Partnerships Manager

Epic Games • Cary, NC

4h

About The Position

Epic is seeking a Partnerships Manager to help manage, grow, and execute key partnerships across products like Fortnite (Japanese Anime & Gaming IP verticals) and Rocket League. This role will manage the sourcing, development, and execution of interactive IP integrations with top global brands across categories such as Anime, Media, Entertainment, Sports, Automotive, Lifestyle, and Gaming. It's a unique opportunity to help shape industry-defining experiences and expand Epic’s cultural impact through world-class partnerships.

Requirements

• 3-6+ years of professional experience and a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent required
• Experience in account management, licensing, business development, business affairs, or partnership execution—ideally within entertainment, sports, automotive, or lifestyle industries
• Bilingual written and verbal fluency in English and Japanese required
• Must have led partnership marketing, product, or gaming campaign execution
• Ability to organize processes and workflows. An individual who prides themselves on working well internally and externally with different types of personalities
• Must have excellent organizational and communication skills, strong attention to detail, and the ability to multitask across projects while managing shifting priorities calmly and discreetly with senior cross-functional teams
• Use of good judgment, delegation, critical thinking, problem-solving skills, and collaboration in high pressure situations
• Experience with project management tools required, particularly Airtable, Jira, and Trello. Familiarity with tools like Tableau, Miro, Asana, Google Workspace, Microsoft Office, Keynote, Slack, and Adobe is preferred
• Experience building internal and external-facing partnership overviews, go-to-market plans, decks, recaps, and other presentations preferred
• Experience curating and tracking KPIs across multiple games, social platforms, and research to provide reports and appropriate actions

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day engagement with external partners, to understand their overall objectives and ensure all campaign elements reflect them, along with key brand and legal guidelines
• Collaborate and communicate as the key point of contact internally on behalf of a partner to champion their strategic needs and externally to help advocate for Epic’s business needs
• Direct, source, and manage inbound licensing of 3rd Party IP from Entertainment and Gaming studios and Vehicle partners including negotiating licenses with IP holders, Talent and talent agencies, and music rights holders
• Manage strategic end-to-end execution of partnership campaigns for Fortnite and Rocket League, serving as the key liaison and coordinating with cross-functional teams to ensure timely delivery, asset management, go-to-market support, and streamlined partner communication
• Collaborate with Epic teams to identify, pitch, and onboard high-profile partnerships for Fortnite, from proposal and presentation through execution and launch
• Support partnership operations by coordinating meetings, reviews, and presentations, maintaining reports and documentation, and managing the team’s Airtable and initiative trackers
• Support Entertainment Studio and Gaming IP roadmap planning, including coordinating internal discussions and supporting deck creation for internal/external partner pitches, and managing revenue goals for your partners

Benefits

• We pay 100% of the premiums for both you and your dependents. Our coverage includes Medical, Dental, a Vision HRA, Long Term Disability, Life Insurance & a 401k with competitive match.
• We also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents.
• Throughout the year we celebrate our employees with events and company-wide paid breaks.
• We offer unlimited PTO and sick time and recognize individuals for 7 years of employment with a paid sabbatical.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level