Manage overseas licensing for manga content by coordinating new-business sales, publisher proposals, permission documents, contract checks, and supervision of translated publications and promotional items.
About this role
The role directs a trading card game title from deciding its concept through overseeing the overall world-building and systems. Responsibilities include determining the game concept, coordinating the overall setting and systems, and establishing the direction of development.
The director manages the development schedule, quality, and budget. The role also gives direction to individual sections, including art, planning, and project management, and is responsible for quality control across those areas.
Applicants must have planning, development, and direction experience in trading card games. The posting also requires deep knowledge of card games and tabletop games, an understanding of market trends, familiarity with the company’s game intellectual properties, and basic PC skills such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Preferred experience includes launching a new trading card game or developing and operating a major existing trading card game. Experience participating in media-mix projects involving anime or manga is also welcomed. Playing experience with the same trading card game title for three or more years is additionally preferred.
The stated workplace is the Square Enix Shibuya office in Shibuya, Tokyo. Employment is listed as contractor. No salary, working hours, language requirement, or visa sponsorship terms are stated.
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