About the Role
Client Partner is a position that leads the expansion of PlayStation's advertising business and fosters long-term partnerships by collaborating with domestic and international stakeholders. This role involves understanding client challenges and marketing goals, proposing optimal advertising and marketing solutions utilizing the PlayStation platform, and leading the market deployment of new advertising products and solutions.
Responsibilities
- Propose optimal advertising solutions through consultative sales activities by understanding client business challenges and marketing goals.
- Plan and propose advertising initiatives and marketing plans utilizing the PlayStation platform to support business growth.
- Build and strengthen long-term relationships with key client stakeholders.
- Lead account growth with goals of sales expansion, profitability improvement, new advertising product/solution introduction, and customer satisfaction improvement.
- Manage and analyze sales pipelines, project progress, and sales forecasts, and report to internal stakeholders.
- Collaborate with internal cross-functional teams such as Sales, Marketing, and Product to formulate and promote business cases for advertising business expansion.
- Serve as the point of contact for assigned clients, resolve issues, handle escalations, and provide a high-quality customer experience.
- Build relationships with external partners with high ethical standards and integrity as a representative of the PlayStation brand.
Requirements
- 5+ years of practical experience in gaming, entertainment, digital media, marketing, or advertising industries.
- Experience in corporate sales, account management, or advertising sales.
- Experience in consultative sales aimed at solving client issues.
- Knowledge and practical experience in digital advertising and multi-channel advertising campaigns.
- Proven track record of achieving sales expansion and revenue growth.
- Experience promoting projects in collaboration with multiple departments.
- High communication, proposal, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
- High interest in PlayStation and the gaming/entertainment industry.
- Experience working with media agencies or major advertisers.
- Experience launching or selling new advertising products or marketing solutions.
- Experience in a large global organization or a fast-growing business environment.
- Knowledge of the gaming and digital entertainment ecosystem.
- Experience collaborating with international teams across multiple regions.
- Business proficiency in English.
- Sufficient Japanese language proficiency to build relationships with domestic clients and internal stakeholders.
- Ability to travel internationally.
- A client-first professional who builds trusted, long-term partnerships.
- A collaborative team player who thrives in cross-functional and global environments.
- A strategic thinker who combines commercial insight with strong execution.
- A proactive self-starter who embraces change and continuously seeks opportunities to improve.
- A person of high integrity who represents the PlayStation brand with professionalism and accountability.
Skills
- Consultative Sales
- Account Management
- Advertising Sales
- Digital Advertising
- Multi-channel Advertising Campaigns
- Stakeholder Management
- Communication
- Presentation
- Negotiation
- Sales Pipeline Management
- Revenue Forecasting
- Business Case Development
- Client Relationship Management
- Data Analysis
- Strategic Planning
Location
- Global
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 5+ years
Benefits
- Help shape the future of advertising within one of the world's most recognized entertainment brands.
- Collaborate with talented teams across global markets and diverse business functions.
- Play a key role in launching innovative advertising products and commercial solutions.
- Build strategic partnerships with leading brands and media agencies while driving meaningful business impact.
- Grow your career in a fast-paced, collaborative, and innovative environment at PlayStation.
About the Company
- PlayStation is the Best Place to Play and the Best Place to Work.
- Recognized as a global leader in entertainment producing the PlayStation family of products and services including PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, PlayStation®VR, PlayStation®Plus, and acclaimed PlayStation software titles.
- PlayStation strives to create an inclusive environment that empowers employees and embraces diversity.
- Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation.
- The Sony Interactive Media Solutions team is a dynamic, global advertising sales organization focused on driving innovation and delivering value across the gaming and entertainment ecosystem.
- We connect brands with PlayStation’s highly engaged audience, developing impactful advertising solutions that create value for our partners while supporting the continued growth of the PlayStation business.
Equal Opportunity
- Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender (including gender identity, gender expression and gender reassignment), race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, trade union membership or membership in any other legally protected category.
- We strive to create an inclusive environment, empower employees and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to respond.
- PlayStation is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.
