Mad Catz is committed to creativity, industry-leading innovation and design excellence. Think you have what it takes to be a part of this team? We may have an opening for you. Click on the job titles below for more information.

Interested in working at Mad Catz? Send your resume to jobs@madcatz.com

Available Positions:

San Diego, CA, USA

• VP, Online Media and E-commerce
• Graphic Designer
• Product Manager
• Industrial Designer – 3D

Hong Kong

• IT Technician

Europe (Milton Keynes or Bristol)

• Regional Marketing Manager

VP, Online Media and E-commerce

Mad Catz is a worldwide leader of innovative peripherals in the interactive entertainment industry. Products of Mad Catz are marketed and sold worldwide under the brands of Mad Catz, Saitek, Joytech, and AirDrives. We are seeking energetic, outgoing professionals who value teamwork, creativity and a casual yet fast-paced work environment.

The Vice President of Online Media and E-commerce is responsible for the strategic direction and overall management of global online media, web marketing, and e-commerce. This position serves as the evangelizer, innovator, general manager, and hands-on leader of the digital channel. A key component will be to build communities, drive traffic and ultimately sales growth through effective digital media tools and strategic partnerships to achieve corporate objectives.

Responsibilities

• Reposition the GameShark.com website into a profitable PC/videogame content site, including growth of online advertising and other revenue streams
• Oversee and grow profitability of the Store.GameShark.com web stores, with emphasis on broadening the sites into leading PC/videogames-focused accessories web stores in addition to serving as a major e-commerce channel for Mad Catz group products
• Develop web communities to support brands, develop for user experience, online functionality and infrastructure needs, including partnerships with and use of appropriate technologies.
• Manage direct team of 4 and partner with community evangelists
• Ensure the day-to-day effectiveness of websites: navigation, search functionality, branding, content, and product presentation and manage corporate sites
• Oversee hosting and infrastructure
• Own the global Mad Catz group online P&L

Qualifications:

• Experience building a profitable online consumer business
• Bachelors Degree in related field (MBA is highly preferred)
• 10+ years of Strategic Marketing with a focus on web and digital media
• Experience in developing online communities and marketing programs - online advertising, email and viral marketing, social network marketing, blogging, PR, etc.
• Working experience in national and international brand and product marketing
• Ability to start new enterprises and recognize new online business opportunities
• Outstanding interpersonal/communications (oral and written) and analytical skills, with demonstrated leadership skills
• Experience in building effective and productive working relationships across teams and organizational boundaries.
• Passion for video games, energetic and highly motivated to help a company win in a very competitive, dynamic and fast-paced environment

Mad Catz offers competitive salaries and excellent benefits. If you possess the professional talent and meet the above mentioned qualifications, and you think you’ve got what it takes, send your resume to jobs@madcatz.com

Please include job title in the email subject field; local candidates preferred.

Graphic Designer

Mad Catz, Inc. is a worldwide leader of innovative peripherals in the interactive entertainment industry.
We are seeking energetic, outgoing professionals who value teamwork, creativity and a casual yet fast-paced work environment.

This is an opportunity to learn and develop a sales career in the gaming and entertainment industry!

The entry-level Graphic Designer requires a reliable, detail oriented yet visionary individual who possesses strong credentials in art & design, as well as the ability to manage a design project from concept through finish. It also requires a style that can flow from corporate to stylistically cool. The position offers a huge variety of responsibilities including: corporate branding, brochures, marketing collateral, identities, packaging, web design and Flash a plus, etc.

Qualifications:

• Experience with Mac-based Adobe PhotoShop CS, Adobe Illustrator CS3, Adobe InDesign or QuarkXpress, and/or other graphic software
• Understanding of web based design with Flash experience
• Understand the process of an advertising and/or design studio
• Have at least three years experience in the electronic entertainment or interactive industry
• Have a great attitude and can work under very tight/pressure deadlines
• Knowledge about page-layout, third-party extensions, pre-press, press and bindery issues.
• Working knowledge of graphic imaging systems, scanning devices and print production
• 4+ years of related education, graphic design

The ideal candidate will have the ability to turn source material into an effective, coherent, integrated whole. Highly developed artistic, organizational, technical and strategic skills a must. Will create packaging, user's guides, brochures and other communication pieces. Must be able to produce polished packaging comps. Some experience in directing, photographers and illustrators necessary.

Send online portfolio for review and consideration.

Product Manager

Mad Catz, Inc. is a worldwide leader of innovative peripherals in the interactive entertainment industry. We are seeking energetic, outgoing professionals who value teamwork, creativity and a casual yet fast-paced work environment.

The Product Manager (PM) is the company’s product expert. This position will focus on console and handheld gaming accessories and be responsible for planning and leading the development efforts of new products from the concept state to production ready. To implement these goals the Product Manager works closely with all departments including Industrial Design, Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain/OPS, sales, and Creative Services.

Responsibilities:

• Develop, document and communicate 18 month roadmaps
• Translate consumer needs into the necessary design briefs, MRS, PRF, and other necessary documents to ensure development team can design, build and package product.
• Act as liaison and technical interface between marketing and other departments including engineering, QA, and manufacturing.
• Stay current with technology trends
• Competitive product analysis and expertise
• Factory and Asia interface during development
• Project Management
• Product validation (commercial, usability, market/competitive)
• Provide training and support marketing managers (globally)

Qualifications:

• Marketing, engineering or development related degree
• 4+ years successful Product Management or Project Management Experience; international product experience a plus
• Expertise with the product development process, schedule, and product profitability
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes, project management, tooling, and product costs
• Ability to capture consumer requirements technical information in a spec
• Exposure and passion for a wide array of video technologies and digital entertainment
• Experience evaluating and improving product
• Ability to drive schedule and delivery of features via charismatic leadership
• International and domestic travel required.

