James Stevenson Email & Phone Number

Burbank, CA

• Lead a team consisting of community manager, content producers, and web producer toengage Insomniac Games fans and create both marketing and community assets for outreach.
• Created Community outreach plans and programs to engage, reward and show appreciationfor Insomniac’s top community members.
• Active participant in gaming forums, social media and events.
• Traveled to press and community events and acted as camera-ready company spokesperson
• Coordinated with publishers for both Fuse and Ratchet & Clank to synchronize all marketing, pr,community and web outreach activities, while acting as day-to-day lead with the productionteam on deliverables and schedule
• Conceived and executed all elements of Ratchet & Clank 10th Anniversary Celebration

• Oversaw staff of over twenty employees in a department responsible for $12 million in sales revenue annually
• Developed Xbox 360 Sales Attachment strategy and training materials for every store in Kansas City/Nebraska District, own store was Top 50 in company at launch
• Created and executed business plans, trained employees on sales techniques, customer service and Best Buy procedures
• Hired and trained staff, and performed other management activities
• Hired as a seasonal employee, promoted to management position after 11 months in October 2005

• Covered games and technology for various outlets, including Laptop Magazine, Now Playing Magazine, Surge Magazine, Fandom.com, and Videogamers.com
• Traveled to numerous press junkets, industry events
• Provided feedback to developers on early builds

• Launched games coverage during re-launch of Cinescape and on Cinescape Online, edited content, and managed back-end of games site
• Quadrupled print magazine coverage, positioned outlet as a major player in consumer magazine game reporting
• Planned all games editorial content for the magazine