Senior Marketing Director (Star Citizen)

Company: Cloud Imperium Games Limited
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Location: Manchester
Job Description:

  • Star Citizen is one of the most ambitious games ever made, as Senior Marketing Director, you’ll own the strategy, the team, and the story we tell the world. This is a rare opportunity to lead marketing for a game with a fiercely passionate global community
  • You’ll share a marketing team with Squadron 42 through a small group of senior leads — and work side by side with our CMO to shape how Star Citizen grows
  • Own the global marketing strategy for Star Citizen — from long-range planning to live campaigns that land
  • Lead and inspire the marketing team through a small group of senior leads across Community, Brand, Social, Creative, Content, Sales & Revenue, and Production
  • Drive new player acquisition and audience growth — developing strategies that bring new audiences into the Star Citizen universe and convert interest into engagement
  • Retain and deepen the relationship with our existing community — understanding what keeps them invested, spending, and talking about the game
  • Own the commercial marketing calendar — maximising key moments throughout the year
  • Be a true partner to senior leadership, connecting marketing activity to commercial goals and release milestones
  • Set the bar for campaign planning and execution — ensuring everything we put out is bold, consistent, and worth talking about
  • Own the marketing budget and report clearly on performance, spend and ROI
  • Be the guardian of the Star Citizen brand — owning positioning, messaging and how we show up for our global audience
  • Stay sharp on market trends, competitor activity and community sentiment — and use that knowledge to keep us ahead
  • Build strong relationships with agencies, launch partners and external stakeholders to drive results

Benefits

  • Employer funded tax-free Health Reimbursement Arrangement for qualified medical expenses up to $5,000 per employee and $15,000 per family
  • Flexible Spending and Dependent Care Accounts
  • Paid Short and Long Term Disability Leave
  • Life Insurance & AD&D coverage
  • 401(k) Plan with up to 4% company match
  • Pet Insurance
  • Discounted Gym Membership through CIGNA
  • Yearly Flu-shot Clinic
  • Employee Resource Groups for traditionally underrepresented groups, minorities and allies
  • Full Medical, Dental and Vision coverage (100% free for employee level coverage and subsidized for dependents)

Genuine commercial ownership — comfortable holding revenue responsibility and making decisions that balance growth with community trustComfortable in the room with exec stakeholders and confident making the case for bold ideasExperience with live service or community-led titles — you understand the difference between marketing a launch and sustaining a living gameSignificant experience leading marketing at a senior level from a community-first perspective, ideally in games or entertainmentCalm under pressure, highly organised, and energised by a fast-moving environmentStrong people leadership experience — you build great teams, develop talent, and raise the standard around youDeep expertise across brand, integrated marketing, content, community and campaign deliveryA genuine love of games and an interest in what we’re building at CIGA track record of growing audiences and driving new player acquisition — you know how to bring people in, not just speak to those already convertedData-savvy with strong commercial instincts — you know what’s working and what isn’tProven ability to lead at scale

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Posted: October 21st, 2026