Crowdfunding Manager

Description

We want you to #JOINTHEREBELLION!

We are looking for an engaged, proactive and experienced Crowdfunding Manager to join the board game and RPG publishing team. We are an award-winning publisher of Board Games, RPGs, Comics, Graphic Novels, Fiction and Non-Fiction including 2000 AD and Judge Dredd. We are also home to Solaris, an award-winning publisher of science fiction, fantasy and horror and Unplugged, publisher of the acclaimed Sniper Elite board game.

We’re actively growing our tabletop gaming division, Unplugged. We’re looking to recruit for the exciting role of Crowdfunding Manager, who will lead our campaigns across our table-top gaming and publishing divisions.

Based onsite at our Oxford office, or in a hybrid work pattern, the Crowdfunding Manager will be responsible for creating, developing and managing crowdfunding campaigns. This is a busy, varied and exciting role for the right candidate who will be required to deliver multiple campaigns throughout the year across tabletop gaming and occasionally comics.

This is a role for an ambitious crowdfunding professional, and an exciting opportunity to join an award-winning independent publisher.

Responsibilities:

• Work alongside the design and editorial teams to develop and produce exciting and engaging rewards and pledge levels that will be funded and delivered through crowdfunding sites, predominantly Kickstarter
• Work with designers, brief and deliver high-quality crowdfunding assets, such as pledge graphics, videos, blogs and more
• Write compelling campaign pages and updates to convert browsers into buyers
• Plan and deliver detailed crowdfunding multi-channel marketing plans, including paid for advertising (where necessary) and social media plans
• Manage a marketing and design budget for each crowdfunding campaign
• Engage influencers and press for pre- and post-campaign promotions
• Create BoardGameGeek pages to promote the upcoming campaign
• Manage live crowdfunding campaigns by responding to comments, updating the campaign page, answering messages and continuing to promote the campaign via marketing channels
• Create and manage post-campaign pledge managers
• Provide regular and informative post-campaign updates to backers to keep them informed on production timelines
• Deliver financial and shipping reports to the relevant departments when required
• Develop a flexible approach to each campaign in order to keep the campaign dynamic and the backers engaged

Requirements

• Experience of managing and delivering successful crowdfunding campaigns is essential.
• Experience in board game or RPG crowdfunding campaigns is highly desirable
• An understanding of current trends and opportunities within crowdfunding
• We want an individual that is passionate about tabletop gaming and can communicate that excitement to the community
• Must be able to manage multiple projects and manage workflow and time accordingly
• Experience managing budgets is desirable
• Experience in online marketing is desirable
• Experience with Adobe Creative Suite is desirable

Benefits

We offer an extensive benefits package to our team including:

• 22 days holidays + Christmas closure (typically 4 days) & Bank holidays (increasing with service at 5 years – one day each year until you reach 31 days)
• Private Medical Insurance, healthcare cash plan, including dental and Vision
• Life Assurance, Income Protection & Critical Illness Cover
• Enhanced Family Leave
• Interest Free, Tax-Free loans
• Enhanced Pension Scheme
• EAP a range of Mental Health and Wellbeing Support
• Plus loads more… including a wide range of discounts, freebies, and social events!

Life at Our Oxford HQ

Our riverside headquarters in Oxford places you a short walk away from the city centre. Renowned for its rich historical backdrop and esteemed educational institutions, Oxford offers a unique blend of tradition and modernity, with its beautiful architecture and green spaces.

Oxford also boasts excellent transport links, making it easy to navigate both the city and the wider country. The city’s train station, just a short walk from our studio, offers frequent services to London, as well as direct routes to major cities like Birmingham, Manchester, and Reading and we also offer free parking at the studio.

Our open-plan office promotes teamwork and innovation, with regular interaction with senior management and other departments, alongside access to free hot drinks, a handy tuck shop onsite and a range of local pubs, cafes and dining options nearby helping make every workday enjoyable!

Inside Rebellion

Whichever team you join at Rebellion we are proud of our open, friendly, and creative atmosphere. We love what we do, and we have fun doing it! As a big indie developer, we have complete creative freedom over our titles which allows us to work on a massive variety of projects across all the major platforms.

Our size, stability, and the variety of in-house expertise across multiple industries, makes Rebellion completely unique! We work in our own way, and we celebrate that as the key to our success. We foster an inclusive culture where you are encouraged to be yourself, to express your creativity and your talent. We are people focused and will support you in every way to can be the best at what you do. We recognise the importance of enjoying what you do and having a healthy work-life balance. We offer a friendly, creative, and relaxed working atmosphere, with sensibly managed projects and a wide variety of benefits and development opportunities for all our teams to ensure you are fully supported with your physical and Mental Well-being.

We are actively recruiting for a diverse team and continue to add to our culture of growth and inclusion. Rebellion encourages innovation in all areas, and we look forward to hearing how you can help us to be better. We encourage all demographics of culture, gender, ethnicity, neurodiversity and beyond, because a representative team makes better products.

If you are interested in working, but this role doesn’t sound quite like you, we’re recruiting for a range of positions across the studio and we’re always happy to receive speculative applications via our website. Visit our Careers website to view all our live vacancies.