Community Manager

Gamemode One•Halifax, NS

31d•CA$60,000 - CA$75,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Gamemode One is a self-funded, values-driven studio with roots in Minecraft and growing ambitions beyond. We care deeply about our people-first culture that enables our best work. This role is on our small, talent-dense indie team. We’re developing an ambitious physics-based game in Unity; A chaotic sandbox adventure with strong moment-to-moment feel. In our growing organization, you’ll build and execute the pre-launch community strategy for our unannounced title, while helping define the game’s voice, tone, and community-facing brand presence. You’ll create and manage social content that drives awareness, engagement, and Steam wishlists, while building relationships with players, streamers, and influencers ahead of launch. You’ll bring your knowledge of strategic marketing, social media, and content creation. You’ll also learn more about indie game launch marketing, Steam-focused community growth, and the game’s audience. You will work closely with production, design, and QA to turn product context into consistent player communication. You won’t just be working on a great game, but actively shaping game reception and building a healthy player community.

Requirements

Community, social media, marketing, or communications experience that can be contributed to the role (mix of personal and professional experience is acceptable).
Confidence working on strategy and execution.
Ability to create content.
Ability to engage with communities.
Ability to make clear recommendations in a changing environment.
Ability to have a meaningful impact on how players discover, understand, and connect with the game before and after launch.

Responsibilities

Build and execute the pre-launch community strategy for an unannounced title.
Help define the game’s voice, tone, and community-facing brand presence.
Create and manage social content that drives awareness, engagement, and Steam wishlists.
Build relationships with players, streamers, and influencers ahead of launch.
Work closely with production, design, and QA to turn product context into consistent player communication.
Define the voice, tone, and community direction for the game.
Launch and manage the game’s social channels, including moderation and engagement.
Create and execute an announcement plan that outlines priority channels and beat hierarchy.
Develop and begin to execute a Steam wishlist strategy, setting wishlists-over-time targets with production.
Create social content using in-game material and collaborate with art on marketing assets.
Maintain consistent communication with production and design to keep community strategy scoped, informed, and aligned with project goals.
Support a strong festival presence through consistent content, community engagement, influencer outreach, and player communication.
Execute the launch and communications strategy for the game with increasing independence.
Sustain community momentum after the demo through ongoing engagement, updates, and player communication.
Own player-facing communications such as patch notes, sentiment updates, and community responses.
Work with the development and QA teams to bring player feedback into fixes, feature planning, and post-launch improvements.
Support early community and market research to support future in-development products.