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MarketingJob Title:Associate Social Media Manager (Contractor) | Diablo IV | Irvine, CARequisition ID:R027855Job Description:

Blizzard Entertainment is seeking an Associate Social Media Manager to temporarily support the Diablo IV Digital Marketing team in Irvine, CA. Reporting to the Digital Marketing Manager, this contractor will drive operational excellence across social marketing initiatives by managing content calendars, coordinating social asset production, tracking deliverables, and supporting project execution across multiple stakeholders.

Working closely with internal teams, agency partners, and regional stakeholders, the successful candidate will help ensure social campaigns are delivered efficiently, risks are identified early, and publishing plans remain on track. A passion for social media and an interest in gaming communities, particularly Diablo and Blizzard audiences, will help drive success in the role.

This role blends project management, creative operations, and social production support, requiring strong organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills, along with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities and deadlines. The contractor will also provide coverage during planned and unplanned absences within the Digital Marketing and Community teams, helping ensure continuity across social publishing, stakeholder communications, community-facing initiatives, and ongoing projects.

NOTE: This is a temporary assignment through June 30, 2027. The candidate will ideally be based in Irvine.

This is a contingent worker position and will be staffed through Volt, a staffing and workforce management company.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the planning, scheduling, publishing, and execution of Diablo social content across internal teams, agency partners, first-party partners, and regional stakeholders.

• Maintain social content calendars, project documentation, and asset libraries while tracking milestones, dependencies, approvals, and potential risks to keep initiatives on schedule.

• Manage the organization, versioning, delivery, and publishing of social and marketing assets, ensuring compliance with platform requirements, publishing standards, and best practices.

• Serve as the primary point of contact for social content scheduling and stakeholder alignment, facilitating communication, creative feedback, reviews, approvals, and cross-functional coordination.

• Partner with marketing, creative, production, publishing, and regional teams to support asset development, production workflows, and timely content delivery.

• Publish content natively to social platforms as needed and support operational processes that enable effective execution of Diablo's social media strategy and campaigns.

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in social media and/or production within the gaming or entertainment industry.

• Ability to thrive in a collaborative environment, coordinating across departments and stakeholders to ensure project alignment.

• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail, with experience managing schedules, documentation, and multiple concurrent projects.

• Proven ability to work proactively and independently.

• Strong understanding of social media platforms, publishing workflows, and content operations.

• Comfortable using native social publishing tools and adapting to platform-specific posting workflows when agency support is limited.

• Experience partnering with external agencies and cross-functional teams.

Bonus Points

• Deep knowledge of the Diablo franchise, community, and audience.

• Familiarity with Blizzard titles and gaming audiences.

• Experience using Opal, SharePoint, Sprinklr, Airtable, Asana, Monday.com, or similar tools.

• Familiarity with social platform specifications, asset requirements, and aspect ratios.

• Project management experience.

• Experience supporting social campaigns, live-service games, or entertainment brands.

• Experience working within creative, video, broadcast, or content production environments.

Your Platform

Best known for iconic video game universes including Warcraft, Overwatch, Diablo, and StarCraft, Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. (www.blizzard.com), a division of Activision Blizzard, which was acquired by Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), is a premier developer and publisher of entertainment experiences. Blizzard Entertainment has created some of the industry's most critically acclaimed and genre-defining games over the last 30 years, with a track record that includes multiple Game of the Year awards. Blizzard Entertainment engages tens of millions of players around the world with titles available on PC via Battle.net, Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, iOS, and Android.

Our World

Activision Blizzard, Inc., is one of the world's largest and most successful interactive entertainment companies and is at the intersection of media, technology and entertainment. We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises including Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Diablo, Candy Crush and Bubble Witch. Our combined entertainment network delights hundreds of millions of monthly active users in 196 countries, making us the largest gaming network on the planet!

Our ability to build immersive and innovative worlds is only enhanced by diverse teams working in an inclusive environment. We aspire to have a culture where everyone can thrive in order to connect and engage the world through epic entertainment. We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for 'Every World' - we've got our employees covered!

The video game industry and therefore our business is fast-paced and will continue to evolve. As such, the duties and responsibilities of this role may be changed as directed by the Company at any time to promote and support our business and relationships with industry partners.

We love hearing from anyone who is enthusiastic about changing the games industry. Not sure you meet all the qualifications? Let us decide! Research shows that women and members of other under-represented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they think they may not meet every qualification, when, in fact, they often do! We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable assistance to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you are a disabled individual requiring an accommodation to apply for an open position, please email your request to accommodationrequests@activisionblizzard.com. General employment questions cannot be accepted or processed here. Thank you for your interest.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status, among other characteristics.

Rewards

We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for 'Every World' - we've got our employees covered! Subject to eligibility requirements, the Company offers comprehensive benefits including:

• Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance;
• 401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching;
• Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave;
• Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others;
• If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance.

Eligibility to participate in these benefits may vary for part time and temporary full-time employees and interns with the Company. You can learn more by visiting https://www.benefitsforeveryworld.com/.

In the U.S., the standard base pay range for this role is $63,360.00 - $117,200.00 Annual. These values reflect the expected base pay range of new hires across all U.S. locations. Ultimately, your specific range and offer will be based on several factors, including relevant experience, performance, and work location. Your Talent Professional can share this role's range details for your local geography during the hiring process. In addition to a competitive base pay, employees in this role may be eligible for incentive compensation. Incentive compensation is not guaranteed. While we strive to provide competitive offers to successful candidates, new hire compensation is negotiable.