Senior Communications Manager, Corporate

About Us

At the core of Epic’s success are talented, passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Whether it’s building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences, we’re always innovating. Epic Games is a leading interactive entertainment company with over 30 years of experience making award-winning games and engine technology. Our Unreal Engine empowers developers to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, and is also embraced by industries like media, automotive, and architectural design. We strive to build teams of world-class talent and foster an inclusive work culture.

About the Role

The Epic Communications team advances the company’s narrative and represents Epic products and the company vision to external and internal audiences globally. We create positive relationships and engagement strategies with media, investors, influencers, and policymakers.

Epic is looking for an experienced communications professional to join our corporate communications and international team. In this role, you will create and execute communications plans around high-stakes policy, legal, and regulatory developments that impact Epic and the video game industry.

Responsibilities

• Create proactive and reactive communications strategies on priority policy, regulatory, and legal developments, such as online safety.
• Partner with the public policy team on impactful public affairs campaigns globally to build understanding of and support for our products and safety approaches.
• Partner with Epic’s Trust and Safety team on storytelling around our industry-leading approach to online safety and product features.
• Work with cross-functional teams to develop proactive storytelling opportunities around Epic’s business, products, and technology in Latin America and Canada.
• Educate external stakeholders, including third parties and media, about Epic’s public policy and regulatory priorities.
• Establish and maintain relationships with journalists globally, including technology, business, and policy media, on behalf of Epic.
• Be part of the team that manages Epic’s rapid response efforts, working in fast-paced environments to address issues with players, consumers, and policymakers.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in communications or public relations, preferably a mix of in-house and agency and/or political organizations.
• Experience driving communications and advocacy strategies around complex public policy issues.
• Experience working on rapid response with internal stakeholders.
• Experience managing global agency partners.
• Strong written and verbal communications skills.

Qualifications

• Someone who moves fast, is focused on delivering results, and has a track record of working well across a diverse group of internal and external partners.
• A succinct and creative writer.
• People-focused, passionate, scrappy, solutions-focused, and innovative—traits that equal success at Epic.
• A proactive problem solver with strong instincts for when to escalate issues.
• A team player who’s collaborative, supportive, and celebrates others’ wins.
• Experience working on online safety in gaming, tech, or online platforms is a bonus.