-PROG@square-enix.com.

Job Description:

• A key role within the SQUARE ENIX brands team, the role is to manage aspects of product development, marketing & PR strategy, advertising and product launch for SQUARE ENIX and Third Party developed titles as allocated - driving the awareness, revenue and profitability for those allocated brands/titles. Responsible for project managing the delivery of key materials through the publishing cycle, the role is expected to work closely with a number of stakeholders, ensuring they are able to successfully deliver the title to market.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Research, develop, refine and communicate the PAL/pan-Western region marketing strategy for allocated SE titles/franchises as applicable, ensuring input and approvals as below.
  
  Be the expert of allocated products (including visibility of and input into elements such as rolling forecasts, P&L, key selling features, milestone delivery dates, promotional budgets and schedules, code demo ability, market/genre status and history, brand assets usage guidelines, competitive marketplace and any territory specifics), communicating this information to internal and external partners to best effect for the brand. Define scheduling for promotional collateral and tools, driving detailed scheduling and action from relevant personnel to ensure on-time, to-budget, high-quality delivery. Ensure communication of scheduling and deliverables to local territory teams as well as key internal stakeholders. Build effective relationships with the marketing and PR managers in local territories. Work with local offices to understand their needs and wishes, and drive delivery of materials and solutions that meet business objectives.
  
  Work with and drive SEE Production, SQUARE ENIX R&D teams and other product development personnel to maximise market relevance, quality and timeliness of game content.
  
  Review and signoff on the promotional activities intended by local territory offices and distributors, including above-the-line, media buying, third/first party promotions, PR, trade marketing, trade pricing and other publishing disciplines as conducted by local offices and distributors. Be the point of contact for communication of central and local promotional strategies and tactics with SQUARE ENIX R&D and Publicity Divisions.
  
  Drive initial set-up of and ensure accurate administration and control of the brand budget for allocated titles. Drive the allocation and communication of any first party and SQUARE ENIX-funded promotional contribution funds to local territory offices.
  
  Source and execute with first and third party partners for best effect of the brand.
  
  Conduct consumer research as needed on allocated IPs/brands/titles as required, and communicate the results to stakeholders as needed, to build business cases that champion the brand.

Secondary Responsibilities:

• Develop working knowledge of the marketplace which falls within your responsibility, including platform installed bases, retail picture, consumer profile, promotional activity and pricing economics. Feed knowledge of benchmark products and their publishing actions and results through the group.
  
  Contribute to the product evaluation process.
  
  Monitor and report on existing and potential vendors and other partners.

Key Stakeholders:

Senior Brand Manager, PR, Creative Services, Online Production, Digital Marketing, Project Coordination, SQEX Publicity, SEE Production, Localisation & QA, local marketing, PR and sales teams, Colleagues in Operations, Finance

Experience & Qualifications

Please send your CV and cover letter in English to the following email address, quoting "BDMAN" in the subject line: humanr@square-enix.com – applications without this code cannot be read.

Job Description:

• Game testing and proof-reading
• Identifying and reporting linguistic errors and game defects
• General tasks related to the quality assurance (QA) process

Skills Required:

• Excellent native-level German with a keen eye for mistakes
• Good English communication skills

Pluses:

• Knowledge of MMORPG (Final Fantasy XI in particular)
• Knowledge of role-playing and console games

Rate of Pay:

£7 per hour + overtime

Contract type:

Project-based (flexible duration, full- or part-time)

Starting Date:

Beginning of June

Position based in:

London, UK

Please send your CV and cover letter in English to the following email address, quoting "UMARO" in the subject line: humanr@square-enix.com – applications without this code cannot be read.

Job Description:

• Game testing and proof-reading
• Identifying and reporting linguistic errors and game defects
• General tasks related to the quality assurance (QA) process

Skills Required:

• Excellent native-level French with a keen eye for mistakes
• Good English communication skills

Pluses:

• Knowledge of MMORPG (Final Fantasy XI in particular)
• Knowledge of role-playing and console games

Rate of Pay:

£7 per hour + overtime

Contract type:

Project-based (flexible duration, full- or part-time)

Starting Date:

Immediately

Position based in:

London, UK

Please send your CV and cover letter in English to the following email address, quoting "UMARO" in the subject line: humanr@square-enix.com – applications without this code cannot be read.

Job Description:

• Game testing and proof-reading: identifying and reporting linguistic mistakes (spelling, punctuation, grammar etc.) as well as functional game defects
• General tasks related to the quality assurance (QA) process

Skills Required:

• Excellent native-level British English, French, Italian, German or Spanish language skills with a keen eye for mistakes
• Good communication skills in English required for all applicants

Recommended:

• Knowledge of Square Enix, role-playing and console games
• Interest in or enthusiasm for computing

Pluses:

Previous experience in video games localisation or QA

Rate of Pay:

£6 per hour

Work Hours:

20 to 37.5 hours per week (flexible)

Holidays:

20 days per annum, pro rata

Contract Type:

Casual (part-time/full-time possible)

Location:

London, UK (please note that all positions are based in our London headquarters)

How to Apply:

Please send your CV and covering letter in English to the following email address, quoting "UKLOQ" for the English, "FRLOQ" for the French, "ITLOQ" for the Italian, "DELOQ" for the German or "ESLOQ" for the Spanish positions in the subject line: humanr@square-enix.com - applications without this code cannot be considered.