Contract Community Manager

USA (On-site)

$31/hr – $55/hrSenior Level5+ years expContract

Posted 6 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the community engine for a gaming property, balancing engagement, feedback, and moderation while surfacing player needs to product teams and driving playtests and advocacy across Discord, social, and blogs.

  • Community ownership: build engagement, events and influencer partnerships to inform product decisions.
  • Feedback loop: organize insights and reporting to guide development priorities.
  • Advocacy and moderation: maintain safe spaces and voice players inside the company.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Community Engagement: Build and nurture a passionate gaming community by creating and maintaining strong relationships with players through various platforms such as Discord, social media, and in-game chats.
  • Respond to player inquiries, concerns, and feedback in a timely and helpful manner.
  • Organize and host community events, contests, and giveaways to drive engagement.
  • Content Creation: Create engaging and relevant content (static, and video) along with an internal art team for social media channels, Discord, and blogs.
  • Collaborate with the marketing team to promote game updates, events, and news within the community.
  • Feedback and Insights: Gather player feedback and insights to provide valuable input to the development team for game improvements and updates. This must be done in a highly organized and strategic manner that helps the development team understand what to prioritize.
  • Monitor community sentiment and trends to proactively address potential issues.
  • Establish a regular reporting structure to be used as guidance for the development teams.
  • Lead community playtests for upcoming releases. Understand what tools are required for organized playtests and onboarding.
  • Moderation and Enforcement: Set up, configure, and maintain Discord servers, including channels, roles, permissions, and bots.

Requirements

  • 5 years of proven experience in community management for video games or similar products.
  • Strong knowledge of gaming culture and trends.
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
  • Proficiency in social media management and community platforms (Discord, Reddit, etc.).
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
  • Enthusiasm for video games and a genuine passion for engaging with the gaming community.
  • Experience with project management tools such as Jira, Monday.com , or similar.
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Mob Entertainment

2.6 Glassdoor

Mob Entertainment is a startup multimedia studio that is best known for our hit indie horror game "Poppy Playtime". This franchise is one of the hottest new properties in gaming, and our team is naturally expanding as our ambition expands. To give a taste of our brand's popularity, more than 100 billion YouTube views of Poppy Playtime related content have occured since the game's launch 4 years ago.

Founded in 2015
Los Angeles, California, USA
251 employees (145 in marketing)
33% recommend to a friend

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
92.3K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
48.6%
Direct
35.4%
Referral
10.2%
Social
4.6%
Paid
0.9%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~251

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
31 (12% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
3

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