As an Associate Community and Social Media Manager (MENA), you'll build and grow gaming communities for Carry1st's mobile game portfolio.  Responsibilities include developing and executing engagement strategies across Discord, social media, and forums; creating and managing social media content (including video); collecting and relaying community feedback; organizing events, competitions, and tournaments; and analyzing performance metrics. This is a 12-month fixed-term contract based in North Africa (Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia) requiring a passion for mobile gaming and proven community engagement skills.

<p>Carry1st is Africa’s leading publisher of mobile games and digital content. Operating at the intersection of games, fintech, and web3, we scale awesome content in frontier markets by solving hard problems. We develop, license, and publish games and monetize them effectively with our proprietary platform. We are backed by blue-chip investors like: Andreessen Horowitz, Google, Riot Games, Bitkraft, and Nas.</p>

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<section aria-labelledby="job-description-title" class="styles--3vx-H" data-ui="job-description"><h2 id="job-description-title">Description</h2><div><p>Carry1st is Africa’s leading publisher of mobile games and digital content. Operating at the intersection of games, publishing, and fintech, we scale awesome content in frontier markets by solving hard problems.&nbsp; Across our publishing and Pay1st business lines, we are partnered with top global game companies like Riot Games, Activision, and Stillfront.&nbsp; We are backed by top investors like: a16z, Bitkraft, Google, Konvoy, Riot Games, Sony and Nas.</p><p>As a Community &amp; Social Media Manager, you will be responsible for building vibrant gaming communities around the Carry1st Shop and our games. You will play a key role in engaging gamers through grassroots efforts, events, and social media strategies.</p><p><strong>You will...</strong></p><ul> <li>Build and grow gaming communities for games in the Carry1st portfolio</li> <li>Develop and execute strategies to boost engagement across platforms like Discord, social media, and forums</li> <li>Create and manage social media content, including video production and publishing</li> <li>Collect and relay community feedback, suggestions, and concerns to internal teams</li> <li>Organise and promote events, competitions, and tournaments to drive engagement</li> <li>Track and analyse community and social media performance metrics, providing regular insights</li> </ul></div></section><section aria-labelledby="job-requirements-title" class="styles--3vx-H" data-ui="job-requirements"><h2 id="job-requirements-title">Requirements</h2><div><p><strong>What makes you a great candidate?</strong></p><ul> <li>Based in North Africa (Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia)&nbsp; with a strong passion for gaming, especially mobile games.</li> <li>Proven ability to grow and engage communities to meet business goals.</li> <li>Excellent written and verbal communication skills.</li> <li>Skilled in using platforms like Discord, and Facebook Groups, as well as community management tools.</li> <li>Comfortable using analytics to inform strategies and measure impact.<br> </li> </ul></div></section><section aria-labelledby="job-benefits-title" class="styles--3vx-H" data-ui="job-benefits"><h2 id="job-benefits-title">Benefits</h2><div><p><strong>What will it be like to work at Carry1st?</strong></p><p>Carry1st is a fast-paced and dynamic place to work. Our team is diverse and global as we operate fully-remotely across 25+ countries. At Carry1st, you will have the opportunity to…</p><ul> <li>Build awesome, industry-changing products, every day</li> <li>Grow with a VC-backed startup at the intersection of gaming and fintech</li> <li>Work from anywhere in the world with international teammates</li> </ul><p><strong>Some additional perks…</strong></p><ul> <li>Social events: Participate in regular company events to relax and connect with teammates</li> <li>Birthday leave: Enjoy a paid day off on your special day&nbsp;&nbsp;</li> </ul><p>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!</p><p><strong>Learn more about Carry1st…</strong></p><ul> <li> <a tabindex="0" data-role="button-link" class="button--2de5X button--14TuV tertiary--1JsWJ external" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" href="https://a16z.com/2022/01/19/investing-in-carry1st/">Andreessen Horowitz</a> shared why they invested in Carry1st</li> <li> <a tabindex="0" data-role="button-link" class="button--2de5X button--14TuV tertiary--1JsWJ external" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" href="https://venturebeat.com/games/carry1st-raises-27m-to-develop-and-publish-games-in-africa/">VentureBeat</a> announced that Carry1st has raised $27 million to develop and publish mobile games in Africa</li> <li> <a tabindex="0" data-role="button-link" class="button--2de5X button--14TuV tertiary--1JsWJ external" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" href="https://www.remerge.io/findings/podcast/ep-143-cracking-africas-mobile-gaming-market">Remerge</a> hosted Cordel on a podcast to discuss Carry1st and the African gaming market</li> </ul></div></section>