Team Name:

Corporate Communications

Job Title:

BlizzCon Talent Lead - TEMP | Irvine, CA

Requisition ID:

R026655

Job Description:

Your Mission

As the BlizzCon Talent Lead (temporary), you will champion Blizzard’s connection with celebrity and influencer talent to amplify the magic, excitement, and storytelling of BlizzCon. In this role, you will refine and execute a comprehensive strategy for celebrity engagement—partnering closely with internal teams across Communications/PR, Marketing, and Events, as well as external agencies—to bring iconic personalities into the world of Blizzard in ways that are authentic to their, and Blizzard’s, brands.

You’ll serve as the central point of coordination and visibility for all talent-related outreach and activation, ensuring that every appearance and engagement adds to the wonder that makes BlizzCon legendary. This is a temporary, contract position running from January 15 through September 30, 2026.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end talent engagement strategy: Define and execute global plans for celebrity and influencer participation aligned with Blizzard’s brand and event objectives.
• Lead senior-level cross-functional alignment: Drive collaboration across Communications, Marketing, Events, and Franchise teams to integrate talent activations into broader campaign strategies.
• Serve as Blizzard’s primary liaison: Represent Blizzard in all interactions with top-tier talent partners and agencies, ensuring alignment on creative vision and deliverables.
• Oversee high-stakes negotiations: Secure agreements with talent and agencies, balancing creative goals with financial and legal safeguards.
• Manage budgets: Allocate resources effectively and report ROI to senior leadership, ensuring fiscal responsibility and impact.
• Design authentic experiences: Develop concepts that connect talent with the Blizzard community in meaningful, brand-safe ways across live and digital platforms.
• Ensure operational excellence: Direct logistics for talent participation, including travel, hospitality, and on-site execution during BlizzCon.
• Mitigate risk and ensure compliance: Implement processes for legal, financial, and reputational safeguards across all talent engagements.
• Deliver post-event insights: Lead debriefs and compile learnings to optimize future talent strategies and tentpole events.

Player Profile / Minimum Requirements

• Minimum 12 years’ experience in talent relations, event marketing, or entertainment partnerships.
• Proven leadership of cross-functional teams of 8+ professionals.
• Managed budgets of $5M+ for talent or event activations.
• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, or related field.
• Strong negotiation and contract management skills.
• Ability to travel 10–15% domestically.

Preferred / Nice-to-have

• Experience in gaming or pop culture events.
• Established network within entertainment and influencer ecosystems.
• Familiarity with global cultural trends and talent markets.
• Advanced data analytics or ROI modeling skills.
• Multilingual proficiency for international talent engagement.

Your Platform

Best known for iconic video game universes including Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Diablo®, and StarCraft®, Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. (www.blizzard.com), a division of Activision Blizzard, which was acquired by Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), is a premier developer and publisher of entertainment experiences. Blizzard Entertainment has created some of the industry’s most critically acclaimed and genre-defining games over the last 30 years, with a track record that includes multiple Game of the Year awards. Blizzard Entertainment engages tens of millions of players around the world with titles available on PC via Battle.net®, Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, iOS, and Android.

Our World

Activision Blizzard, Inc., is one of the world's largest and most successful interactive entertainment companies and is at the intersection of media, technology and entertainment. We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises including Call of Duty®, World of Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Diablo®, Candy Crush™ and Bubble Witch™. Our combined entertainment network delights hundreds of millions of monthly active users in 196 countries, making us the largest gaming network on the planet!

Our ability to build immersive and innovate worlds is only enhanced by diverse teams working in an inclusive environment.  We aspire to have a culture where everyone can thrive in order to connect and engage the world through epic entertainment. We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for ‘Every World’ - we’ve got our employees covered!

The videogame industry and therefore our business is fast-paced and will continue to evolve. As such, the duties and responsibilities of this role may be changed as directed by the Company at any time to promote and support our business and relationships with industry partners.

We love hearing from anyone who is enthusiastic about changing the games industry. Not sure you meet all qualifications? Let us decide! Research shows that women and members of other under-represented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they think they may not meet every qualification, when, in fact, they often do! We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable assistance to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you are a disabled individual requiring an accommodation to apply for an open position, please email your request to [email protected]. General employment questions cannot be accepted or processed here. Thank you for your interest.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status, among other characteristics

Rewards

We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for ‘Every World’ - we’ve got our employees covered!  Subject to eligibility requirements, the Company offers comprehensive benefits including:

• Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance;
• 401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching;
• Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave;
• Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others;
• If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance.

Eligibility to participate in these benefits may vary for part time and temporary full-time employees and interns with the Company.  You can learn more by visiting https://www.benefitsforeveryworld.com/.

In the U.S., the standard base pay range for this role is $87,480.00 - $161,910.00 Annual. These values reflect the expected base pay range of new hires across all U.S. locations. Ultimately, your specific range and offer will be based on several factors, including relevant experience, performance, and work location. Your Talent Professional can share this role’s range details for your local geography during the hiring process. In addition to a competitive base pay, employees in this role may be eligible for incentive compensation. Incentive compensation is not guaranteed. While we strive to provide competitive offers to successful candidates, new hire compensation is negotiable.