Overview
Creative Manager (UA/Trailers) Jobs in European Union at Skillsearch
Creative Manager (Outstaff / Remote)
We are seeking a high-level Creative Director / Creative Manager to act as a strategic bridge between performance-driven User Acquisition (UA) creative and high-end cinematic craft. This role supports multiple mobile game titles across mid-core and casual genres, with a focus on elevating both creative performance and production quality at scale.
This is a senior leadership role, focused on direction, strategy, and oversight rather than hands-on production work.
Key Role Details
- Format: Full-Time Outstaff (Remote)
- Engagement: 1-year contract with potential for extension
- Working Hours: Monday–Friday, 40 hours weekly (10:00–18:30 UTC+2 / UTC+3)
- Start Date: ASAP
This is a Managerial / Director-level position.
The candidate will not be expected to work hands-on in production tools day-to-day (e.g. Premiere, After Effects, animation software).
Instead, the focus is on:
- Directing internal creative teams and external AAA vendors
- Reviewing and elevating creative craft output
- Defining and driving overall creative strategy across multiple projects
- Ensuring all output aligns with performance KPIs (UA / marketing performance)
- Raising creative quality standards across all production pipelines
A strong portfolio is essential, as candidates must have prior hands-on experience to effectively guide and elevate professional artists, editors, and external studios.
We are looking for strong strategic and performance-driven creative problem solving, including examples such as:
- Pivoting underperforming UA campaigns through creative insight and hypothesis-driven iteration
- Solving production bottlenecks in complex cinematic or CGI workflows
- Aligning creative direction with strict performance KPIs (CTR, CPI, ROAS, IPM)
- Making high-quality creative decisions under pressure in fast-moving production environments
We are particularly interested in individuals who can demonstrate critical thinking, adaptability, and leadership in performance-led creative environments.
What We’re Looking For
- Experience: 7+ years in senior creative roles within the gaming industry
- Strong exposure to both UA/performance marketing creative and cinematic / brand-level production work
- Craft Fluency: Strong understanding of
- Scriptwriting
- Storyboarding
- Cinematic direction
- VFX / motion design
- Gameplay capture
- Data Literacy: Ability to interpret UA performance data (IPM, CTR, CPI, ROAS) and translate insights into creative direction
- AI-Native Production Mindset: Familiarity with or willingness to integrate tools such as Kling, Midjourney, Firefly, or similar into production workflows
- Vendor Management: Experience directing internal teams as well as external AAA trailer houses and CGI studios
- Portfolio: Must demonstrate excellence across both UA performance creative and cinematic/trailer-level production work
Candidates may be based anywhere, provided they can consistently operate within 10:00–18:30 UTC+2 / UTC+3 working hours.
Please note that due to compliance and policy requirements, we cannot engage candidates currently residing in or working from Russia or Belarus.
Applicants should provide:
- A portfolio demonstrating both:
- UA / performance marketing creative work
- High-end cinematic or trailer-level production work
- A short written response outlining:
- The most interesting creative problem they have solved in the last 18 months
- Their approach and the outcome
Title: Creative Manager (UA/Trailers)
Company: Skillsearch
Location: European Union
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