Tom Champion Email & Phone Number

England, United Kingdom

I'm working with Portal - a games industry marketing and creative agency - on a freelance basis. Since 2019, they've successfully attracted high-profile devs and publishers as clients, including Paradox Interactive, Avalanche Studios, Raw Fury and Fatshark. The team were keen to build on this success. They wanted to bring in new clients and attract prospective employees, too. I was brought in to help the team establish their brand, launch a new website and create and manage their social… Show more I'm working with Portal - a games industry marketing and creative agency - on a freelance basis. Since 2019, they've successfully attracted high-profile devs and publishers as clients, including Paradox Interactive, Avalanche Studios, Raw Fury and Fatshark. The team were keen to build on this success. They wanted to bring in new clients and attract prospective employees, too. I was brought in to help the team establish their brand, launch a new website and create and manage their social media channels.- Created a brand book including mission statement, tone of voice, values, brand story and brand experience.- Wrote copy for the new website.- Managing Portal's social media channels - Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.- Created a comms plan for the website launch and a plan for the first year of communications activity. Show less

Brighton, England, United Kingdom

Short copywriting gigs for indie and triple-A games industry publishers and developers. Things I've written recently include:- Dev diaries from notes for a deckbuilding game.- Digital storefront copy for a factory building automation game.- Storefront copy for a roguelite deckbuilder. The copy appeared on Steam and in the Nintendo, Xbox and PlayStation digital stores. - A brand book and website copy for a AAA studio that was rebranding. This included writing a brand story… Show more Short copywriting gigs for indie and triple-A games industry publishers and developers. Things I've written recently include:- Dev diaries from notes for a deckbuilding game.- Digital storefront copy for a factory building automation game.- Storefront copy for a roguelite deckbuilder. The copy appeared on Steam and in the Nintendo, Xbox and PlayStation digital stores. - A brand book and website copy for a AAA studio that was rebranding. This included writing a brand story and the purpose, vision, values, personality and tone of voice.- Website copy for an indie studio going through a rebrand.- Google Play and App Store text for an upcoming mobile game. - Captions for multiple game trailers. Show less

Freelance contract for the wonderful people at Tentacle Zone / Payload Studios, who run cool initiatives to support indie devs.Most of my work for TZ involved finding and approaching games industry speakers for the weekly resident virtual talks. I hosted the talks, briefed the speakers and planned the content for the year.I also wrote regular blog posts for the TZ website and the occasional Twitter post.

I worked on W.A.S.D 2023 and London Developer Conference - a B2B event taking place as part of W.A.S.D. I wrote copy for the LDC social media channels (Twitter and Instagram) and blog posts for the LDC website.

Worked on the first ever W.A.S.D - an indie focused games event that took place at Tobacco Dock in London.I managed and wrote copy for the W.A.S.D social media channels - Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. I wrote the words for the website too - blog posts, press releases, all site copy.

Brighton, United Kingdom

Gamer Network was acquired by Reed Exhibitions in 2018. The company was rebranded under the ReedPop banner and I was promoted to Head of Content. - Curated and delivered over 100 speaker sessions per event. - My work helped attract over 70,000 visitors to EGX in 2019, up from 4,000 in 2008.- I owned and developed content for EGX and EGX Rezzed. - Wrote copy for show guides (printed and digital) and event signage.

Wrote copy for different formats including press releases, blog posts, event show guides, social media channels, website content and email marketing. Project managed EGX & EGX Rezzed features from conception to delivery. Curated speaker schedules and delivered over 100 speaker sessions per event.

I joined Gamer Network at an exciting time. The company was small (around 20 staff) but growing quickly. Eurogamer and GamesIndustry.biz were industry leading publications and the company had just launched Eurogamer Expo (eventually rebranded as EGX) in 2008. The small nature of the company meant that people working there wore many different hats and there were opportunities to contribute to different projects.Wrote copy for various formats including social media (EGX Twitter and… Show more I joined Gamer Network at an exciting time. The company was small (around 20 staff) but growing quickly. Eurogamer and GamesIndustry.biz were industry leading publications and the company had just launched Eurogamer Expo (eventually rebranded as EGX) in 2008. The small nature of the company meant that people working there wore many different hats and there were opportunities to contribute to different projects.Wrote copy for various formats including social media (EGX Twitter and Facebook accounts), blog posts, website content and email marketing. Show less

Brighton, England, United Kingdom

Wrote copy for Eurogamer’s social media channels with a focus on Twitter and Facebook. Hosted, produced and wrote content for 100+ episodes of the Eurogamer podcast.

I started out in the games industry as a recruiter. I worked for three different agencies, all of which are now defunct. That's coincidence, I didn't bring them all down. Promise.