Other skills include:

• Strong verbal and written communication with all departments and management levels.
• Ability to organize and present information in a professional concise manner to build consensus and facilitate decision making
• Motivated self-starter capable of working within cross disciplinary teams in an autonomous environment
• Genuine affinity for console video gaming and familiarity Microsoft Xbox 360, Sony PS3 and Nintendo Wii

Industrial Designer – 3D

Mad Catz, Inc. is a worldwide leader of innovative peripherals in the interactive entertainment industry. We are seeking energetic, outgoing professionals who value teamwork, creativity and a casual yet fast-paced work environment.

The Industrial Designer is the company’s product design expert. The position is responsible for driving innovative design with a goal of creating competitive advantage for Mad Catz through design. The role has an emphasis of bringing 2D design into the 3D realm for self generated concepts as well as from other ID resources. To achieve these goals the Industrial Designer works closely with Engineering, Manufacturing, and Creative Services.

Responsibilities:

• Aesthetic and ergonomic design of new products including:
• 3D surface modeling and prototyping
• 2D concept generation, exploration and evaluation
• Initiate concept design and champion innovative products to team members
• Define color pallets for new products and updates to existing products
• Partner with product development and product marketing on:
• Competitive product reviews
• Market trends
• Product definition – Aesthetics, functionality, ergonomics, usability.
• Design support for Product Requirement Documents (product specification) and Marketing Requirement Documents
• Demographic specific design objectives (i.e. target age or gender)
• Partner with off-site engineering and manufacturing resources to achieve:
• Proactively design for manufacturing, cost conscious design, and cost re-engineering
• Leverage organizational capabilities to seek design and concept input
• Prototype creation and evaluation
• Design to cost

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Design or Mechanical Engineering
• 3- 5 years of experience designing wide variety consumer electronics and accessories
• Strong background with 3D CAD surface modeling (SolidWorks, Maya, 3D Max, or comparable tools)
• Ability to convert sketches to orthographic drawings/3D models
• Rapid prototyping technology experience
• Thorough understanding of tooling and design for manufacturing
• Capable of refining multiple design objectives into quick concept sketches for team evaluation
• Design for target customer or demographic
• Must be able to travel both Internationally and domestically

Other skills include:

• Motivated self-starter capable of working within cross disciplinary teams in an autonomous environment
• Ability to organize and present information in a professional concise manner to reach quick consensus and decisions
• Genuine affinity for consumer electronics and gadgets.

IT Technician, Hong Kong

• Desktop user support including hardware and software installation/update/upgrades.
• Quickly and accurately troubleshoot and resolve incidents with Windows XP, MS Office Suite, Adobe Suite, and other user applications
• Coordinate responses with IT staff, external support providers, and other Mad Catz staff
• Supporting corporate IT infrastructure including LAN/WAN services, Windows servers and firewalls.
• Accurately document resolutions and incident details in service management system
• Utilize imaging software (such as Ghost) to maintain standard images of desktop and laptop configurations and keep Windows security updates up to date
• Set up and deploy new desktop and laptop systems in a timely fashion and install all required software
• Set up user accounts for network, email, phone, voicemail system, and Active Directory
• Maintain corporate anti virus and anti spy ware systems
• Work with Network Administrator for network incident troubleshooting and resolution
• Monitor daily activities and logs such as backup systems and document/report problems

• Fluency of written and spoken English and Chinese/Mandarin, a must.
• Higher Diploma in Computer Science or related disciplines preferred with A+, MCP, HDI, other relevant certifications; or equivalent
• 3+ years experience providing support to a diverse user group, including remote users
• 3+ years working experience in system and network administration.
• Familiar with LAN/WAN environment with Windows servers, Windows and Macintosh clients, site-to-site VPN connections.
• Hands on experience managing users within an Active Directory environment
• Experience with Great Plains or similar applications, a plus
• Ability to work as a team member within a global environment, yet independently troubleshoot and resolve most support incidents
• Ability to communicate effectively with Mad Catz technology users both verbally and through email and the service management system
• Ability to provide end user training on commonly used applications and procedures such as remote connections and backup
• Ability to lift, carry, and move IT equipment
• Travel to company sites in Southern China is required.
• Great attitude, flexible, adaptable, and willing to help out where needed.

Regional Marketing Manager, UK

• Present, set-up and launch new products within the UK sales territory, requiring excellent presentation skills and a thorough understanding of Microsoft Excel.
• Work with the European Marketing team to regularly update, co-ordinate and rationalize work-flow within the team.
• To devise and clearly communicate compelling sales propositions on a local and European level
• To plan and co-ordinate product launches
• To manage product life-cycle with operations team

• Degree-level qualified.
• CIM qualification preferred with 2+ years relevant marketing experience
• Ideally with experience in video gaming / pc accessories markets
• Excellent presentation skills
• Thorough knowledge of Microsoft Excel for data analysis purposes.
• Must be customer focused with a strong sense of urgency. Frequent interaction with users in all departments requires outstanding communication, presentation, administration, patience, and strong interpersonal skills.
• Able to perform as an effective contributor in a team oriented environment and accomplish desired results while working with minimal supervision.
• Must be able to travel as required within Europe and to US