Publishing Product Director

As Publishing Product Director, you are the creative custodian of Crytek’s unannounced game, embedded with the game team to protect the vision and translate it into publishing-ready work. You align the game’s promise with marketing, communications, and community efforts, ensuring authentic, player-centric storytelling. You collaborate closely with top leadership to shape go-to-market plans and narrative across reveals, beats, and post-launch moments. This role offers a unique chance to influence both the game and its publishing success within a global studio culture.

• relocation budget and flights coverage to Frankfurt
• fully furnished company apartment for first three months
• public transport pass in Frankfurt
• gym membership at Fitness First
• state-of-the-art office in central Frankfurt
• hybrid working model with three days in office and up to two days remote

• Maintain the game’s creative vision, tone, and player promise and translate it into publishing-ready work
• Embed inside the game team as the daily bridge between game leadership and publishing
• Be the source of truth on the game’s identity and its implications for players across Marketing, Comms, Community, and Commercial
• Brief and review major marketing, comms, and community outputs for authenticity and alignment with the player story
• Collaborate with the Chief Publishing Officer and Brand & Marketing Director to shape go-to-market plans
• Drive franchise narrative and creative direction across reveals, beats, and post-launch moments
• Shield the game team from operational noise while translating publishing priorities into actionable work
• Maintain alignment between the game vision and player/market reality

• 8+ years at the seam between game development and publishing/marketing, with substantial time embedded in game teams
• Ability to translate creative vision into commercial activation with strong editorial judgment under pressure
• Fluency across business models (premium, live service, DLC, F2P) and multi-year roadmap strategy
• Cross-functional leadership and influence without authority across game and publishing teams
• Strong player insight, audience segmentation, and community fluency
• Driven, with capability to move from creative critique to commercial trade-offs
• Experience supporting or launching at least one major game or live-service title from inside the game team
• Proven trust with both game leadership and publishing leadership

• cross-functional collaboration
• strong editorial judgment under pressure
• communication and storytelling
• player insight and audience segmentation
• community fluency
• knowledge of multiple business models and roadmapping