--- title: 'Marketing Project Manager at NC America' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/marketing-project-manager-nc-america-irvine-yg5etcvsn72s' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-06' --- # Marketing Project Manager at NC America - **Company:** NC America - **Location:** Irvine, CA - **Posted:** 2026-07-06 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-06 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/ncamerica/jobs/4306186009 ## Job description ## About the Role NC America's Marketing team is bringing two new shooter titles to market across NC's portfolio. As we grow this slate, we're looking for a Senior Marketing Project Manager to serve as the operational backbone of our brand marketing efforts — the person who turns ambitious campaign ideas into clean execution, on time and on budget. This is a high-visibility, highly cross-functional role. You'll partner directly with PR, Community, Social, Influencer, and Partnerships teams, manage agency and vendor relationships, and give leadership the visibility they need to make fast, confident decisions. If you love bringing order to complexity and want real ownership over how marketing campaigns come together, this role is built for you. ## What You'll Do Campaign & Project Leadership - Own the marketing development process end-to-end — from initial concept through final integrated plan — ensuring scope, objectives, and deliverables are clearly defined for leadership review. - Build and maintain detailed project timelines and work-back schedules, tracking progress against milestones and deadlines. - Proactively flag dependencies, risks, and roadblocks, and drive timely resolution with the right stakeholders. Budget & Asset Operations - Track the NC Marketing budget and actuals, monitoring spend to keep projects on time and within parameters set by leadership. - Build and run a central system for tracking creative assets, both developed internally and received from strategic partners. - Maintain clear documentation of asset rights, usage limitations, and expiration dates, working closely with our legal and business affairs partners to keep all marketing activity compliant. Cross-Functional Collaboration - Partner with PR, Community, Social, Influencer, and Partnerships teams to build cohesive campaigns across every touchpoint. - Lead channel integration, making sure plans are aligned and consistent across every marketing channel. - Coordinate legal, business, and stakeholder approvals to keep assets and materials moving on schedule, with clear approval management throughout each project phase. - Prepare and circulate clear, regular status updates and progress reports so Directors and final approvers always have visibility into where projects stand. Planning, Analysis & Reporting - Lead plan integration, bringing together inputs from cross-functional teams into a single, coherent marketing plan. - Track project and campaign performance, and conduct analysis to inform decisions and surface opportunities for improvement. - Maintain clear, organized documentation across plans, approvals, and campaign assets. - Own timeline planning for campaigns and projects, keeping all workstreams aligned to key dates. - Lead post-mortems after major campaigns, capturing learnings to improve future planning and execution. - Provide deck support for leadership presentations, pulling together clear, well-organized materials for key meetings. ## What You Bring - Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience. - 6+ years in program or project management, ideally within a marketing team or management consulting environment. - Demonstrated experience managing budgets and vendor or agency relationships at scale. - Exceptional organizational skills with meticulous attention to detail, and strong critical thinking under pressure. - A collaborative, can-do attitude — you build trust easily across teams and seniority levels. - Proficiency with project management software (e.g., Asana, Trello, Monday.com, Jira). - Comfort with creative content workflows, copywriting review, and social analytics tools. - Genuine enthusiasm for NC's games and an active pulse on gaming, social, and community trends especially in the shooter space. - Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills. - Familiarity with PC and console gaming marketing (PlayStation, Xbox, Steam) is a strong plus. - Experience with digital asset management (DAM) systems is a plus. ## Why This Role You'll have real ownership of how our marketing campaigns get built and shipped — not just keeping the trains running, but shaping how this growing team operates as we bring new shooter titles to players. It's fast-paced, collaborative, and built for someone who wants their fingerprints on the process, not just the paperwork. Salary Range : 100K-120K ## About NC America ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: NC America, the US subsidiary of NCSOFT, is a premier digital