Principal Communications Manager, Bungie
$143-166k
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Video game studio
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Video game studio
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$143-166k
This pay range may be adjusted up to +/- 10% depending on location
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create hopeful worlds that inspire passionate player communities and lifelong friendships.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate has extensive background working with development teams and understands the nuances of game development
- 8+ years of experience in gaming, technology, or entertainment companies in a community role, with broad communications expertise. Deep familiarity and experience with live game franchises and their respective online player communities
- Established experience working in a communications capacity in a live service game environment
- Proven experience building and managing player communities
- Strategic thinker and a modern communicator with proven results that clearly drive commercial goals
- Concise communicator in presentation, verbal, and written copy, with the ability to transform complex ideas into consumer-friendly messages on deadline
- Experience finding proactive and creative solutions to unplanned challenges and changing objectives
- Ability to quantify results with sophisticated data analysis and metrics
- High level of organization with excellent time-management skills
- Crisis-management experience being able to anticipate upcoming situations, escalate a solution-driven plan, communicate to stakeholders and execute in a timely manner relevant to the crisis
- Bonus points for experience in related genres: first person shooters and live games
What the job involves
- Bungie is looking for a seasoned communications expert to lead our communications strategy for Destiny and Marathon, while also supporting clear and effective internal team communication efforts within Bungie
- This role is a key member of Bungie’s publishing and development team driving strategic alignment, innovation, and end-to-end execution attached to the GTM and commercial goals of our games
- This person will impart their deep communications knowledge to their team – working through individuals on cross-functional teams but also getting work across the finish line daily
- This role is a consummate strategist and able to deftly navigate even the most challenging of communication scenarios
- As the foremost communications expert on the team, they know how to tell stories and inspire diverse audiences - both internally to the team and externally to the players, across local and international regions
- Always thinking about the future, this candidate must have strong opinions, loosely held, on trends and insights into where channels, community, and the industry are heading
- This role craves innovation and isn’t afraid to try risky initiatives in service of breaking ground on the next hottest thing
- Proficient in both reactive and live settings, including on camera, this person educates and motivates their peers to do the same
- In close collaboration with Bungie’s development teams and publishing group, develop, manage and execute creative and strategic communications plan for the global launch of Marathon and daily Destiny 2 live game
- Partner with PlayStation Public Relations, Marketing and Communications teams to build synergies, global impact and team efficiency
- Help support effective internal Bungie communications across cross-functional teams with clarity and empathy to support organizational effectiveness
- Build trust with players worldwide by being an advocate internally and creating authentic and transparent communication for players in partnership with our marketing and community teams
- Create a data-informed culture among teams in idea conception and results. Seamlessly blends data and player insights into recommendations that secures cross-functional alignment and drives measurable, customer-oriented executions in partnership with business intelligence and analytics
- Articulate strategy but also roll up the sleeves and execute tactics as needed. Align strategy and results through effective collaboration across multiple teams
Our take
As one of the leading video game companies in the US, Bungie’s former titles have included bestselling game franchises such as Halo and Destiny, marking it as a next-gen studio that is keeping its finger on the next-gen games console pulse.
Bungie scaled up in the early noughties thanks to an acquisition by Microsoft, leading to a period where Bungie made games for a variety of consoles. In 2022, Bungie was bought by Sony for $3.6 billion, though it claims that it will still work across different platforms despite its owner’s lean towards PlayStation. Indeed, Sony has claimed to be buying Bungie for its help in entering the live service games market. In return, Bungie will also benefit from Sony’s buyout by scaling up its team for new game and DLC releases.
The most recent buyout of Bungie may also help it expand out from the video games market into different forms of media, including most recently, mobile apps and games. The future looks bright then, for Sony and Bungie’s partnership. Bungie, however, must make a point of retaining its singular identity within the gaming marketplace under Sony.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
19% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Jun 2018
$100m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $100m
Company benefits
- Contract and International FTE employees receive competitive benefits through their relevant contracting agency
- 20 days of accrued time-off in the form of PTO and sabbatical days, depending on the level of the position
- 10 paid Floating Days annually, prorated in the first year of employment based on start date
- 10 paid Bungie-observed holidays annually
- One hour of Paid Sick Time (PST) for every 30 hours worked
Company HQ
West Bellevue, Bellevue, WA
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Leadership
Pete Parsons
(CEO & Chairman)Currently Board member for Boys and Girls Clubs of Bellevue. Previously Co-Founder and Inventor of Meteor Solutions, Executive Producer at Microsoft.
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