Japanese + English Speaking Community Manager (MMORPG)

UK (Remote)

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Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own and grow the Japanese Soulbound community by building a native JP Discord presence, forging creator partnerships, and shaping culturally resonant communication and events.

  • Build and manage a dedicated Japanese Discord channel ecosystem with structure, roles, bots, and moderation.
  • Forge relationships with Japanese MMO-focused creators to feed partnerships and content pipelines.
  • Localise announcements and events with authentic, native writing that feels right to Japanese players.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Build and manage a dedicated Japanese channels on our Discord server from scratch, including channel structure, roles, bots, and moderation
  • Develop a Japanese community growth strategy targeting MMO players, guild leaders, and content creators
  • Identify, reach out to, and build relationships with Japanese YouTubers, streamers, and content creators who cover MMOs, pixel art games, or cozy games
  • Engage with Japanese gaming communities on platforms like Twitter/X (JP gaming Twitter is massive), Niconico, YouTube, and 5ch/game forums
  • Work with Japanese MMO guilds to bring organised groups into Soulbound. Understand how JP guild culture differs from Western guild culture and leverage that
  • Localise community announcements, patch notes, and event communications. Not machine translation. Native-level writing that feels right to a Japanese audience
  • Run community events tailored to Japanese player culture (housing contests, guild showcases, seasonal events that resonate locally)
  • Prepare weekly reports on Japanese community sentiment, growth metrics, content creator pipeline, and cultural insights the team should know about
  • Act as the cultural advisor to the wider team on anything related: what resonates, what doesn't, how to avoid missteps
  • Coordinate with our Community Director on cross-community events and consistent messaging
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Soulbound

Based in London, Soulbound is built by a team of game enthusiasts - including ex-Blizzard, Jagex, and Epic Games talent - working to revolutionise gaming by delivering experiences that surpass expectations of what video games can be.The team are currently developing 'Worldwide Webb', a pixel art MMORPG that seamlessly blends old-school nostalgia with modern aesthetics and technologies to immerse players in a vibrant new world.Having recently raised $10 million in investment, the team are building on solid foundations to bring their vision of Worldwide Webb to life.

Founded in 2021
London, England, GBR
20 employees (8 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
127.9K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
53.6%
Direct
33.5%
Referral
8%
Social
3.9%
Paid
0.8%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~20

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
2 (10% of company)

Funding

Total Funding
$10M
Last Raise
$10M
Series A, 3 years ago

Funding History

  • Feb 2023
    Series A • $10M