Resume

Julian Broich

A highly-motivated and creative sales, product and submission manager with over ten years of experience and more than 100 successfully launched products including award winning and top ranked titles.

Experience

May, 2018
Now
Sales Manager at Headup GmbH in Düren, Germany
Jan, 2015
Apr, 2018
Head of Submission Management at astragon Entertainment GmbH and astragon Sales & Services (formerly rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH) in Mönchengladbach, Germany.
  • Main technical focal point for platform partners worldwide.
  • Responsible for serial key management, version control and gold master setup.
  • Technical support for producing and product management but also the external developer and team’s including code and artwork pre-checks.
  • Preparing and maintaining How-To documentation to ensure specific platform guidelines are being followed.
  • Supervision of all aspects of the submission and mastering processes to ensure that milestone and release dates can be hold.
Jan, 2007
Dec, 2014
Product Manager at rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH, in Mönchengladbach, Germany
  • Market research for new products and target groups for the company’s product line up.
  • Researching, reviewing & reporting on competitors & rival products.
  • Performing sales, trend, and profitability analysis.
  • Initial contract negotiations with potential partners and pitching game ideas to the higher management.
  • Developing market and budget plans and working with all departments executing.
  • Analyzing and contacting potential partners to establish new product partnerships (national and international levels).
  • Managing and coordinating external team’s including developers, localization services, art designers, manufacturers and QA using Scrum.
  • Stakeholder management including roadmap definition, milestone feedback and approvals.
  • Assisting community management and customer support to ensure the best customer experience possible.
Sep, 2006
Dec, 2006
Product Management internship at bhv Software GmbH in Neuss, Germany (Publisher for Consumer-Software)
May, 2006
Jul, 2006
Project Management internship at TMC Nordic AB in Stockholm, Sweden (Publisher and Distributor for Music)
Mar, 2006
Apr, 2006
Product Management internship at rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH in Mönchengladbach, Germany (Publisher for Consumer-Software)
Jan, 2005
Sep, 2005
Sales Manager at New Planet Group GmbH in Neuss, Germany (Logistic and Distribution)
Jan, 2002
Jan, 2005
Management Assistant in Wholesale and Foreign Trade at ilmas GmbH in Neuss, Germany (Logistic and Distribution)

Skills

  • Computing Working with Windows and Apple OS, MS Office (Excel, Word, Powerpoint, MS Outlook).
  • Software development / programming Basic knowledge in Apple Xcode, Android Studio, Unity and Unreal game engines but also in C#, HTML and Java.
  • Graphic and web design. Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver.
  • Wiki software. Confluence by atlassian
  • Languages. German native speaker, fluent in English speaking and basic Swedish language skills.

Education

Oct, 2005
Feb, 2006
University Duisburg-Essen
Communication Studies, Business Administration, American Studies
Sep, 2002
Jan, 2005
Business College Weingartstraße Neuss
Management Assistant in Wholesale and Foreign Trade
Business College average rating: 2.8
Chamber of Commerce final exam: 67/100 points
Aug, 1991
Jun, 2000
Janusz-Korczak-Gesamtschule Neuss
High school / A-levels
Aug, 1987
Jun, 1991
Elementary school - Leoschule Neuss

Interests

  • Sports Playing Football, table tennis, skating and doing top-rope climbing.
  • Drawing I enjoy drawing comic sketches and work with photoshop to create pixel graphics and artwork
  • Writing I am writing small articles for a gaming group in English language.
  • Programming Working with the latest game engines and learning how to code.
  • Travelling I am interested in different cultures, languages and people.