John Higdon Email & Phone Number

Seattle, Washington, United States

• Primary responsible leader for in-person Seattle Twitch MeetUps as a participant in the Twitch Community MeetUp program. Which involves working with event venues, sponsors, and other stakeholders to consistently.
• Primary responsible leader for in-person Seattle Twitch MeetUps as a participant in the Twitch Community MeetUp program. Which involves working with event venues, sponsors, and other stakeholders to consistently.
• Grew charitable fundraising programs to foster collaboration and development of community-driven fundraising events, raising over $15,000 for various charitable organizations since 2018 by working together with other.
• Worked alongside other SOBA leaders to define a new broadcaster-centric strategy for partnerships. This resulted in an increase in overall funding for events, programs, and activities. This increase in funding allowed.
• Responsible for content development and panelist selection for panels about content creation at certain conventions and industry events, including Pocket Gamers Connects, GeekGirlCon, and Husky Expo. These panels.
• Shared responsibility for administrative, legal, and compliance-related obligations as one of several principal officers of a 501(c)6 non-profit organization. Show less

Greater Seattle Area

• Joined in collaboration with other SOBA board members to assist increating the Broadcaster U educational program to provide certification to aspiring content creators.
• Worked with SOBA production team to bring our monthly meetups to the front page of Twitch, with an average viewership of 7.5k

Greater Seattle Area

• Generated a 250% growth in attendance to our monthly meetup through strategic social media management, bringing the average attendance from 65 to 250 over an initial two-year period.
• Developed SOBA’s official LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook pages.
• Designed promotional materials such as graphics and sponsorship decks.

Greater Seattle Area

• Managed end-to-end development and execution of 200+ Esports events per year in collaboration with University of Washington student groups, Super League Gaming, GGleap, and other Esports organizations.
• Worked with in-house staff to maximize walk-up sales from tournaments and meetups, resulting in a 50% increase in revenue.

Greater Seattle Area

• Promoted to manage events across eSports calendar
• Developed in-house streaming production
• Handled a wide variety of live streamed content. Ranging from Counter Strike: Global Offensive tournaments to Smash Bros. Ultimate events. Developed and maintained relationships with external partners including.

Greater Seattle Area

Developed a long standing relationship with the local Fighting Game Community. Resulting in the longest running weekly event GameWorks operated, being replicated at every GameWorks with a eSports center across the nation.