Destiny Senior Editorial Manager – Internal Communications

Bungie is looking for a Senior Editorial Manager – Internal Communications as part of the Destiny development team. As the Senior Editorial Manager, you will be responsible for the strategic oversight of all internal communications within the Destiny development team, including key messaging, cadence, process creation and refinement, feedback management, and reporting of key performance indicators. Your role will be to carefully shepherd communications within the Destiny team, maintaining clarity and understanding between leadership and those who bring the game to life.

The ideal candidate is an expert communications professional with game studio communications experience; someone who is familiar with Destiny and is passionate about creating an atmosphere of open and transparent dialogue. Someone who understands complex game development environments and team dynamics, who has a knack for synthesizing dense information into accessible language, who is skilled at developing core themes that rally the team into action, and who is eager to recognize how that action sparks Destiny’s ongoing success.

Do you have at least five years of experience in game studio communications? Are you a self-motivated collaborator able to effectively craft outstanding work on deadlines? Do you love working with leadership to solve difficult problems and craft communications strategies that foster a spirit of open transparency? We want to hear from you!

This role will report to the Bungie Publishing Editorial Lead. 

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Build and maintain internal communications strategy and planning for the Destiny Leadership Team (DLT)
• Work closely with the Destiny Universe Leadership Team (DULT) and the DLT to align messaging
• Identify opportunities to build outreach for the DULT and DLT that will contribute to ongoing communications transparency objectives and a high degree of employee engagement
• Establish and operationalize messaging, strategy, and processes across all teams and key business functions
• Coordinate with larger Bungie Communications Teams to ensure smooth communication rollouts that are aligned to larger, internal/external narratives or objectives where appropriate
• Develop and refine key messaging and important thematic content, as well as reactive communications and change management communications where necessary
• Build and maintain feedback and reporting processes to gauge team sentiment to internal messaging
• Serve as key decider on communications materials needing review for alignment and consistency

REQUIRED SKILLS            

• Deep experience with building communication strategy, preferably within a game studio or game development environment
• Exceptional communicator able to effectively communicate with team members of various experience levels and from various disciplines
• Independent thinker who can clearly and efficiently provide necessary context and elucidate strategy options
• Familiarity with ID&E communication best practices
• Strong sense of empathy and ability to understand and convey sentiment from a wide variety of points of view
• Independent worker able to turn around high-quality work in short timeframes
• Strong writing and editing capabilities