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Brand Specialist, Video Games - Seattle, WA

Amazon
Seattle, WA
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Description

Do you like video games? Would you love to work on the launch plan of a video game blockbuster, or help lesser known titles find their public? Can you juggle multiple priorities and work under pressure without losing your sense of humor?

Then the video games team brand specialist position may be the one for you!

The Brand Specialist is responsible for driving, analyzing, reporting on and improving upon retail sales of their allocated video games publisher on the Amazon Video Games store. He/She will create and maintain compelling, commercial content - mostly written - within the video games area of our website and through email and social networks. Additionally, the Brand Specialist will manage a variety of sales and promotional projects with cross-function teams such as public relations, buyers, vendor managers, developers, as well as cross-product lines projects.

The successful candidate will:

* Effectively merchandise his/her allocated publisher''s video games both within the video games store and across the Amazon.com platform, and analyze and report on the effectiveness of those efforts
* Generate promotional and site improvement ideas for his/her allocated publisher, manage their implementation, and report on success, providing ongoing feedback for continued improvement
* Coordinate with internal teams to provide thorough and authoritative detail page content for his/her publisher, maximize product-specific data such as product images, trailers and reviews and ensure its prevalence and accuracy
* Plan, develop, and execute compelling e-mails for his/her allocated publisher''s products
* Build and regularly maintain key pages on the web site ensuring they conform to site standards, co-op commitments, and promotional requirements
* Take part to quarterly business reviews with his/her allocated publisher
* Be an Amazon.com Video Games ambassador toward his/her allocated publisher

Basic Qualifications

* Bachelors degree
* Proficient in Excel

Preferred Qualifications

* Strong verbal and written English communication skills
* Experience in product and/or promotional merchandising and project management
* Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment -- requires someone who is a self-starter, independent, flexible, detail-oriented, and comfortable working with multiple teams, vendors, partners, and senior management under time constraints
* The ability to consistently hit deadlines, juggle multiple large and small projects at once, and communicate professionally with teams, vendors, and management
* High computer literacy with the ability to quickly learn in-house tools (previous XML/HTML experience is a plus)
* High level of self-motivation, enthusiasm, and creativity
* Experience managing large amounts of data
* Knowledge of or personal interest in video games or the video games industry


Details:

Job Id: 33667350

Posted / Updated: 2/7/2012 3:57:58 AM

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