Mark Cole

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Managing Director (ANZ, Taiwan/Hong Kong, SEAI) at Activision Blizzard
Mark Cole's Location
Greater Sydney Area, Australia, Australia
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About Mark Cole

Experienced leader across commercial, marketing, communications, consumer insights and analytics. Initially schooled in sales and marketing at Unilever, I have taken this experience and learnings into the video games industry over the past 15 years. I have been fortunate to have worked with the key players within the industry (Sony, Activision Blizzard and EA) across most functional verticals across all APAC markets. I am looking to continue the pursuit of working with talented people in creating innovative offerings and strategies that resonate with consumers across the globe.

Mark Cole's Current Company Details

Managing Director (ANZ, Taiwan/Hong Kong, SEAI) at Activision Blizzard
Mark Cole Work Experience Details
  • Activision Blizzard
    Managing Director
    Activision Blizzard Jul 2019 - Jun 2024
    Santa Monica, California, Us
    RESPONSIBILITIES• Total P&L management for the ANZ and South Asia (HK, TW, SEA, IN) markets.• Manage Brand, Communications, Commercial and Insights & Analytics teams as well as cross functional teams that influence outcomes for the market.ACHIEVEMENTS• First region globally to restructure to incorporate a team that looked after both Activision and Blizzard Publishing globally as a trial.• Grew ANZ revenue +25% in the first year of engagement.• Achieved South Asia's biggest ever revenue and OI in 2021.• Achieved less than 5% of turnover of staff since taking on the position, coupled with highest ever satisfaction scores for employees.
  • Electronic Arts (Ea)
    Head Of Publishing For Japan, Australia And New Zealand
    Electronic Arts (Ea) Jan 2018 - Jul 2019
    Redwood City, Ca, Us
    RESPONSIBILITIES• Achieve commercial targets for the ANZ and Japan markets. • Provide leadership and direction to both Country team, inclusive of direct and indirect reports. • Create country strategies to maximise the acquisition, engagement, and monetization of players in both markets. • Identify, establish, and work with partners (publishing partners, retailers, agencies, 1st parties) to fulfill commercial goals. ACHIEVEMENTS• Doubled the size of the Japan business in 14 months after being the same size for 4 years in a row and attained this growth in a declining market. • Gained EA Japan's best team health survey results in the 10 years of operation.• Changed global communications strategy for a new IP launch in Japan resulting in Japan achieving the highest sales for EA globally for the launch.• Re-engineered the trading model for Japan allowing for the greater opportunity for consumer acquisition to achieve cited results above. • Won the APAC inaugural ‘Gabbie Badman’ award for the APAC team member that was voted to go over and above the expectations of the role for the year. • Won Sega’s publishing partner of the year in Japan based on the creation of win win solutions that lead to commercial outcomes for both Sega and EA.
  • Electronic Arts (Ea)
    Director - Asia Insights, Analytics & Demand Planning
    Electronic Arts (Ea) Apr 2014 - Jan 2018
    Redwood City, Ca, Us
    RESPONSIBILITIES• Lead the APAC insights and analytics organisation, using research (qual and quant) and analytics (prescriptive, predictive, and diagnostic) to unveil insights and use them to develop commercial and marketing strategies.• Created the Asia insights and analytics organisation allowing EA to gain ‘live' insights across the consumer journey, inclusive of purchasing, play and post purchase journeys.ACHIEVEMENTS• Determined payment gateway barriers to purchase across Greater China and provided solutions that were implemented and used as a platform to increase monetization across the region. • Discovered user experience concerns with localization of language in gameplay menus for FIFA in Japan and used this as a springboard for reducing player barriers in the development of the 2018 strategic plan. Once rectified the business gained an additional average 3 session days per user equating to an additional $2M in revenue.• Developed the first global ‘live' dashboards to identify gameplay server issues that allowed real time escalation paths. • Led a global buyer behavior project covering 10 markets that is used to offer EA a competitive advantage on how tailor campaigns to different buying cohorts.• Led the remodeling APAC promotional pricing by using predictive tools to identify consumer acquisition opportunities. This created revenue increases in low discretionary income markets.
  • The Hive Sales And Marketing Consultants
    Founder And Managing Director
    The Hive Sales And Marketing Consultants Jan 2012 - Mar 2014