entertainment publisher and developer known for critically acclaimed MMORPG franchises like Lineage 2, Aion, and Blade & Soul. - **Entity Type**: Private (subsidiary of publicly traded NCSOFT, KOSDAQ: A036570) - **Headquarters**: Irvine, California, USA - **Founded**: 1997 (parent company NCSOFT) - **Founders**: N/A (NC America is a subsidiary of NCSOFT, founded by Kim Taek-jin) ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Computer Games / Digital Entertainment - **Target customers**: B2C (global gamers), with a focus on MMORPG and live-service game audiences - **Mission or purpose statement**: “To create a joy-filled world” by delivering games that entertain a globally connected audience. ## Products & Services - **Lineage 2 / Lineage 2M**: Classic and mobile MMORPGs with dedicated player communities. - **Aion**: A fantasy MMORPG known for its aerial combat and PvPvE gameplay. - **Blade & Soul / Blade & Soul Neo**: A martial-arts action MMORPG; “Neo” is a visual and gameplay remaster targeting nostalgic players. - **Guild Wars 2**: A critically acclaimed MMORPG with a focus on dynamic events and no subscription fee. - **Project LLL**: An upcoming online shooter in development, aiming to expand into new genres. - **Publishing & Investment**: NC America acts as a Western publishing hub for NCSOFT’s global titles, including recent investments in Moon Rover (first-person shooter), Vic Game Studios (RPG *Breakers*), and Mistil Games (third-person shooter *Time Takers*). ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available for NC America specifically; parent NCSOFT has a market cap of approximately $2–3 billion (as of mid-2025, variable). - **Key Metric**: NC America employs 29 people (LinkedIn, 2025), with 84.2% YoY headcount growth. Parent NCSOFT has 4,000+ employees globally. - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Amazon Games (partnered for Western launch of *Throne and Liberty*); parent company NCSOFT is publicly traded in South Korea. - **Growth Signals**: The company is expanding its Western footprint with a new Irvine office, investing in diverse game genres beyond MMORPGs, and planning to double down on live-service business in 2025. CEO Jeonghee Jin reports feeling “very optimistic” about the pipeline and a “rise” from the industry downturn. ## Competitive Advantages - **Legacy IP & Community**: Decades-old franchises like Lineage and Guild Wars 2 have loyal, revenue-generating player bases—a durable moat in the volatile gaming industry. - **Cross-Continental Bridge**: NC America uniquely bridges Western and Eastern MMORPG audiences, with deep experience in both markets. - **Financial Backing**: Backed by a publicly traded parent company (NCSOFT) with a strong balance sheet and a history of long-term investment in game development. - **Data & Live-Service Expertise**: Deep institutional knowledge of player behavior tracking and live-service operations, honed over 25+ years of running persistent online worlds. ## Strategic Focus - **Diversifying Genres**: Moving beyond MMORPGs into shooters (*Project LLL*, *Time Takers*) and RPGs (*Breakers*) to reach broader audiences. - **Western Expansion**: Under CEO Jeonghee Jin (former CEO of Pearl Abyss America), the company is investing in Western development studios and growing the Irvine office. - **Live-Service Commitment**: Doubling down on live-service games despite industry risk, leveraging MMORPG pedigree and community management. - **Nostalgia & Modernization**: Re-releasing remasters like Blade & Soul Neo to capture both classic fans and new players. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Described as “innovative, creative, collaborative, and impactful,” with a focus on “making people in this world happier.” Teams are small (29 employees) and growing, offering high ownership. - **Work Policy**: In-Office / OnSite at the Irvine, CA headquarters. No remote or hybrid options indicated for current openings. - **Benefits**: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans; 401(k) with company matching; discretionary bonus plans; short-term & long-term disability; life & AD&D; healthcare and dependent care FSAs; paid holidays, PTO, and parental/bereavement leave. - **Engineering Culture**: Small technical team (3 people, 9% of workforce) working on live-service infrastructure and publishing tools—a chance to have outsized impact in a growing subsidiary. - **Recent Openings** (as of mid-2025): Community Manager, Social Media Marketing Manager (Contract), Publishing Producer, Public Relations Assistant, Customer Service Specialist. ## Sources 1. [nca.ncsoft.com - Careers Page](https://nca.ncsoft.com/en-US/careers) 2. [Greenhouse - NC America Job Board](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/ncamerica) 3. [Built In - NC America Profile](https://builtin.com/company/nc-america) 4. [LinkedIn - NC America Company Page](https://www.linkedin.com/company/ncamerica) 5. 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