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Ubisoft, a global leader in the video games and entertainment software industry, is currently seeking a full-time Community Developer who will work onsite within the development team reporting remotely to the Digital Marketing group. This person will provide a strong connection between the gaming community and the development team managing key aspects of communication, asset development and working to expand the game experience. He/She will work with multiple departments worldwide.
Responsibilities:
• Work with Digital Marketing Manager to determine the gaming community status and needs for the assigned product or franchise.
• Represent the stated community needs to the Development Team
• Manage post launch support communication in conjunction with Digital Marketing to set expectations on applicable situations such as patch content, status and delivery.
• Coordinate within Digital Marketing and Development to produce blog content and other dev team assets for community, as applicable.
• Develop and manage mod-making community
• Develop and manage successful betas and report internally on community feedback to improve final product
• Coordinate events involving studio visits from fans, chats with Development Team, and tournament support
• Create community-focused assets such as video blogs, podcasts, annotated screenshots and game tips and tricks.
• Implement and monitor metrics to evaluate success and ROI of community /online projects and initiatives.
• Coordinate communication with multiple departments for consistent messaging.
• International travel required
• Passion for gaming and knowledge of online communities mandatory
• Extensive gaming experience with multiple gaming platforms and genres mandatory
• Ability to write basic HTML, with 1 year of web production experience minimum. Experience with content management system(s)
• Strong, demonstrated writing skills mandatory
• Extensive knowledge of Internet tools such as IRC, ICQ and online game chat functions preferred
• Forum moderation experience
• Experience either running a fan site or participating in an online gaming clan or guild a plus
• Proven skill with MSOffice and Adobe suites; ability to learn proprietary software packages as needed
• Very good English skills
Ubisoft is one of the leading publishers of game software worldwide.
The industry definition of publisher includes three core activities: development (i.e. the creation of game software), publishing (i.e. the acquisition of rights to games and of external licenses as well as product marketing) and distribution (i.e. the physical delivery of the final product to all types of retailers).
Since it was founded in 1986, Ubisoft has gradually and successfully integrated these three core activities. The company now has development teams of exceptional quality, acknowledged expertise in marketing and global distribution channels, with offices in 22 different countries.
Around 2.000 employees all work toward a common goal: the creation of high-quality games for a growing and increasingly demanding audience of gamers.