    RESPONSIBILITIES• Established a consultancy (14 staff) that assisted clients across FMCG, technology, toys, and digital media industries in the development of product design, commercial and marketing strategies, and executions. • Assisted start ups in securing investment dollars and guided company structure, IP protection and partner management.ACHIEVEMENTS• Revised a global toy manufacturers portfolio management and customer management that resulted in the delivery of: Profit margins increasing by 20%, reduction of product skus by 20%, closure of 60 direct customers to allow team to manage customers that matter. • Modelled demand plan for a new entertainment product launch based on consumer insights, category trends for a client that prevented a $5M overstock• Ran brand marketing for the launch of Activision's Skylanders interactive toys for 2013.• Developed a digital media strategy for a home improvement website that saw advertising revenue increase 900% - Country, brand, commercial strategic plan development.- Leadership development coaching. - Streamlining sales and marketing processes.- Establishing and refinement of roles and responsibilities. - Project management of product launches.- Pricing elasticity and forecast modelling.- Trade marketing executions.- Website and social media strategy development, build and execution.
  • Activision
    Senior Brand Director - Call Of Duty
    Activision Dec 2010 - Jan 2012
    Santa Monica, California, Us
    RESPONSIBILITIES• Responsible for running the Call of Duty business unit for Activision ANZ inclusive of commercial and marketing strategy and execution• Launched the most successful entertainment launch in ANZ history at the time ($16M in retail sales in 24hrs)• Established a relationship with Frucor Beverages that saw Modern Warfare 3 branding on 1.3M energy drink cans across Australia which was the first beverage partnership for Activision Blizzard in the Australian market• Negotiated with the relevant government bodies to ensure that the Modern Warfare 3 campaign was able to air a MA15+ advertisement during prime-time television; resulting in 1.7M targeted consumers seeing the advert on the night of ‘reveal' and a further 120,000 consumers accessing the Call of Duty website in the 8 hours post the ad running• This was a first for the local industry of which was copied by competitors in following years.
  • Activision
    Category Development Manager
    Activision Dec 2008 - Dec 2010
    Santa Monica, California, Us
    Responsible for channel, sales and trade activation strategies for Activision Blizzard. Managed 3 x direct reports (Trade Activation Manager, Sales Operations Manager, Shopper Insights Manager).
  • Activision
    Head Of Sales
    Activision Sep 2006 - Nov 2009
    Santa Monica, California, Us
    Led Activision sales organisation with 6 direct reports across National Acccount Management, Trade Marketing and Sales Operations.
  • Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
    National Account Manager
    Sony Computer Entertainment Europe 2002 - Aug 2006
    San Mateo, California, Us
    Responsible for the account management of Big W, Harvey Norman, DSE, GAME, and national distributors. Managed 1 x direct report.
  • Unilever
    Channel Activation Manager - Streets Ice Cream
    Unilever 2002 - 2004
    Blackfriars, London, Gb
    Responsible for the channel strategy for the "Out of Home" market (route trade, petrol & convenience, schools, theme parks, cinema). Managed 3 x direct reports.
  • Unilever
    National Account Manager
    Unilever Jan 2001 - May 2002
    Blackfriars, London, Gb
    NAM for Unilever Spreads on the Woolworths Account
  • Unilever
    Assistant Category Manager - Haircare
    Unilever Dec 1999 - Jan 2001
    Blackfriars, London, Gb
    Assisted in the development for the Unilever haircare category strategy and trade marketing plan

Mark Cole Skills

Trade Marketing Team Leadership Strategy Shopper Marketing Sales Project Management Product Marketing Product Launch Pricing Negotiation Marketing Communications Management Fmcg Customer Insight Competitive Analysis Account Management Advertising Distributors Marketing Marketing Strategy P&l Product Development Product Management Sales Operations Channel

Mark Cole Education Details

  • Western Sydney University
    Western Sydney University
    Applied Science (Environmental Science)
  • University Of Technology Sydney
    University Of Technology Sydney
    Business (Marketing)

Frequently Asked Questions about Mark Cole

What is Mark Cole's role at the current company?

Mark Cole's current role is Managing Director (ANZ, Taiwan/Hong Kong, SEAI) at Activision Blizzard.

What is Mark Cole's email address?

Mark Cole's email address is mcole@ea.com

What schools did Mark Cole attend?

Mark Cole attended Western Sydney University, University Of Technology Sydney.

What skills is Mark Cole known for?

Mark Cole has skills like Trade Marketing, Team Leadership, Strategy, Shopper Marketing, Sales, Project Management, Product Marketing, Product Launch, Pricing, Negotiation, Marketing Communications, Management.

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