Live Events Marketing Manager II, Pokémon GO

Live events are at the core of Niantic products and highlight our real-world social experience at its best. Niantic is looking for a Live Events Marketing Manager II to support the marketing and execution of global events for Pokémon GO. These include major worldwide events such as Pokémon GO Tour and Pokémon GO Fest, and location specific events such as Pokémon GO City Safari. An outstanding candidate will possess a deep passion for crafting and delivering unforgettable experiences that resonate with fans long after the event.

As someone who will work under tight timelines with internal (Engineering, Product, Operations, and Legal) and external teams (agencies, vendors, and partners), the ideal candidate is an organized collaborator skilled in aligning partners to achieve shared goals efficiently. Join the team and make a positive impact on millions of Trainers around the world

• Support the planning and execution of our live events marketing calendar.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to conceptualize and bring live events to life globally, ranging from 5,000 to 300,000 players.
• Collaborate with project leads to own key workstreams, including drafting copy, building decks, briefing assets, and updating key documents.
• Manage and support projects through project management tools, workback schedules, and slide creation.
• Develop and track against detailed workback schedules, ensuring key achievements are met on time and deadlines are not missed.
• Coordinate logistics with internal collaborators, partners, and vendors.
• Deliver post event reports with data-driven analysis including attendee feedback, goal attainment, and recommendations for future event improvements.
• Required in-office 2 days a week.

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years experience producing live events and/or leading complex marketing projects.
• Proficient in English and Spanish
• Willingness to travel.
• Strong project management and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced hybrid environment and handle stress appropriately and/or ability to solve practical problems and be sufficiently adaptable to handle dynamic situations with little advance notice.
• Experience working on cross-functional teams with ability to communicate effectively through written and verbal communications, including asynchronous interactions with others.

Niantic's global-scale augmented reality platform and digital map powers spatial computing experiences in the real world. Incubated out of the Maps team at Google, Niantic first created Ingress and then Pokémon GO, a cultural phenomenon and hit game played by tens of millions of people each month. Niantic's platform, which powers Pokémon GO, also supports the company's other games including Pikmin Bloom, Monster Hunter Now. 

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