Content Development Manager

We’re partnering with a fast-growing entertainment company that is building the next generation of community-driven, interactive fan experiences.

This role sits at the intersection of product strategy, community development, and game-inspired systems
. You’ll help design how fans engage with stories, characters, and creators through interactive features such as collectibles, progression systems, and AI-powered characters.

If you’ve worked in game studios, UGC platforms, virtual worlds, or fandom-driven products
, this role will feel very familiar.

• Design community-driven features that allow users to express identity, interact socially, and engage more deeply with content
• Build fandom-based experiences that reward participation, loyalty, and discovery
• Translate user and reader behavior into scalable engagement systems

• Lead the conceptual development of AI-powered characters and avatars
• Ensure character quality, narrative consistency, and alignment with fan expectations
• Partner with an external AI vendor to bring characters to life at scale

• Design collectible systems, progression loops, leveling journeys, and unlockables
• Help define virtual items, currencies, and reward systems tied to engagement
• Apply game design thinking to non-traditional entertainment environments
• Partner closely with Product, Engineering, and Design teams to turn concepts into shipped features
• Work with IP stakeholders and creators to ensure experiences respect storylines and creative intent
• Bring concepts forward clearly so teams can design, build, and implement effectively

• 3–7 years of experience in:
• Community-driven products
• Virtual worlds, social platforms, or interactive entertainment
• Proven experience designing systems
  , not just features
• Strong user and community research instincts

• Game studios (especially systems, economy, or live-ops adjacent roles)
• Platforms like Roblox, Fortnite, Discord, Character.
  
  AI, or similar
• Experience with fandom-heavy audiences (gaming, animation, pop culture, music)

• Deep understanding of how communities behave and why they adopt or reject features
• Ability to say “this won’t work because the community works this way”
• Concept-driven thinker who collaborates well with designers and engineers
• Comfortable working with creative ambiguity and evolving narratives

• Experience with virtual economies or monetization systems
• Familiarity with AI-powered consumer products
• Passion for pop culture, animation, or fandom-based entertainment

• You’ll help define how fans interact with stories
  , not just consume them
• You’ll apply game studio thinking to a massive entertainment audience
• You’ll work on AI-powered characters and community systems that scale globally
• You’ll have real ownership over concepts that ship and evolve over time