Sr. Community Developer - Far Cry

Description

You will lead the global community strategy, building plans that keep players engaged both inside and outside the games.

The role grows communities around the company's games, improving player communication, feedback cycles and best practice.

You act as a strategic partner focused on global business growth and work with stakeholders across teams.

You will work with a distributed international team to build relationships and trust with players worldwide, and advise peers and cross-functional colleagues.

The company is a global games maker with teams around the world, creating original games across many franchises. The role sits within lead development studios and spans several cross-functional projects alongside Community Managers, Production, Marketing, Communication and content creators.

Responsibilities

• Build and run community strategy through varied content that supports Production goals and strengthens the overall marketing plan.
• Create meaningful content for players, such as blogs, podcasts, interviews and infographics, with help from Community Managers, cross-functional teams and partners.
• Coordinate messaging and activities across several global departments so communication stays consistent.
• Act as a spokesperson for one or more assigned brands.
• Organise community events, including fan studio visits, developer dialogue sessions and tournaments.
• Speak for player needs within Production and Publishing, shaping game experience and messaging.
• Shape player feedback cycles and share insights with Production and Publishing to improve retention and support messaging.
• Support betas, launches and other milestones so KPIs are met.
• Work with the portfolio Social Media Manager to define content KPIs and report on their success and ROI.
• Work with live teams on post-launch communication, setting expectations on patch content, status and delivery.
• Produce internal reports on community feedback, activity and expectations.
• Act as subject matter expert for the project and the wider Community team, mentoring Community Managers and peers.
• Make efficient, ROI-focused decisions with the resources available.
• Define best practices and share them across the Community team.
• Find and act on synergies between cross-functional teams.
• Lead transversal initiatives that support department objectives and key results.

Requirements

• Extensive experience managing online communities and leading strategic plans or programs, with proven results.
• Extensive experience in the gaming industry across several platforms and genres, including AAA launches (required).
• Extensive knowledge of social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and blogs (required).
• Experience in a demanding production setting with many deadlines, goals and stakeholders.
• Strong grasp of growing video game communities and building player engagement plans.
• Proven record of working with stakeholders to collect and act on player feedback.
• Fluency in French.
• Strong plus: experience in social media marketing.
• Strong plus: experience creating digital assets such as video, photos and podcasts.

Conditions

International travel may be required.

The company values diverse perspectives.