Javier Rico Email & Phone Number

El Segundo, California, Us

Company owner, founder, creative director, and producer.

Build community and influencer strategy for the next major game update of MEGATON MUSASHI W: WIRED.Research and discover influencers to sponsor and live-stream the gameLead communication, contract/price negotiation, and execution of influencer work for the gameRecommend SOP and lead the creation of a new structure within KANAREY working with Brand and Finance leads

Vancouver, British Columbia, Ca

Leading and managing all external communications via our social and community platforms for The Long Dark game.Building strategy, policy documents, standard operating procedures, and planning for future growth of the team.Key Contributions:Streamlining priorities of our social and community efforts.Executing all external comms to social and community platforms.

Encino, California, Us

Devised and implemented social media and communication campaigns to align with marketing strategies.Provided comprehensive support to game developers with managing closed playtest sessions.Key Contributions:Created engaging, high-quality, and original social media content for studio social presence.Trained, mentored, and guided one direct report focusing on accelerating learning curve.Planned and developed robust community plans for upcoming unannounced game titles.Collaborated with the development team to gain in-depth understanding of games in development, generate new ideas, and leverage better and more unique ways to build and grow community.

Los Angeles, California, Us

Oversaw all aspects of brand’s online community, serving as lead point of contact within social media community to engage and provide support to all community members.Key Contributions:Led cross-functional team of four members to support video game, tabletop, editorial, and movie trivia branches of Skybound.Served as publisher for Striking Distance Studio’s “The Callisto Protocol” focused on building community of followers and increasing engagement.

Irvine, California, Us

Adopted new interview techniques, developed strong onboarding process, and created learning and growth opportunities for junior and mid-level professionals.Produced live stream programming and content creator programs aimed at boosting community engagement.Key Contributions:Built and directed top-performing team of seven community managers from ground up, in charge of 40+ social channels and their communities.

Irvine, Ca, Us

Interdisciplinary marketer who knows how and when best use or combine his marketing, corporate communications, branding, social media, events, and media relations backgrounds to secure Blizzard exposure through earned channels strategies and tactics, positively impacting the business goals of franchises such as Overwatch, Heroes of the Storm, Hearthstone, Warcraft, Hearthstone, and Diablo in Latin America.

Irvine, Ca, Us

Frenchs Forest, New South Wales, Au

Fountain Valley, Ca, Us

Manage all social media channels for Kingston Latin America and HyperX Latin America. In charge of strategy, planning and managing agencies to execute and maintain all social media channels. Develop, review and approve content calendar and social media campaigns. Manage and produce all video content for Kingston and HyperX youtube channels. Carefully maintain yearly budget for both social media management, video production and media investments. Manage all social media advertising (facebook, twitter, youtube, google and twitch) and optimize ads to enhance performance. Analyze results by creating in depth reports to then develop new goals and achievements. Work closely together with sales, public relations and marketing managers to develop multi-level campaigns with events and retailers in country to increase sales, demand and ROI. Create briefs, manage the creative process and execution for all assets needed for campaigns: ads, web banners, landing page, POS material, social media dynamics/initiatives and merchandise. Manage all creative assets for the region which include updating digital and physical materials by designing or creating briefs to produce new or update marketing assets.Social Media Channels Managed for Kingston Latin America:facebook.com/MemoriaKingstontwitter.com/kingstonlatam instagram.com/kingstonlatamyoutube.com/KingstonTechnologyLASocial Media Channels Managed for HyperX Latin America:facebook.com/HyperXLATAMtwitter.com/HyperXLATAMinstagram.com/HyperXLATAMyoutube.com/HyperXLATAM

Corona, Ca, Us

Design and code web changes, application and formats. Design and execute email blast. Report email blast results. Code landing pages for email blasts and for online promotions.

Joined company to revamp and redesign their main publication magazine web site and integrated WordPress (a blogging script). Made the website portal easy to use for staff writers to post blog entries. Script, code and other essential section of the site are under my responsibility to edit and update as time goes by. New layout design projected to Editor and Staff to be changed each season. Corporate site, iMatrix, Inc., is in progress of an entire redesign. All CSS and PHP based coding. Integrating shopping cart and flash design file for users to submit artwork and upload to corporate FTP. Usage of Flash with XML, PHP, CSS, XHTML, Java Script and Ajax is being used to compile the new site. Site to be launched January 2009.

Fountain Valley, Ca, Us

Assisted and coordinated with individuals and entire Latin America team in their daily needs. I Coordinated with customers from Mexico, Central and South America and fulfilled all marketing material orders and product inquiries. Used businesses level Spanish on a daily bases and helped edit and translate content for web and print materials. Major event planning for two customer visits, both one week long. Each group were provided different attention and needs. Helped organize, schedule and accommodate flights, hotels, shuttle service, restaurant reservations and entertainment. Project lead for updating marketing literature materials for print and web.

Brea, California, Us

Created website layout compositions and mockups. Designed various layouts, book covers, and other online and print material from inception Updated and edited complex FLASH files. Researched and analyzed client competitor's websites and completed reports to be included in marketing plans and campaigns. Familiarized with Google and Yahoo! web analytics, search engine marketing and payperclick campaigns. Developed working experience with IT, Marketing Directors, and Clients to work on various projects. Capable of multitasking up to eight projects and retain specific amount of time for each to complete before a deadline. Updated and operated a large global website with a multitalented web team.

Verified receipt of materials and obtained procurement approvals prior to processing invoices. I collected and processed payments from escrow and mortgage requests. Submit certification forms to property manager and return to requester. Prepare homeowner association governing documents for escrow. Finalize escrow file and move out previous owner/seller and move in new owner/buyer. Input dues and monthly homeowner association bills to property owner's account. File, organize and update all office documentation and information sheets dealing with insurance contact information, monthly dues amount, any new assessments and creating new easy to read forms for submittal to escrow and/or mortgage companies. Receive and handle phone calls made by property owners. Collect and organize information, complaints, emergencies and account balance inquiries. Managed and translated all Spanish speaking property owners. Translated and Interpreted for property managers and other office employees.

Associates, Media Arts

Bachelor’S Degree, Advertising