Hi, I'm Jae.

I'm a dynamic writer, community builder, and marketer with 10+ years of experience helping brands like Bandai Namco, Crunchyroll, Microsoft, and Sony Online Entertainment turn good ideas into content people actually remember.

Marketing Project Manager

Integrated DNA Technologies, remote
Life Sciences/Biotech - B2B DNA Editing Reagents

2022 — 2026

My responsibilities included:

  • Directed the marketing team's migration from Kapost to monday.com, accelerating content delivery by reducing campaign build times from 3 hours to 30 minutes, shortening delivery timelines from 27 to 18 days, and achieving annual cost savings of $100,000.

  • Designed and implemented Kapost to Seismic and monday.com to Seismic API integrations, overseeing workflow design, metadata mapping, validation rules, and cross-system testing.

  • Updated and maintained Sitefinity CMS templates, widgets, and pages using HTML, CSS/SCSS, and JavaScript.

    • Authored and maintained over 400 standard operating procedures (SOPs) and operational documents; facilitated onboarding and training on brand guidelines, legal compliance, security protocols, and operational best practices.

  • Managed digital assets and campaign documentation for marketing and sales teams in Seismic, Box, and SharePoint; standardized taxonomy, metadata, and naming conventions to enhance accessibility and consistency.

  • Developed automated ticketing systems in Smartsheet and monday.com, supporting over 100 tickets per month.

    • Served as communications lead for Danaher's internal LGBTQ+ employee resource group of 2,000+ active members, producing regular blog, email, and social media content.

  • Directed cross-functional projects from strategy to execution using both Waterfall and Agile (Scrum) methodologies.

Community Social Manager

Crunchyroll, remote
Anime streaming service & online games - B2C

2021 — 2022

My responsibilities included:

  • Managed community and social media across five Crunchyroll mobile games, including Princess Connect! Re: Dive and My Hero Academia: The Strongest Hero.

  • Composed engaging content for newsletters, social media, blogs, and press releases to drive player engagement and brand visibility.

  • Acted as primary liaison with Japanese licensing partners, streamlining asset and copy approval processes.

  • Helped develop and launch the official Crunchyroll Discord server.

  • Managed WordPress CMS updates for the gaming division using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript; performed pre-launch QA, responsive checks, and cross-browser compatibility testing.

  • Developed comprehensive marketing analytics dashboards in Google Analytics and Data Studio; delivered actionable reports on engagement, website performance, and social metrics to stakeholders and leadership.

  • Supervised and mentored two direct reports on the social media and community team.

Community Manager - Web & Forums Specialist

Microsoft, remote
Video games - B2C

2021 — 2021

My responsibilities included:

  • Coordinated multi-channel marketing initiatives for Microsoft’s Age of Empires franchise, overseeing content updates across web, social, Steam, and Xbox platforms.

  • Performed CMS updates including product pages, sales listings, user guides, and security patch notifications to ensure clear product messaging and timely communications.

  • Updated WordPress, Steam, Xbox, Discord, and forum pages using HTML and CSS.

  • Logged detailed bug reports and validated engineering fixes.

Senior Community Manager

Cryptic Studios, remote
Video games - B2C

2021 — 2021

My responsibilities included:

  • Directed community engagement, content strategy, and social media management for Magic: Legends, a Magic: The Gathering action RPG.

  • Worked directly with Wizards of the Coast licensor for brand approvals.

  • Authored blog articles, press releases, forum updates, and social media posts to drive awareness and player retention.

  • Coordinated web CMS updates, social media, video content, and communications across internal and external forums; oversaw release timelines, dependencies, and readiness using beta and testing environments.

  • Created standard operating procedures (SOPs) and messaging strategies that enhanced communication internally and externally.

  • Performed cross-browser compatibility QA and validated developer fixes.

Senior Marketing Manager, Content

Humble Bundle, San Francisco, CA
E-commerce - B2C

2019 — 2021

My responsibilities included:

  • Promoted from Content Strategist to Senior Marketing Manager, Content; served as brand and marketing manager for multiple Humble Bundle brands, including Humble Books, Humble Software, and Humble Choice.

  • Led major components of a multilingual web infrastructure project, enabling language support for EMEA, South America, Russia, and China, resulting in over 100,000 new organic users.

  • Managed and executed weekly multi-channel campaigns for books, software, and subscriptions, overseeing copywriting and coordination across marketing emails, social media, website CMS updates, e-commerce updates, digital ads, and blog articles.

  • Oversaw Humble Bundle's WordPress CMS operations—managing timelines, risks, testing, and release readiness across multiple content areas, storefronts, languages, and international markets.

  • Updated WordPress templates and pages using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript; conducted UI tests, A/B tests, and storefront optimizations.

  • Created content marketing strategy for Humble Choice (video game subscription service) and hundreds of bundles across manga, video games, TTRPGs, books, and software.

  • Supervised and mentored three employees and managed an external advertising agency.

Online Marketing Specialist

Perfect World Entertainment, Redwood City, CA
Video Games - B2C

2019 — 2019

My responsibilities included:

  • Planned and created digital marketing ads across Google Ads, YouTube, and display networks, including SEM, video, and visual campaigns.

  • Managed paid media across multiple titles: Neverwinter (partnership with Wizards of the Coast), Perfect World Entertainment, Remnant: From the Ashes, Star Trek Online, Torchlight II (Nintendo Switch), and Torchlight III.

