Communications Manager (Parental Leave)

Sharkmob is an expansive game developer with studios in central Malmö, Sweden and London, UK. Creativity, passion for craft and innovation are hallmarks of our young company. We are now looking for a Communications Professional with experience leading a team to cover for our Communication’s Manager who is going on parental leave.

This is for temporary employment of one year, with start as soon as possible. There is a possibility of extension, as well as, other potential opportunities within the company following the parental leave cover.

The Role
The Communications Manager oversees the development and maintenance of internal and external communications platforms including website, staff manual, social media channels, trade fairs, events, and acts as a public relations liaison.

In this role, you manage the daily operations of the communications team, which currently consists of 4 team members including communications and video specialists, and an event coordinator. You will also work together with our external PR agency based in the UK to execute on external communications, public relations and public affairs. You will collaborate with HR, IT, Office, Production and Studio Management to oversee and execute on internal communications plans and events. You will advise and provide support to senior managers on critical communications issues.

In addition, you will take an operative role when it comes to drafting press releases and messaging/other key written materials e.g. Websites, social media channels and other branded material and coordinate the roll-out of key internal communications initiatives e.g. games releases, charity events, HR surveys.

The Communications Manager reports to our Chief Marketing and Communications Officer (CMCO), Martin Hultberg, who is a co-founder of Sharkmob.

Requirements:

- Adaptable mindset: ability to improvise, seize opportunities, and remain flexible in a fast-paced, growing organization

- You can confidently speak and write in English fluently

- Strong interpersonal skills

- Comfortable with being a spokesperson for the company in different forums (meetings, events, PR etc.)

- Demonstrated experience using a variety of modern communications work tools such as Adobe Suite, Atlassian, Microsoft 360, Zoom, Slack

Experience:

- Degree, diploma or work experience within journalism, communications, PR, digital media, marketing, project management or equivalent

- You have worked in a fast-paced start-up or scale-up environment

- Experience leading others in a project manager/managerial position

- Experience with company profiles/accounts on Twitter, Linkedin, Youtube, Instagram, Facebook etc.

- Experience overseeing the planning and execution of social events, conferences, tradefair presence, coordinating delegations, or similar

- Experience overseeing video production for corporate, internal or social media usage

That Little Extra:

- An understanding of Swedish work culture

- Eye for design and passion for quality

- Existing knowledge Swedish and/or UK Games industry

- Established network within games and local media

- Understanding of streaming hardware/software