Community & Crowdfunding Specialist Contractor

Job Description

Position: Community & Crowdfunding Specialist

Reports to: Head of Games

Department: Games / Tabletop

Location: Remote, U.S.

Type: contract

About Warren James

Warren James is a full-service creator commerce company that partners with some of the world's most exciting creators, brands, and entertainment properties to build products and experiences their communities love. We combine creative strategy, product development, design, manufacturing, e-commerce, and retail expertise to bring ideas from concept to market.

Our growing Warren James Tabletop team is bringing that same creator-first approach to games—transforming the worlds, communities, and ideas of our creator partners into tabletop experiences their fans can play, collect, and share.

Building on the momentum of successful crowdfunded tabletop launches, we're expanding our ambitions for tabletop with an exciting pipeline of new projects planned for 2027 and beyond. From original games to experiences inspired by established creator IP, we're building a multidisciplinary team that can take a great idea and turn it into a game that feels authentic to the creator, exciting to their community, and compelling on the table.

Job Overview

This is a contract role to assist with a current product launch in Q4 2026 with the potential to move to an full time employee position dependent on business needs. The Community & Crowdfunding Specialist runs the day-to-day execution of tabletop crowdfunding campaigns and the communities around them.

Working closely with the producer, this person brings the creator’s vision to life from pre-launch through fulfillment communications. They coordinate campaign pages, assets, partners, backer engagement, and reporting, building a repeatable approach for future launches.

Contractor role through mid-December with ability for contract extension or contract-to-hire dependent on continued need.

What You’ll Do

Crowdfunding Campaign Management

Own daily campaign execution across Kickstarter, Gamefound, BackerKit, and other relevant platforms.

• Build and QA campaign pages, rewards, add-ons, stretch goals, pricing, shipping details, FAQs, and updates.
• Coordinate copy, creative assets, video, approvals, and launch calendars across teams and freelancers.
• Monitor live performance and community trends; flag risks and opportunities to the Head of Games.
• Execute reveals, promotions, and other campaign changes; support pledge managers, surveys, late pledges, and fulfillment handoff.

Community Management

• Own the backer experience before, during, and after each campaign.
• Respond to comments and questions in the creator’s voice, maintain FAQs, and communicate regularly through production and fulfillment.
• Escalate sensitive issues promptly and turn recurring feedback into useful insights for the Games team.
• Create engagement opportunities such as polls, reveals, and community events where appropriate.

Campaign Marketing Coordination

• Coordinate execution of the marketing plan with the Head of Games, Marketing, creators, licensors, PR teams, and agencies.
• Manage the marketing calendar, assets, links, and deadlines across creator content, email, social, PR, livestreams, paid media, and cross-promotions.
• Track audience acquisition, traffic, conversion, and mid-campaign performance to identify timely opportunities.
• Overall paid-media and division marketing strategy remain with the relevant leaders.

Campaign Merchandising

• Work with the Head of Games and product team on reward tiers, add-ons, bundles, upgrades, stretch goals, exclusives, retailer offers, and late pledges.
• The Head of Games makes final decisions on pricing, margins, campaign economics, and greenlights.

Reporting & Analytics

• Track pre-launch audiences, day-one conversion, funding velocity, backers, average order value, traffic sources, add-ons, upgrades, cancellations, and pledge-manager performance.
• Provide concise reporting on meaningful changes and recommended actions.
• Document lessons after each campaign to improve the next launch.

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