About Auroch Digital
Auroch Digital is a Bristol-based videogame developer with a passion for making games that relate to and deal with real-world issues. We work on original titles, partnerships, and work-for-hire projects – specialising in strategy, retro, porting and, digital tabletop games –including Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun, Brewmaster, and Mars Horizon.
Day in the Life of a Marketing Manager:
As a Marketing Manager at Auroch Digital, being proactive will be key in your role; you'll constantly be identifying marketing needs and collaborating closely with your teammates to support the execution of marketing strategies. You will immerse yourself in planning marketing activities and developing KPIs to measure campaign success, delivering comprehensive reports for all integrated marketing campaigns. Data analysis will be a vital part of your day-to-day, as you gather and analyse project data to shape your strategies effectively.
But, it's not all behind-the-scenes work; you'll also be the face of Auroch Digital across various social channels like Discord, Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn, engaging with our community, fostering positivity, and answering player questions alongside the development team. You will craft compelling social posts, including paid social activities, as well as create engaging TikTok content. You'll create social content that elevates the studio's visibility and culture, aiding recruitment efforts and strengthening B2B relationships. Additionally, you'll support internal community engagement initiatives and maintain relationships with press and content creators, ensuring Auroch Digital remains at the forefront of the indie gaming scene by staying updated on best practices through blogs, newsletters, and industry events.
Please note, you need to be UK based to be considered for this role. This role can be done remotely within the UK.
This is a fixed-term contract until 20th December 2024.
What you need to do this job:
Marketing experience within the Games industry, with a significant contribution to the launch of at least one title.
Experience managing an online community.
Experience writing and building marketing emails through software such as Mailchimp (or similar software).
Demonstrated ability to take ownership and responsibility for projects from planning to execution.
Excellent knowledge of current game marketing trends and gamer culture.
Experience of managing multiple stakeholders, working with them to optimise campaigns, and reporting back.
Use data and KPIs to assess integrated marketing campaign performance.
Ability to communicate confidently and effectively both verbally and in writing.
Interview Process:
At Auroch, we want a holistic and engaging interview process that allows us to get to know you, your skills and your potential. For our Marketing Manager role, we will do a 1 stage interview process with a task involved.
1st Stage: 1-hour with our Marketing and Comms Director and Lead Marketing Manager. You will be given a task prior to interview to complete and discuss. This task should take no longer than 30 mins to complete. We will talk with you about your experience, our expectations in the role and ask some competency-based questions. There will, of course, be opportunities for you to ask questions!
What’s in it for you?
Auroch also offers a highly personable benefits package which has something for everyone, no matter where you are in your career.
Financial: Annual bonus, flexible benefits allowance (to purchase add-on benefits marked*), salary sacrifice pension, employee referral scheme (up to £3,000), financial/home buying consultations, workplace ISA and other schemes for tech loans, cars, bicycles and much more!
Work-life balance: Flexible working, 21 free choice days holiday, bank holidays, birthday off, a duvet day raising to 4 with service, Christmas shutdown (Christmas Eve to New Year), options to buy or sell +5/-5 days annual leave*, and an optional 3 month unpaid sabbatical after 3 years service!
Health and Wellbeing: Dental insurance, income protection, life assurance, BUPA private healthcare*, leading EAP programs (Remote GP, Mental Health and Physio appointments), critical illness cover*, health cash plan* and funded flu vaccines/eye tests.
Personal Development: Structured My Development pathway, regular appraisals, annual salary reviews, access to Udemy learning platform, 5/8 learning days per annum (1 can be used as a volunteer day), award-winning L&D team and yearly attendance to the Sumo Developers Conference (link to video).
Extra Perks: A variety of in-studio perks, regular care packages, regular studio days out (family welcome), studio-led social activities (game jams, yoga, life drawing and more), sabbaticals (at 10 years service) and an annual gaming subscription.
*These benefits are part of our flexible benefits options and are opt-in selections.
Inclusion and Belonging at Sumo Group:
We are dedicated to growing a sustainable business that provides security to our people while delivering a first-class experience to our partners and players.
As a people business, the success of our people is the success of our company. We prioritise taking care of them with a focus on supporting them, nurturing their talent and providing a healthy, friendly, enriching, creative and safe environment in which to work.
Sumo's employee diversity group, PRISM, exists to promote diversity, inclusion, equity, equality & wellbeing across the company and plays a key role in Sumo's ongoing goal of fostering environments where all employees feel safe, welcome & represented.
Our charitable and community initiatives provide support for meaningful causes that matter to our employees, clients and partners.
We continue to work to improve diversity in our recruitment and promotion processes, and to actively encourage people from marginalised groups to consider a career in the games industry.
