Industry Specialist C&I Agency-IEB-Kinect for Windows (806656) Job
Job Field: Legal Jobs
Location: REDMOND, WA
Salary: $-
Job Type: Part Time
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<td align="left"><font style="font-size: 100%;">Job Category:Marketing<BR>Location:Redmond, WA, US<BR>Job ID:806656-91251<BR>Division:Interactive Entertainment Business<BR><BR>Kinect is the fastest-selling tech device of all, changing the way people interact with the Xbox, and now Kinect is available for Windows. Press and analysts agree that Kinect for Windows is a huge opportunity for Microsoft, a shining and already successful example of our bright future of innovation. Rapidly, developers and partners are creating a whole new class of Windows applications using gesture and voice, and companies worldwide are exploring ways they will build on the Kinect for Windows platform to enhance their businesses, their products, and their relationships with customers. We believe we are at the beginning of a revolution in the way humans interact with computers. Want to help build the future? Read on:<BR><BR>We have identified interaction designers and creative agencies as a critical partner segment to help us grow our business, as they are being asked to provide the user experience behind many of the best-in-class Kinect-enabled solutions. Kinect for Windows offers creative agencies an opportunity to differentiate themselves versus their competition and expand their capabilities into a new category of experiences, and we want to foster and accelerate their success!<BR><BR>You will build programs, resources, and relationships to leverage the strength and influence of these agencies and partner with them in order to help us to achieve the following goals:<BR><BR>Mobilize agencies to help us to establish a category and cement it in the minds of our customers.<BR>Partner with interactive designers and creative agencies to enable the ecosystem to evolve more rapidly, which will drive commercialization of Kinect for Windows solutions<BR>Ensure we improve the quality of Kinect for Windows experiences in market by identifying the best agencies and matchmaking them with our many interested enterprise customers.<BR><BR>Responsibilities<BR>Developing the Creative/Interactive marketing channel in order to drive adoption and unit volume growth of the Kinect for Windows device, runtime, and SDK<BR>Fully leverage the Innovation capabilities of Interactive Agencies to grow Kinect for Windows product awareness and brand experience.<BR>Investigate and analyze the market opportunity to Identify and grow partnerships in emerging and untapped channels.<BR>Evangelize Microsoft as a leader in Natural User Interface technology and position Kinect for Windows as the standard for creating next generation user experiences.<BR>Provide thought leadership within the Kinect for Windows team on scaling through the partner and field ecosystems and additional go-to-market strategies.<BR>Drive coordination across Microsoft groups targeting shared partners/agencies, favoring a One-Microsoft message while maximizing the Kinect for Windows audience and monetization effort.<BR>Work collaboratively with Kinect for Windows Business Development peers to identify opportunities leading to growth in audience, pe </font></td>
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