 | Areae’s hiring more…April 18th, 2007 |
Specifically, we want a community manager. You may feel free to speculate on what that means regarding announcements! About the only thing that I would add to the below is to point out that as far as we’re concerned, the community job is one of the most important at the company. It’s our public face to our most important people, actual users. So this is a really important job, if you’re interested; we’re determined to treat community as a core competency. Details on the job:
Areae is on a mission to revolutionize virtual worlds and MMOs. We’re a venture-backed company in beautiful San Diego, and our investors share our passion and vision for the future of online gaming. Our core team includes veteran MMO developers with deep experience from online leaders like EA, Sony Online, and NC Soft, and we have developed and launched some of the world’s most successful online games to date including Ultima Online, Star Wars Galaxies and EQ2. We are currently looking for a Senior Online Community Manager to join our team and help develop the next generation of online gaming.
The Senior Online Community Manager will have proven experience in building, growing and nurturing a strong, positive community. Responsibilities will include:
- Be the main point of presence for multiple communities including both players and content creators.
- Develop information roll-out plans to foster community growth through the regular release of product features.
- Build positive relationships with key community leaders and product advocates.
- Help provide development direction by being the voice of the player community.Requirements
- 3+ years of experience managing large online communities
- Previous experience launching and building new online communities
- Professional written and verbal communication skills
- Experience managing remote contractors participating in community or content development
- Game design experience desirable
- Content development experience desirable
- Project management experience desirableAreae is an early-stage company and the candidate must thrive in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment and be willing to take on a variety of responsibilities.
If you’re interested in revolutionizing online gaming, we want to hear from you. Please send an email with your cover letter and resume to jobs@areae.net. We offer a competitive benefits package, including stock options.
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With this thought in mind and while visiting Raph Koster’s website today, I was reminded of a profession that might just possibly be the next stepping stone that I’m looking for. Raph mentioned that his game company is looking to hire more people and one of those people is a senior community manager. Now while I don’t think I can apply for their position, primarily because it looks like you need to work in San Diego (although I’m still not 100% sure), it still seems like I’m seeing a lot of
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[...] Areae is on a mission to revolutionize virtual worlds and MMOs. Were a venture-backed company in beautiful San Diego, and our investors share our passion and vision for the future of online gaming. Our core team includes veteran MMO developers with deep experience from online leaders like EA, Sony Online, and NC Soft, and we have developed and launched some of the worlds most successful online games to date including Ultima Online, Star Wars Galaxies and EQ2. We are currently looking for a Senior Online Community Manager to join our team and help develop the next generation of online gaming. The Senior Online Community Manager will have proven experience in building, growing and nurturing a strong, positive community. Responsibilities will include:Be the main point of presence for multiple communities including both players and content creators.Develop information roll-out plans to foster community growth through the regular release of product features.Build positive relationships with key community leaders and product advocates.Help provide development direction by being the voice of the player community. Areaes hiring on Raph Koster’s Blog [...]