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• Orchestrated North American PR demo outreach for Full Frontal Assault• Acted as the community’s voice within production departments• Oversaw re-design and development of InsomniacGames.com website, blog, and forums• Provided regular updates and reports to the rest of Insomniac about community team activities

• 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