Craig Nicholson

Player Support Manager at Arrowhead Game Studios

Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

About

Skilled Community Manager/Social media Wizard.

Experience

  • Arrowhead Game Studios (Permanent · 4 yrs 8 mos)
    • Player Support Manager
      May 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 3 mos

    • Community and Support Specialist
      Dec 2021 - Jul 2023 · 1 yr 8 mos

  • Community Manager at Shiro Games
    Oct 2018 - Oct 2019 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Electronic Arts (EA) (4 yrs 7 mos)
    • Community Manager/Social Media Advisor
      Dec 2013 - Mar 2017 · 3 yrs 4 mos

      As a Community manager/ Social media advisor i provide engagement and moderation for Multiple gaming communities across a range of social media platforms including: Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, Youtube and Reddit. - Providing our marketing, executive and other members of our communications teams with metrics and a feed of information to keep them up to date on current trends within our brand as a whole on social media. - Social Engagement and support for titles such as Battlefield, Star Wars: Battlefront, Fifa, Madden and Bejeweled - Design and implementation of Brand voice and best practices for our social media teams. - Escalate issues to development and management teams. - Engaging the playerbase and building fidelity around the game and the brand (One-to-Many and One-to-One interactions). - Interacting with the broader Studio organizations during peak periods, Breakdown / reporting of various campaigns we have run via social media.

    • EA Sports and Games Customer Service Advisor
      Sep 2012 - Dec 2013 · 1 yr 4 mos

      Telephone Support for Multiple games within the EA Library. Role Includes: Frontline support for many EA Games titles including Fifa Soccer, Madden NFL, The Sims, SimCity, Crysis and Dead Space. Resolving issues relating to Billing, Technical and game title related problems via the telephone.

  • Tier 3 In-game Support at Bioware
    Aug 2011 - Sep 2012 · 1 yr 2 mos

    In-game support for Star Wars:The Old Republic. Role included: Assisting players with gameplay issues via Live Chat, E-mail and In-game Character to Character support. Identifying and reporting any trends or common issues and bugs. Providing suggestions and workarounds to common issues. Take part in Live Events to liaise with new players and maintain an In-game presence making the support a more personal experience.

  • In-Game Support at Linden Lab
    Dec 2008 - Jan 2011 · 2 yrs 2 mos

    Responsibilities: Providing In-game, E-mail, Live Chat and Phone support to the users of Secondlife. Issues handled included: Billing - Account Management and Payment issues Technical support - Assistance in getting the software to install and run correctly In-Game issues - Ranging from general gameplay assistance to Abuse reports and Gamebraking Bugs. Fraud Support - Monitoring In-game transactions to identify and issues that could be related to fraud including hacked accounts using advanced monitoring tools.