Community Program Coordinator, Pokémon GO

3 Months ago • 1-2 Years • Community Management • $77,800 PA - $96,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

Niantic's Marketing department seeks a Community Program Coordinator for Pokémon GO to build and support community programs. Responsibilities include managing the Community Ambassador Program, coordinating online/offline events, ensuring efficient program operations, maintaining documentation, sourcing user-generated content, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate has 1-2 years of experience in community management or event planning (gaming industry preferred), strong communication skills, and proficiency with relevant tools. They must be detail-oriented, able to manage multiple projects, and work in a fast-paced hybrid environment.
Must have:
  • Community management experience
  • Event planning skills
  • Pokémon GO knowledge
  • Discord, CRM, Google Sheets proficiency
  • Cross-functional team collaboration
  • Strong communication skills
Good to have:
  • Brand ambassador management
  • Large Discord server experience
  • Project management tools (Asana, Trello)
  • Knowledge of additional gaming and community trends
Perks:
  • Bonus
  • Equity
  • Benefits

Job Details

Niantic’s Marketing department seeks a Community Program Coordinator to help build and support community-focused programs for Pokémon GO. In this role, you'll champion our community efforts by helping ensure smooth day-to-day operations of our community programming and assisting with broader initiatives that build engaging and memorable experiences for our players. You'll play a pivotal role in creating innovative and impactful experiences that inspire millions of players around the globe to connect with their communities through Pokémon GO. If you’re passionate about bringing people together, love the challenge of planning dynamic events, and thrive in a collaborative, fast-paced environment that requires you to balance multiple projects at once, we’d love to hear from you. Join us in shaping the future of real-world gaming communities!

Responsibilities

  • Support the day-to-day management of the Community Ambassador Program, responding to inquiries, gathering feedback, and keeping the community up to date.
  • Help coordinate and run online and offline community events, including scheduling, promoting, and coordinating with external communities.
  • Responsible for the daily operations of community programs, ensuring everything runs efficiently and is in line with broader strategic goals.
  • Maintain documentation related to community programs and communication strategies.
  • Source user generated content from a wide range of diverse communities to support marketing and creative design efforts.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional team members and stakeholders, including regular and reliable attendance and participation in meetings.
  • Required in-office 2 days on Wednesdays and Thursdays.

Qualifications

  • At least 1-2 years of experience in community management or event planning, preferably in the gaming industry. (Volunteer experience leading large communities, gaming guilds, and other similar groups may be considered)
  • Able to quickly learn, adopt, and reliably use new tools, technologies, and processes with existing proficiency with Discord, CRMs, Google Sheets highly preferred.
  • In depth knowledge of Pokémon, Pokémon GO, and adjacent communities. (Knowledge of additional current gaming and community trends is highly preferred)
  • Demonstrated experience coordinating virtual or in-person events, handling logistics, managing timelines, and resolving issues.
  • Ability to engage diverse audiences in an inclusive and friendly manner.
  • Strong attention to detail, time management, and multitasking abilities.
  • Able to work non-traditional and on-call hours to support events and activations.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced hybrid environment and handle stress appropriately and/or ability to solve practical problems and be sufficiently adaptable to handle dynamic situations with little advance notice.
  • Experience working on cross-functional teams with ability to communicate effectively through written and verbal communications, including asynchronous interactions with others.

Plus if...

  • You’ve managed brand ambassadors (or been one).
  • You have successfully launched, managed, or moderated a Discord server with thousands of active participants.
  • You have experience with project management tools (e.g., Asana, Trello).

The total compensation package for this position includes a new hire offer base salary range of $77,800.00 - $96,000.00 + bonus + equity + benefits.

Individual pay within this salary range is determined by work location and additional factors, including assessed job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can answer any questions about new hire total compensation during the hiring process. An overview of benefit offerings for your location can be found on the careers page.

Join the Niantic team!

Niantic's global-scale augmented reality platform and digital map powers spatial computing experiences in the real world. Incubated out of the Maps team at Google, Niantic first created Ingress and then Pokémon GO, a cultural phenomenon and hit game played by tens of millions of people each month. Niantic’s Lightship platform, which powers Pokémon GO, also supports the company's other games including Pikmin Bloom, Peridot and Monster Hunter Now. Developers use Niantic’s platform to build their own AR applications and experiences, either with the Lightship Platform or directly through the web with 8th Wall.

We believe that cultivating a workplace where our people are supported and included is essential to creating great products our community will love. Our mission emphasizes seeking and hiring diverse voices, including those who are traditionally underrepresented in the technology industry, and we consider this to be one of the most important values we hold close.

Niantic is a hybrid first company. We believe that in person interaction and collaboration fosters creativity, a sense of community, and is critical to our future success as a company. Our hybrid work schedules allow for a mix of remote and in-office work.

We're a hard-working, fun, and exciting group who value intellectual curiosity and a passion for problem-solving! We have growing offices located in San Francisco, Sunnyvale, Palo Alto, Bellevue, Kansas, London, Tokyo, Hamburg, Hyderabad, and Zürich. #LI-HYBRID

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Niantic inspires people to explore the world, together. Our mission is to use emerging augmented reality (AR) technology to enrich our experiences as human beings in the physical world. Originally formed at Google in 2011, we are now an independent company with a strong group of investors including Nintendo, The Pokémon Company, and Alsop Louie Partners. We have offices located in San Francisco, Sunnyvale, Seattle, Lawrence, Los Angeles, Tokyo, London, Hamburg, and Zurich. 

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