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 deliver engaging events that support, elevate, and highlight local content creators, independent game developers, and charitable causes. Provided leadership support to the leader responsible for virtual events, production, and programming during the COVID-19… Show more • 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 deliver engaging events that support, elevate, and highlight local content creators, independent game developers, and charitable causes. Provided leadership support to the leader responsible for virtual events, production, and programming during the COVID-19 pandemic.• 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 leaders, volunteers, community members, and sponsors to build fundraising activities and events on Twitch with compelling incentives for fundraisers and viewers. Several of our fundraising activations were featured on the Twitch Front Page.• 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 us to deliver consistent rewards to recognize attendees and active content creators and incentivize attendance. Resulting in an increase in positive sentiment among attendees who are active Twitch Partners and Affiliates after PAX West 2022 (NPS score of 40).• 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 resulted in active community membership growth ranging from 10 -40 people per event.• 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 Blizzard Entertainment, Wizards of the Coast and Capcom in order to promote community growth within various Esports franchises.

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.