About Ubisoft: Ubisoft is a leading producer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment products worldwide and has grown considerably through a strong and diversified line-up of products and partnerships. Ubisoft has teams in 28 countries and distributes games in more than 55 countries around the globe. It is committed to delivering high-quality, cutting-edge video game titles to consumers. For the 2007-08 fiscal year, Ubisoft generated sales of 928 million euros. To learn more, please visit www.ubisoftgroup.com.
Ubisoft is an EOE and offers competitive salaries and a complete benefits package
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. • Create community-focused assets such as video blogs, podcasts, interviews, 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. • Coordinate within Digital/International Marketing and Development to produce blog content and other dev team assets for community, as applicable. • 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. • 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 • International travel required
Qualifications: • 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 preferred • 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 • Foreign language and/or willingness to learn a plus.
About Ubisoft Ubisoft is a leading producer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment products worldwide and has grown considerably through a strong and diversified line-up of products and partnerships. Ubisoft is present in 28 countries and has sales in more than 55 countries around the globe. It is committed to delivering high-quality, cutting edge video game titles to consumers. For the 2008-09 fiscal year Ubisoft generated sales of €1.058 billion. To learn more, please visit www.ubisoftgroup.com. Ubisoft is an EOE and offers competitive salaries and a complete benefits package
