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NEWS: Yakuza Game Director Toshihiro Nagoshi Steps Down as Sega CCO




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fuuma_monou



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PostPosted: Mon Feb 01, 2021 1:42 am Reply with quote
What's the difference between "chief creative officer" and "creative director"?
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 01, 2021 4:16 am Reply with quote
Looks like there's more to this.....

https://twitter.com/serkantoto/status/1355122710142021636
https://twitter.com/serkantoto/status/1355122712000139270

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1) It's not only Nagoshi.

Sega announced they will be reshuffling the management layer overall and also changing the structure of the company to integrate corporate functions between Sega and Sammy - all from April 1.

2) April 1 is when the new fiscal year for a lot of Japanese companies starts.

It is normal for companies here to announce changes in the organization a few weeks prior to that date, but Sega's case is different: the company has been shedding skin for several months now.
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Maciste



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PostPosted: Mon Feb 01, 2021 12:39 pm Reply with quote
fuuma_monou wrote:
What's the difference between "chief creative officer" and "creative director"?


In case of Sega, I'd say their Creative Directors are unit leads. Each unit handling the development of a certain project, e.g. a game. A CCO is the head of all (Executive) Creative Directors and the top dog of the creative department in a company.
Coming from someone working as a Senior Copywriter in an ad agency, it should go something like this: Trainee > Junior > Professional > Senior > CD > E(xecutive)CD > CCO.
So in Toshihiro Nagoshi's case, he will be taking an active role in the actual creation.
Yes, it's a step down, but maybe he wanted to be "back in action" again (?)
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