PR Manager
Freedom Games
PR Manager
Freedom Games is a game publishing company co-founded and staffed by industry veterans. We are looking to grow our team and are looking for talented and enthusiastic individuals who are excited about joining a startup environment.
As the PR Manager for Freedom Games you will be primarily responsible for ensuring that we are building and maintaining strong relationships with news outlets, influencers, and community members. We believe that developing engaging strategies around our games is essential to their success, and this role would be focused on supporting a robust marketing program that Freedom Games can leverage to make our games and developer studios as successful as possible.
Reporting to the head of marketing, your primary objective will be to find ways to build and support the games we publish in a manner that creates tangible positive outcomes for the developers and our business. This includes events, press releases, influencer and editorial campaigns, community engagement, and anything else related to sharing our mission, vision, and amazing indie games with the world.
We believe in working on great games with great people. Games aren’t just our business, they’re our passion! As we expand our team, we’re looking for people who can embrace that philosophy and help drive our business forward.
Key Responsibilities- Manage and maintain relationships with key influencers, members of the press, and community members
- Write and distribute press releases
- Execute marketing and press related promotions to highlight our games
- Work with the events team to have a physical and digital presence at most major game shows
- Ownership of KPIs related to external coverage
- Support of major event tent poles such as GDC, Gamescom, and PAX
- Ensure that developers and clients are consulted and informed about strategies and results
- Owner of public image of published titles digitally and physically
- 3-5+ years of experience in the video game industry or similar role
- At least 2+ years of gaming PR experience
- Strong familiarity with the most popular platforms for gaming communities (Steam Forums, Discord, YouTube, TikTok etc.) and news outlets
- A passion for supporting developers and their vision
- A strong passion for running and managing a portfolio of products and ensuring they succeed
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to multi-task and coordinate multiple projects/initiatives simultaneously
- 5+ years of experience in the video game industry
- Have helped shipped multiple indie titles on any platform(s)
- Experience with working with multiple game communities at one time
- You have a network of contacts within the gaming industry
- Experience with productivity tools (Asana, Trello, Jira)
If interested, please apply via this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf5iAFM6_RDvudlqNTWY8YN31CkX0Fz71aXkyFLvdw-k7GMIw/viewform?usp=sharing