Publisher Integration Manager

Publisher Integration Manager | Gaming & Esports

Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia / Remote with required travel

Contract: 14 months, with potential 3-month extension

Experience: Minimum 8 years

Sector: Gaming, Esports, Live Events & Entertainment

About the Opportunity

We are recruiting an experienced Publisher Integration Manager to support a major international gaming and esports festival programme in Saudi Arabia.

This is an exciting opportunity for a professional with extensive experience working directly with international game publishers, intellectual property (IP) owners and rights holders.

The successful candidate will play a key role in coordinating publisher partnerships, managing licensing and content approvals, and delivering engaging gaming activations and fan experiences as part of a large-scale international festival.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the main point of contact for international game publishers, IP owners and rights holders.
• Manage publisher requirements, IP guidelines, licensing agreements, content approvals and delivery timelines.
• Develop and coordinate publisher activations, including game demonstrations, title launches, fan engagement activities and gaming-related content.
• Ensure publisher programmes are aligned with tournament schedules and wider festival activities.
• Track partner commitments, deliverables, approval processes and outstanding decisions.
• Coordinate branding, venue space, technical requirements and production needs with event delivery teams.
• Manage changes, resolve challenges and escalate issues throughout planning and live-event delivery.
• Maintain accurate publisher integration schedules, approval registers and progress reports.

Essential Requirements

• Minimum 8 years' relevant experience in IP partnerships, publisher activations, gaming or esports events.
• Proven experience delivering at least two live event seasons.
• Direct experience working with international game publishers, IP owners and rights holders.
• Strong hands-on experience managing IP guidelines, licensing requirements and content approval processes.
• Demonstrated experience personally developing and delivering gaming activations or publisher-led programmes.
• Strong stakeholder management, organisational and communication skills.
• Professional English communication skills.

Desirable Experience

• International experience managing gaming publisher relationships across multiple markets.
• Experience delivering major esports tournaments, gaming festivals or international entertainment events.
• Existing relationships within the global gaming and publishing industry.
• Arabic or Japanese language skills.
• Previous experience working in Saudi Arabia or the wider GCC.

Working Arrangements

Two potential working arrangements are available:

• Riyadh-based: Working from the project office, with relocation and visa support subject to agreed terms.
• Remote-based: Working Sunday to Thursday on Riyadh business hours, with required travel to Saudi Arabia.

C

andidates must be available onsite in Riyadh during the required festival operating periods in July–August and November 2027.

This is a full-time, fixed-term opportunity requiring dedicated involvement throughout the engagement.

How to Apply

If you have a strong background in gaming publisher partnerships, IP management and esports event activations, we would love to hear from you.

Please apply with your updated CV and details of international publishers, IP owners and gaming events you have worked with directly.

Be part of a major international gaming and esports festival programme in Saudi Arabia.