Director of Games Publishing

The Opportunity

The Games Publishing team at Playground Labs is responsible for scouting the world for hidden gems in the indie gaming space, pitching our publishing services and affiliates, and expanding our portfolio of successful partners. Publishing team members should have deep knowledge of trends across the indie gaming space, a penchant for seeking commercial advantages via deal structuring, and a deep personal passion for games and understanding what makes users tick.

This is a 100% remote position, and we welcome applications from qualified candidates worldwide.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead a team of remote game scouts to source new high-potential game studios for publishing
• Research, reach out, talk to and meet with studios around the world
• Close deals that leverage our expansive base of partners to drive revenue from multiple angles
• Organize and drive data-driven publishing efforts to ensure partnered games are commercially successful, aggregating information from a large number of partners

Requirements

• 5+ years’ global game publishing experience
• Deep awareness of current gaming market trends, particularly indie game winners
• Skilled at project management, to proactively bring initiatives and deliverables to completion and escalate obstacles through the whole life cycle
• Passion for data and consumer insight driven decision making and ability to analyze and utilize data to create strategic frameworks that lead to GTM execution and operational excellence
• Excellent communication and presentation skills in English
• Personal passion for games
  

Preferred

• Experience working with mobile games, GaaS games, and/or F2P models
• Previous experience working with remote development teams
• Experience working with blockchain-enabled titles

About Us: Playground Labs brings digital productivity to life in the metaverse. By developing decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) and play-to-earn gaming products within the virtual world, Playground Labs builds next-generation infrastructure for the metaverse economy and enables everyone to generate real economic utility by playing the games they love. For more information, visit playgroundlabs.io.

Compensation: In accordance with NY, CO, CA, and WA law, Playground Lab's provides a reasonable estimate of the base compensation for this role. The compensation for this position in the above listed locations consists of a salary package in the range of $75,000-150,000 alongside awarded tokens for the projects in which they participate. The actual base salary will be determined on an individual basis considering a number of factors including, but not limited to, experience, education, relevant certifications, skills, and geographic location.