Senior Community Manager (Gaming)

Location: Remote, candidates must be based in the UK or Ireland and have the right to work there. A suitable home-working setup is required; occasional travel may be required for team sessions, industry events, or visits with development partners.

Company

hirify.global is building a browser-based destination for licensed, high-quality games using web technologies such as WebAssembly and WebGPU, with tools for developers to publish, operate, and grow their games.

What you will do

• Own the community strategy and build the function, including channels, tools, success measures, processes, and future hiring.
• Grow and engage player communities across Discord, Reddit, social channels, and other owned platforms.
• Run influencer and creator campaigns with the growth team to support user acquisition and community engagement.
• Create social content, engage with players and developers, and represent hirify.global publicly with sound judgement.
• Plan and run community events and campaigns with third-party developers and upcoming games.
• Track community, social, and influencer performance and use data to refine acquisition and retention activities.

Requirements

• 3–5 years of experience in community management for games or a gaming platform.
• Deep knowledge of the gaming influencer and creator landscape, with a proven record of creator campaigns that grew a community or player base.
• Proven ability to use social media effectively, including clear examples of channels grown and results achieved.
• Deep familiarity with gaming communities and platforms such as Discord, Reddit, X, TikTok, YouTube, and Twitch.
• Excellent written communication and the ability to adapt tone for players, developers, and industry audiences.
• Strong judgement when representing a company publicly, including confidentiality, legal, and reputational considerations.
• Demonstrable experience handling community issues or difficult situations calmly and professionally.
• Ability to work independently and build a new community function without an existing team or playbook.
• Comfort working with data to measure community and social performance.
• Based in the UK or Ireland with the right to work there.

Nice to have

• Experience as the first community hire at a startup or new studio, ideally building a community ahead of launch.
• Experience working with third-party developers or publishers on community and launch activity.
• Familiarity with core and mid-core games and their communities.
• Comfort appearing on camera or streaming.
• Hands-on experience with Discord bots, moderation, social scheduling, and analytics platforms.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote-first work with autonomy, clear ownership, and outcome-driven expectations.
• Some flexibility in working hours is expected to support collaboration across the team.
• Occasional travel may be required for team sessions, industry events, or development-partner visits.
• Opportunity to shape an early-stage, AI-native gaming platform preparing for launch in 2027.