This vacancy may offer a work-from-home start until it’s safe to work in-house or relocate to the location.

OPMs client is looking for an expert in video game art to support their games clients and generate new business revenue. This is an extremely exciting role for someone who wants to play a major part in forming partnerships to help bring Developer concepts and designs to life. The individual must be consultative and highly experienced within the video games industry, ideally within art. They should be able to cultivate and build long-term relationships with developers and publishers, close new business, present art as a service, negotiate, and manage client relationships.

This position is perfect for an engaging, personable, enthusiastic, and results-orientated individual who has an eye for detail and a passion for art and video games. Growth will be driven through relationship building, working with the studios existing network of Developers and Publishers, and through new client engagement. The successful candidate will have an in-depth knowledge of the video games industry, an understanding of the challenges clients face and a genuine passion for games as well as the art that helps create them.

What you’ll be doing

• Generating business within the European video games market
• Account management and growth of new and existing accounts
• Attending client meetings, presentations, trade shows, etc
• Presenting Art as a service in line with briefs
• Creating effective solutioning which matches back to client requirements
• Organically generating leads through existing networks or industry knowledge and research
• Executing content-led campaigns as part of the wider sales strategy
• Working with Delivery and several support teams to maximise time spent engaging with clients

Requirements

• Excellent video game art knowledge
• Excellent video game industry knowledge including development cycles
• Excellent presentation, communication, and interpersonal skills
• An existing network of contacts within the games industry would be hugely beneficial
• Genuine passion for games
• High level of self-motivation
• An organised individual with a passion for gaming and experience of CRM tools
• Experience in business development, account management or partnerships
• Preferred but not essential – Proven track record of exceeding targets through building relationships

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