Senior Communications Strategist (Contract) - Treyarch (Los Angeles)

Job Title:

Senior Communications Strategist (Contract) - Treyarch (Los Angeles)

Requisition ID:

R026633

Job Description:

Developing games since 1996, Treyarch is home to some of the industry's most creative video game development talent, as well as a culture that possesses a deep love of games and a player-first mentality. We’re looking for a Senior Communications Strategist who can help us take our passion for our community of players to the next level.

This role will be instrumental in forging an even deeper relationship with our global community, including day-to-day social content creation across our platforms to support the studio’s overall player-first comms strategy.

We're looking for someone who understands the game development process and has a proven track record of success in social media strategy and content creation, community management, and sentiment analytics/reporting. This person will also possess the ability to manage multiple projects against often demanding deadlines.

Please note that this is a contingent worker position and will be staffed through Volt, a staffing and workforce management company.

This role is a hybrid onsite work position, and the home studio for this role is in Los Angeles, CA.

What you’ll do…

• Ideate, create, and help execute campaigns across our spectrum of digital and social platforms to inform, engage, and grow our community of players. In the realm of social media and community management, you will have a great deal of latitude to bring new ideas to the table.
• Social copywriting with our players top-of-mind. You will develop content to inform and entertain our community on behalf of the studio and its games on social, as well as in blog posts co-authored with the Call of Duty Editorial team.
• Serve in a highly collaborative role, helping to bridge development and comms/marketing audiences across a variety of internal channels.
• Work with our Studio Comms, Live Ops, Digital, PR, Brand, Social, and Analytics teams on game comms initiatives.
• Assist with the creation of key messaging and FAQs.
• Serve as an active participant in our monitoring/analytics activities, helping to contribute to our greater understanding of community needs. Additionally, your work will help contribute to routine monitoring and reporting activities currently handled across the Studio Comms team.
• Work directly with members of the Studio Communications team and the development team to prioritize and collect the information needed to keep the community informed.
• Travel, especially in years with actively shipping Treyarch titles. Additionally, there will be the need to work flexible hours.

To succeed, you should have…

• A Strategic, Subject-Matter Expert: You possess a deep understanding of social media tools and platforms, and how to leverage them to cultivate a well-informed community. You understand how to pick the right kinds of conversations that drive the most impact – you see the bigger picture and know what makes a difference.
• A Passion for Communications: You are a student of best practices, always learning and looking to raise the bar. You love telling stories across different types of platforms in ways that surprise and delight players.
• A Multi-tasker: Working in the studio environment demands the need to be proactive and self-motivated in a team-focused environment. You excel at working individually or in a team environment, while balancing simultaneous projects.
• A Collaborator: You know the inner-workings of how communications teams work and how the dev environment functions, enabling you to make sense of who you’d need to work with to achieve a desired outcome. You’re also driven by the need to be accurate, honest, and transparent.
• A Player at Heart: Knowledge of Call of Duty and Treyarch games is expected, but like us, you love playing all types of games. Of course, deep franchise knowledge is a huge plus.
• 8+ years of experience in communications roles as a Community Manager, Social Strategist, or Social Media Manager, with at least several in gaming.

We’d love it if you also have…

• A Bachelor’s degree in communications, media studies, and/or journalism.
• Web, forum, and/or blogging experience a plus.

We love hearing from anyone who is enthusiastic about changing the games industry. Not sure you meet all qualifications? Let us decide! Research shows that women and members of other under-represented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they think they may not meet every qualification, when, in fact, they often do! At Activision Blizzard, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.

The videogame industry and therefore our business is fast-paced and will continue to evolve. As such, the duties and responsibilities of this role may be changed as directed by the Company at any time to promote and support our business and relationships with industry partners.

About Treyarch

Founded in 1996, Treyarch is a videogame studio whose purpose is to create awesome games for the world to enjoy. With this purpose in mind, we crafted the award winning Call of Duty: Black Ops series and pioneered the fan favorite Zombies mode.

At Treyarch, we empower the team to be individually driven to innovate on our games, processes, and culture. How we do things is just as important as what we do.

Studio culture and development, we believe it’s a team effort and that collaboration and hearing one another is key. Every day we face the large and small challenges together and every voice matters.

These values guide us in our mission to create moments that matter. Both to the players and to us, the creators. In an era where triumphs and defeats are readily shared, seeing players engage with our creations gives us great pride. Come help us create that next moment.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable assistance to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you are a disabled individual requiring an accommodation to apply for an open position, please email your request to accommodationrequests@activisionblizzard.com. General employment questions cannot be accepted or processed here. Thank you for your interest.

To learn more about our studio, please visit us at www.treyarch.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/treyarch, and @treyarch on Twitter.

Rewards

We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for ‘Every World’ - we’ve got our employees covered!  Subject to eligibility requirements, the Company offers comprehensive benefits including:

• Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance;
• 401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching;
• Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave;
• Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others;
• If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance.

Eligibility to participate in these benefits may vary for part time and temporary full-time employees and interns with the Company.  You can learn more by visiting https://www.benefitsforeveryworld.com/.

In the U.S., the standard base pay range for this role is $64,640.00 - $119,520.00 Annual. These values reflect the expected base pay range of new hires across all U.S. locations. Ultimately, your specific range and offer will be based on several factors, including relevant experience, performance, and work location. Your Talent Professional can share this role’s range details for your local geography during the hiring process. In addition to a competitive base pay, employees in this role may be eligible for incentive compensation. Incentive compensation is not guaranteed. While we strive to provide competitive offers to successful candidates, new hire compensation is negotiable.