At Evolve, we’re committed to not sucking. If you’re someone who’s also interested in not sucking, and who has hobbies like… oh, playing video games, reading about the games industry, promoting video games, trying to understand why games still cost $60, etc., you might be interested in working for us!

Why work at Evolve?

Just because! Oh fine, you need more real reasons. How about…

• Work from anywhere—home, the beach or even an alley. If your alley has internet.
• Flexible work hours and a 35-hour work week. Focus on the “life” part of “work-life balance.”
• Health and dental benefits.
• Be part of an agency with an exceptional reputation, aiming to break free from traditional PR in creative and exciting ways.
• Liberal vacation time!
• Work on a wide range of games, from AAA blockbusters to underdog indies.
• Educational allowance so you can get better at… well, whatever you’re doing.
• Enjoy working on a small team, wearing various hats. No funny hats, though. Oh, who am I kidding? Wear whatever hat you want, you weirdo.
• Pants optional.
• We <3 diversity.

Open Positions

• Video Editor/Producer
• PR Manager

// Video Editor/Producer (Contract)

Location

Remote/work from home. You need to be a legal resident of Canada with a reliable internet connection and your own PC/laptop.

Description

Are you an experienced video producer/editor with a passion for video games? Evolve is looking to fill a contract position to cover our creative director’s paternity leave, which—for the right person—may also lead to future full-time employment opportunities. The ideal candidate is highly self-motivated and exceptionally well organized. You’re versatile in your ability to manage and execute a wide range of related tasks, from live-action shoots to motion graphics, concept development to script writing, and everything in between.

Responsibilities

• Create trailers and other video content on a work-for-hire basis for Evolve’s video game clients.
• Assist with developing and maintaining timelines and budgets for video projects.
• Contribute to the development of concepts and scripts that are unique and attention grabbing.
• Liaise with other departments at Evolve to provide strong assets for our social media and PR efforts.
• Foster incoming business with relationship building and pitch creation.
• Maintain and monitor departmental hours to ensure time is being used efficiently and effectively.
• Report to Evolve’s management team in weekly meetings with updates and a holistic overview of the department.
• Work with other stakeholders internally and on the client side to take projects to completion.
• Participate in internal and client meetings as needed.
• Uphold principles of kindness, inclusiveness, compassion, accountability, and excellence.

Qualifications

Nobody’s perfect, but the ideal candidate has some combination of the following:

• 3+ years experience as a producer in a commercial agency working on live-action, commercial content.
• 3+ years experience creating and editing video content for marketing purposes, with trailer experience a massive plus.
• Exceptional project management and organizational capabilities.
• Experience using the Adobe suite (Premiere, After Effects).
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• An interest in video games, experience in the industry even better.
• Able to simultaneously work on several projects in different stages, but also able to focus and get things done.
• Highly self-motivated, you’re a critical thinker with strong problem-solving skills.
• Open to doing things differently, attracted to creative solutions and efficiency.
• Bonus points if you’ve worked with Unreal Engine or Unity.

Ready to apply?

Please provide your resume/CV, demo reel/portfolio, and your salary/hourly wage expectations to [email protected], citing the Video Editor position.

// PR Manager

Location

Remote/Work From Home. We will prioritize Canadian applicants, but welcome international applicants with the right qualifications. International applicants would be hired on a contract basis and not eligible for health/dental benefits, as our employees in Canada are.

Description

Evolve is looking for a mid-to-senior-level PR manager to help usher in a new era for the company: one in which we actually have managers heading up our departments. Wild idea! You will be horrendously ambitious, almost annoyingly self-motivated, disgustingly organized, a highly strategic thinker, and, y’know, just a good human being who cares deeply about helping others develop into the best people they can be.

Responsibilities

• Take the reins of our PR team, ensuring that work is done at an exceptionally high level of quality, on time. You’ll manage this team in a contemporary manner: you’re aware of modern management and leadership practices and can help us implement them.
• Drive strategic vision for client and product PR, pushing staff to shoot for the stars with creative and effective campaigns across a range of indie and AAA clients.
• Work with our PR and Insights teams to develop and implement leading-edge analytics, OKRs/KPIs, or whatever you want to call them. We see an opportunity to innovate here, not relying on traditional metrics but defining new standards in setting and monitoring goals/objectives for PR campaigns, leveraging extensive data produced internally and through Terminals.io.
• Champion our efforts to clients, staff, and to the world outside. You’ll act as a conduit between PR staff and Evolve’s management team, keeping us apprised of key happenings, successes, failures. Ditto for clients: you’ll collaborate with them to ensure we’re blowing away their expectations.
• Coordinate with our Community and Originals teams to develop holistic marketing campaigns, assets, social media content, and more.
• Develop (and help others develop) policies and processes, training materials, how-to guides, and more, as we look to share knowledge more formally across the company. These efforts will target staff, clients, and the broader PR and gaming industries, building Evolve’s reputation and visibility through thought leadership and community development.
• Uphold principles of kindness, inclusiveness, compassion, accountability and excellence.

Qualifications

Nobody’s perfect, but the ideal candidate has some combination of the following:

• 5+ years experience planning and executing entertainment launches in a publicity role.
• 3+ years experience in a leadership position in a PR or marketing department, working on entertainment properties.
• Strong relationships with video game, tech, and consumer media and influencers in North America (global experience is a big plus, as we work on a lot of international releases).
• Not a micromanager, knowledgeable in modern management and leadership practices, objective setting, training, and more.
• Exceptional project management and organizational capabilities. It really bugs you when things aren’t getting done on time, and when people aren’t updating their project-management tools effectively. 
• Experience using cloud-based project management tools. We use ClickUp, but experience with Asana, Monday, Trello, etc. is likely also relevant.
• You’re totally anal about details; you cringe when document formatting is a little bit off, when a small part of a tiny job isn’t done, when a name is spelled incorrectly, etc.
• Deep knowledge and understanding of the video game and PR fields/industries, platforms, and trends.
• Able to work on several projects at once, maintaining equanimity even when the world seems to be falling apart around you.
• Extensive experience developing and managing company presence at trade shows and conventions like PAX, E3, etc. You know how to go through the whole process of booking a booth, scripting demos, securing media appointments, media training, and so much more. You know. Trade show stuff.
• An excellent communicator—written and verbal—capable of talking to C-level executives as comfortably as to a 12-year-old Fortnite fan.
• Highly self-motivated, you’re a critical thinker with strong problem-solving skills.
• Dedicated to excellence, you are a lifelong learner and maybe a bit anti-establishment. You read about PR, marketing, and management, and are never content to maintain the status quo.

Ready to apply?

Send your resume, cover letter, and salary requirements to [email protected], citing the PR Manager position.