Community Manager at Carry1st

Description

• Carry1st is the leading publisher of social games and interactive content in Africa. We work with studios across the globe - from Addis Ababa to Sofia to New York City - to level up their games and scale in dynamic, frontier markets. In addition to our full-stack publishing service, we’ve built a proprietary payments and ecommerce experience which allows customers to pay for digital content, even when they don’t have a credit card.
• As our Community Manager, you will be responsible for building community around Carry1st’s games. You will play an important role in executing our social media strategy and live operations of the games to engage our players in Africa and around the world.

You will:

• Create and deliver on our social media strategy across all of our games
• Partner with creative and localisation teams to create assets that resonate with players
• Analyze and improve the performance of the game's social media channels
• Grow content creators and influencer marketing of the game
• Plan, execute and track new initiatives, including content creators / influencers
• Monitor player and community sentiments to provide relevant feedback to game studios

Requirements
What makes you a great candidate?

• A passion for the video games industry, and for mobile games in particular
• 4+ years of experience in digital marketing on client side or top digital/advertising agencies
• Strong creative and editorial skills – including language localization
• Experience with social analytics across channels and ability to summarize data into insights
• Experience growing social communities and developing content on social platforms
• Creative, player first approach

Benefits
What will we offer you?

• The ability to reach millions of people on a daily basis
• Mentorship from champions in the industry
• Unlimited room for career growth with support along the way

Equity ownership

Carry1st is a remote-friendly company. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it's the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger. Join us!

To apply… email [email protected] with your CV, portfolio, and brief cover letter.

Learn more about Carry1st…
GamesBeat announced that Carry1st raised $6m to publish mobile games in Africa
Gamesindustry.biz interview with Lucy Hoffman about publishing landscape
TechCrunch announced that Riot Games and Konvoy Ventures back Carry1st in $6M Series A