Director, Marketing - EMEA

Epic Games; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading gaming company in the United Kingdom is seeking a Marketing Director to lead go-to-market planning for EMEA Publishing. This role involves building and maintaining relationships with key partners, fostering collaboration across diverse markets, and driving regional marketing strategies. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of experience in dynamic industries and strong communication skills. The company offers a competitive benefits package and a creative work environment.

Benefits

Health insurance

Pension

Mental well-being program

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• 10 years of experience in roles of increasing scope and complexity in dynamic fast-paced consumer industries.
• Exceptional interpersonal communication and collaboration skills in culturally diverse teams.
• Experience engaging large interactive communities at scale via live service operations is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead EMEA marketing organisation setting regional priorities and ensuring execution.
• Partner with global publishing and communications teams to shape marketing frameworks.
• Oversee a distributed team fostering a culture of collaboration and accountability.

Skills

Digital Marketing

B2B Sales

Marketing

Pardot

Marketing Automation

Customer Segmentation

HubSpot

Multichannel Marketing

Market Research

Affiliate Marketing

Social Media Management

Lead Generation

Job description

Overview

WHAT MAKES US EPIC

At the core of Epics success are talented passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative welcoming and creative environment. Whether its building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences were always innovating. Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. Were constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.

MARKETING - What We Do

We deliver the most innovative gaming experiences possible to players around the world. Whether through community outreach world-class events or partnership integrations the Epic Games Publishing and Marketing teams seek to surprise players with new experiences every time they drop in to play.

What Youll Do

Were looking for a Marketing Director to lead go-to-market planning and business operations within EMEA Publishing. You will work closely with internal teams to design and implement plans that drive local engagement and market growth for Epics first-party game experiences. You will coordinate the essential business functions necessary to manage team workflow and communications ensuring regional publishing goals and objectives are achieved.

In this role you will

• Lead the full EMEA marketing organisation setting regional priorities defining strategy and ensuring world-class execution across all markets. Drive go-to-market and publishing excellence for Epics portfolio across EMEA balancing regional strategy with hands-on leadership in key markets.
• Partner closely with global publishing communications growth and partnerships teams to shape and influence global marketing frameworks and product positioning.
• Oversee a distributed team of senior managers and directors fostering a culture of collaboration innovation and accountability across diverse markets.
• Own regional marketing investment strategy and performance ensuring data-driven decision-making and measurable impact on player growth and engagement. Champion alignment between functional teams from publishing to community to creative to deliver unified high-impact campaigns across the region.
• Represent Epic externally across EMEA building and maintaining relationships with key partners platforms and industry organisations. Act as a cultural and strategic bridge between global and local teams ensuring regional insights inform global planning and local activations reflect Epics global vision.
• Build scalable systems workflows and ways of working that enable agility consistency and excellence across a complex regional marketing organisation.
• Inspire coach and develop top-tier marketing talent fostering a high-performing team aligned with Epics values and creative ambitions.

What were looking for

• 10 years of experience in roles of increasing scope and complexity in dynamic fast-paced consumer industries preferably media games and / or entertainment.
• Exceptional interpersonal communication and collaboration skills within a setting of culturally diverse teams a high level of integrity and approachability
• Experience working directly with consumers and engaging large interactive communities at scale via live service operations is a plus
• Experience working in companies and teams with complex business models rapidly shifting priorities and where change is the norm and new business models are emerging
• A reputation for successfully driving business results in entrepreneurial environments with a high degree of ambiguity and partnering across the enterprise
• Strong open-minded team player whose values are in alignment with Epics progressive and boundary-pushing culture
• Strong experience working in the EMEA region

EPIC JOB EPIC BENEFITS EPIC LIFE

We pay 100% for benefits except for PMI (for dependents). Our current benefits package includes pension private medical insurance health care cash plan dental insurance disability and life insurance critical illness cycle to work scheme flu shots health checks and meals. We also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents.

ABOUT US

Epic Games spans across 25 countries with 46 studios and 4500 employees globally. For over 25 years weve been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epics award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity interactive experiences for PC console mobile and VR it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment automotive and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games we strive to build teams of world-class talent.

Like what you hear Come be a part of something Epic!

Epic Games deeply values diverse teams and an inclusive work culture and we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. Learn more about our Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy here.

Note to Recruitment Agencies : Epic does not accept any unsolicited resumes or approaches from any unauthorized third party (including recruitment or placement agencies) (i.e. a third party with whom we do not have a negotiated and validly executed agreement). We will not pay any fees to any unauthorized third party. Further details on these matters can be found here.

Required Experience :

Director

Key Skills

Digital Marketing,B2B Sales,Marketing,Pardot,Marketing Automation,Customer Segmentation,HubSpot,Multichannel Marketing,Market Research,Affiliate Marketing,Social Media Management,Lead Generation

Employment Type : Full Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1