Steven Messner Email & Phone Number

Calgary, Ab, Ca

• Get scrappy and devise high-impact comms strategies that result in killer marketing beats, like when I capitalized on an existing press engagement to secure Earthless a high-value placement in 2023's PC Gaming Show (11 million unique stream views).• Leverage a large pool of media relationships to tell BBI's unique story and build excitement around our projects, including securing features with top-tier publications like PC Gamer, NME, Edge Magazine, and Xbox Wire.• Make our publisher partners' job easy by letting them freely tap my excellent writing and communication skills to write Steam store page copy, press releases, and whatever else they may need.• Bolster publishing partner output by owning key initiatives on publisher-owned channels, like Homeworld 3's quarterly Dev Updates — each resulting in a large boost to player sentiment, up to ~150,000 social media engagements, and 12+ pieces of press coverage. • Work autonomously to create and publish content (including multimedia assets) for an audience of 40,000 across all our owned social channels, including X, Tiktok, Instagram, and Facebook.• Craft a highly engaging newsletter to an audience of thousands that transforms players into fans through tantalizing behind-the-scenes insights and game updates.• Moderate and engage directly with players on studio-owned, community platforms, including two Discord servers totalling 1,300 users.• Work closely with BBI's executive team and guide them with sound internal comms strategy that helps them navigate sensitive situations.• Sharpen BBI's business development efforts by creating gorgeous case studies, gathering testimonials, and creating and polishing pitch decks.

• Owned content planning and strategy for an audience of 2.5 million across Twitter,Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube with richly detailed content plans amid anambiguous, ever-changing development environment.• Lead creative direction and multi-departmental execution of innovative marketingcampaigns like the Zariman ARG: A transmedia interactive drama that drove strongengagement before a major update resulting in over 500,000 video plays acrosschannels and a 130% increase in Discord activity over a 7-day period.• Guided corporate communications strategy and messaging for various world events andalso helped oversee content creation for corporate channels.• Consulted and coordinated on PR, first-party, and paid advertising initiatives throughfeedback on press releases, campaign messaging, and more.• Helped manage a team of 3 editorial coordinators while optimizing processes to increaseefficiency, prioritize workloads, offer mentorship and feedback, and maintain higheditorial standards.• Launched and managed an official Warframe TikTok channel and grew it to 30,000subscribers in just 4 months.• Lead social media, and content/SEO strategy for Soulframe, a new game announced in 2022.• Used analytics and player feedback to audit and optimize content strategies and thendisseminated those learnings across Editorial and other teams.

Canada

• Developed, planned, and wrote compelling content on a variety of complex topics, fromChina’s PC gaming industry to Skyrim’s sex modding community.• Top-performing writer that drove over 15 million page views in 2020 throughinformative, entertaining, and engaging content.• Established editorial news strategy by coordinating long-form reporting and breakingnews using analytics to refine and optimize processes.• Helped manage a diverse team of writers by commissioning and brainstorming articles,communicating briefs, providing feedback, and maintaining outlet style and journalisticstandards.• Played a leading role in organizing industry event coverage like E3 and BlizzCon bycreating detailed battle plans, managing up to a dozen individual schedules, anddelegating responsibilities.

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

• Worked closely with a large number of major brands to turn their client success storiesinto compelling marketing materials and case studies.• Effortlessly adapted to the style and tone of each brand while weaving in interviewquotes to create a simple but powerful narrative of success.• Worked with multiple stakeholders across departments to ensure success stories exceedclient expectations.

Calgary, Ab

After carving out an impressive reputation for feature story writing as a freelancer, I joined PC Gamer full-time as a contributing editor with a specific focus on reactive, informative features on videogame communities and players. During my time as a contributing editor, my stories were frequently among the best performing, helping establish a clear need for more focused writing on the wonderful (and often absurd) relationships people have with games. Success in this role also helped influence organizational changes at PC Gamer to have writers focus on specific "beats" rather than generalist coverage.During my time serving as a contributing editor I...- Consistently delivered thoughtful features on a wide range of topics- Pursued and helped brainstorm interesting ideas- Frequently wrote articles that competed for the most-read stories each month- Participated in group-wide discussions on editorial vision- Edited and provided feedback on stories from coworkers and freelance writers- Edited and appeared in videos and was a frequent face on the PC Gamer Show podcast- Represented PC Gamer at a host of industry conventions and shows

Calgary, Ab

• Transitioned from hobbyist writer into a full-time freelance career while writing forsome of the most prominent names in the industry.• Demonstrated discipline and perseverance by exceeding personal goals of writing for onenew publication per month and pitching multiple stories a week.• Covered events like PAX and E3, working on extremely tight deadlines to report onpresentations and produce engaging previews and stories.My work has been featured in many places such as:IGNMotherboard.vice.comPC GamerPlayboyRock, Paper, ShotgunGamesRadarPCGamesNComics and Gaming MagazinePaste MagazineMMORPG.comMMOGamesYou can find a more extensive list of my work here: http://www.stevenmessner.contently.com

Calgary

• Built an elegant WordPress blog using a heavily modified custom theme.• Created a consistent editorial vision while leading a team of seven writers.• Grew from nothing to an audience of over 40,000 unique monthly visitors in just fourmonths.

Calgary, Alberta

Successfully managed a demanding project working with a government agency in the O&G Industry for several years. During my time at West Canadian I was personally responsible for delivering the utmost in quality and precision to our clients, ensuring all documents were handled and scanned with incredible attention to detail and care. Managing a team of several members, I created strategies to eliminate redundancies and improve productivity and led the charge on delivering fast and error free document control.