Senior Social Media and Community Manager
Leamington Spa
Vacancy listed 25/09/2025
Application deadline 25/10/2025
Details

JOB SUMMARY

As Senior Social Media and Community Manager at Secret Mode, you will lead on the strategy and execution of all social and community plans for a major new AAA title currently in development. Alongside this, you will forge and oversee passionate communities across relevant channels, prioritising a positive, rewarding, safe environment for all. 

Across social and community responsibilities, you will find innovative and engaging ways to deliver activities that inspire audiences, playing a pivotal role in reinforcing key marketing focuses outlined by the wider publishing team.

 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Own the creation and curation of social media and community strategies for a new AAA project, in line with wider marketing strategies

  • Be a trusted and authoritative voice within Secret Mode to advise on all social media and community topics, providing insight across the business

  • Work with product management, the development team, external partners, and the wider publishing team to coordinate plans effectively

  • Own the content creation process across social and community channels, collaborating where needed with the creative team and developers to create effective visual and written content

  • Build and maintain a calendar of social media output via creating and scheduling posts, alongside monitoring spaces for content to interact with

  • Involvement in live media content, such as livestreams and short-form videos – hosting and presenting content in-person, alongside producing and strategising content

  • Establish robust community spaces on relevant platforms to engage with the project’s audience, via rewarding activities and events 

  • Moderate and manage community spaces to optimise sentiment – championing top members and protecting users from toxicity 

  • Oversee the community feedback loop, gathering feedback from players, presenting this to internal stakeholders, supporting on an action plan to address key points, and feeding plans back to the community

  • Attendance at industry events, engaging with players in-person, representing your project and Secret Mode

KEY REQUIREMENTS

  • 4+ years of proven experience in roles covering both social media and community management in the games industry, ideally in a AAA environment

  • Ideally you will have experience working alongside major licensors and/or external partners

  • Strong ability to work autonomously and lead on the creation of strategies and ideas independently

  • Strong understanding of video game marketing, community management, and development practices

  • Excellent communication, teamwork, and problem-solving skills

  • A strategic thinker with the ability to action changes via data and trends, and to effectively restrategise when required

  • A proactive self-starting attitude, able to identify tasks and opportunities for growth and success

  • Comfortable with involvement in live media productions, be it on camera or behind the scenes 

HYBRID ROLE

  • This role will require you to be on-site at our Royal Leamington Spa studio two days per week
  • This role may also involve travel to various events or meetings dependent on the projects you are working on


Please note that the role summary is non-exhaustive and may require the postholder to complete other responsibilities as required by business priorities.
 
 Please also note that this role is only open to applicants who have the right to work in the UK. We are currently unable to offer sponsorship or consider applications from outside the UK.



Benefits

Benefits

Flexitime working hours
• Generous holiday scheme
• Pension Scheme
• Benefits platform with company funded allowance which includes : -
- Income Protection and Life cover
- Private Healthcare coverage
- Critical Illness
- Online GP