  • Built Excel reports with PivotTables to prove ad spend ROI; presented monthly performance reports to executives.

  • Supported the launch of three new products: Remnant: From the Ashes, Torchlight II for Nintendo Switch, and Torchlight III.

  • Built SQL and Google Analytics dashboards for campaign performance tracking.

Community Manager

BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America Inc., San Jose, CA
Video Games - B2C

2018 — 2019

My responsibilities included:

  • Managed communities for three Bandai Namco video games, establishing two communities from inception.

  • Produced copy for blogs, email newsletters, press releases, social media, and forums to increase player engagement and brand presence.

  • Resolved front-end issues using browser developer tools; conducted cross-browser QA and supported alpha/beta releases.

Community Manager

Trion Worlds, Inc., Redwood City, CA
Video Games - B2C

2017 — 2018

My responsibilities included:

  • Oversaw content planning, community management, and social media strategy for Defiance, Defiance 2050, RIFT, and Trove.

  • Implemented a new social media platform to enhance ROI tracking and automate repetitive tasks, significantly increasing team efficiency.

  • Attended industry events on behalf of the company to demo games and engage new players.

  • Partnered with engineering to stage and deploy website changes; resolved front-end issues and performed extensive QA.

Marketing Coordinator

Mad Catz, San Diego, CA
Video Game Peripherals - B2B/B2C

2016 — 2017

My responsibilities included:

  • Maintained and updated WordPress product and support pages utilizing HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to ensure accuracy and optimal user experience.

  • Conducted comprehensive hardware and software quality assurance testing.

Community Coordinator

NCSoft West, Aliso Viejo, CA
Video Games - B2C

2015 — 2016

My responsibilities included:

  • Diagnosed and resolved CMS front-end issues, correcting layout and template errors.

  • Performed cross-browser quality assurance across community and web platforms.

Community Manager & Web Developer

Sony Online Entertainment, San Diego, CA
Video Games - B2C

2011 — 2015

My responsibilities included:

  • Oversaw community and content for 10+ titles including DC Universe Online, EverQuest, EverQuest II, EverQuest Next, H1Z1, PlanetSide 2, Star Wars: Galaxies, Vanguard: Saga of Heroes, Wizardry Online, and Dragon's Prophet.

  • Managed game launches, expansions, and sunsetting of legacy MMOs, ensuring smooth transitions and effective communications.

  • Wrote hundreds of blog posts, forum posts, wiki entries, press releases, and social posts; created marketing copy and helped plan organic growth strategy.

  • Oversaw a major partnership with Wikia (now Fandom) to create extensive wikis for each active game, coordinating between community, developers, and an internal game-scraping API.

  • Ran weekly livestreams for titles including EverQuest II and Dragon's Prophet.

  • Updated proprietary CMS templates and modules using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript; built microsites and implemented PlanetSide 2 API data displays.

  • Led a CSS and asset optimization initiative that reduced front-end weight by approximately 2GB.

  • Attended industry events to promote games to players and press.

Earlier Career - Web Designer

Alachua County BOCC, Country Financial, Michigan State University, SpyderHost, Others; Various
Agencies, education, local government, small business - B2B/B2C

2004 — 2011

My responsibilities included:

  • Designed and developed websites and landing pages for small businesses, non-profits, and large organizations using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript with Adobe Creative Suite, Shopify, Squarespace, Wix, and WordPress.

  • Managed hosting, templates, metadata, mockups, and cross-browser troubleshooting.

  • Crafted targeted SEO and SEM copywriting, consistently optimizing content for search performance.

  • Managed paid media campaigns for multiple clients—including budgeting, ROI analysis, ongoing optimization, copywriting, and multimedia content creation across PPC, display, social, and video.

  • Developed engaging content for special events, driving audience participation and brand awareness.

Work experience

Company / Dates

Job Title

Integrated DNA Technologies (2022—26)

Marketing Project Manager

Crunchyroll (2019—21)

Community Social Manager

Microsoft (2021—21)

Community Manager - Web & Forums Specialist

Cryptic Studios (2021—21)

Senior Community Manager

Humble Bundle (2019—21)

Senior Marketing Manager, Content

Perfect World Entertainment (2019—19)

Online Marketing Specialist

BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America, Inc. (2018—19)

Community Manager

Trion Worlds, Inc. (2017—18)

Community Manager

Mad Catz (2016—17)

Marketing Coordinator

NCSoft West (2015—16)

Community Coordinator

Sony Online Entertainment (2011—15)

Community Manager & Web Developer

Various (2004—11)

Web Designer

My education

monday Builder certification

2024—26

Computer Animation - International Academy of Design & Technology - Tampa

2003—04

Niches I worked on

Video games

10 years

Life sciences

4 years

Ecommerce

2 years

Agencies

2 years

Education

1 year

Government

1 year

What I excel at

Analytics

Digital marketing

Blog posts

Social media

Community management

Web development

Skills

Blog posts & web pages

I write SEO-optimized blog posts and web pages that drive converting traffic to your site.

Community

Need help building a new community or re-engaging an existing one? I've got you!

Digital ads

I can help create or run your digital ads on Google, 3rd party, or social networks.

Social media

Let me help you run your social media accounts or create new ones to engage your audiences.

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