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COMMUNITY MANAGER FOR THE FASTEST GROWING ONLINE GAMING COMPANY at Spin Master Studios
Description
COMMUNITY/MARKETING MANAGER
(2 Positions Available)
Spin Master Studios, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Spin Master Ltd., the 5th largest toy company and one of the most successful children’s entertainment companies in North America. The Studio is focused on creating and publishing world-class interactive products such as online virtual worlds, games, and immersive web destinations.
Headquartered in Los Angeles, Spin Master Studios is comprised of a team having strong experience in the video games and web industry, and is continuing to expand. In Fall 2008, the Studio will release it’s first and highly anticipated property, a massively multiplayer online virtual skating community based on the popular Tech Deck® line of finger skateboards. See: www.techdecklive.com
We need 2 Community Managers to join our growing company. The Studio is located at West L.A. just outside of Culver City. If you are interested in making an inspired and strategic career move, send resumes in word format to jobs@spinmaster.com and inidcate COMMUNITY MANAGER in the subject line.
Primary Responsibilities
· Oversees a website that features content relating to the MMOG and by extension the retail toy line, community-generated content, forum discussions, downloads, and other interactions with the community.
· Collaborates with Marketing, Design, and Production to ensure that community feedback is addressed.
· Helps develop community assets such as videos, podcasts, developer interviews, product updates, game tips and tricks.
· Maintains consistent presence and promotes user-friendly environment on community message boards.
· Works in collaboration with the Marketing, Quality Assurance and Customer Support teams to ensure a positive player experience.
· Helps conduct private and public tests to gather community feedback that will help improve final product quality.
· Communicates with fan sites and seeks out advocates within the game to empower the community to evangelize the brand.
· Drafts and distributes community reports including community reaction, metrics, and research.
· Assists with the company's involvement in trade shows, exhibitions, and other events.
· Collaborates with other community team members.
· Constantly evaluates workflow with respect to strategy of driving free players to become paid subscribers and keeping paid players coming back for more.
· Generates reports regarding the online community and customer reviews; analyzes the results.
Qualifications
· BS degree in Marketing, Communications, Public Relations or equivalent experience
· 3+ years community experience, social networking, and/or marketing experience required
· Proficiency with online community platforms, social networking sites, web 2.0 content creation and dissemination.
· Strong understanding of popular social networking trends.
· Knowledgeable on latest technologies and techniques used in building and maintaining successful gaming communities.
· Drive to innovate community practices and bring community management to the next level.
· Proven history of maintaining and developing an online community.
· Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
· Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
· Ability to take initiative, think strategically, speak up, ask questions, and have fun.
· Proficiency in Excel a plus.
· Love of skateboarding a plus!
Details
Location: Los Angeles (West), California United States
Type: Full Time
Posted: 22 Aug 2008
Contact Information
Email: jobs@spinmaster.com
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