Social Media Management application - Iwan Brown

[Iwip]

Position:  Social Media Management 

Do you understand that Wildfire Games is a non-commercial project, work for 0 A.D. is volunteer, and work is done for free? Yes

Do you agree to distribute all your work for Wildfire Games under Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license? Yes

Are you sure you are not wanting to work on something programming related? (Then you don't need to send in an application form.) Yes

Name: Iwan Brown

Email: iwanpbrown@gmail.com

Location: Wales

Availability: At the moment 15+, but in the coming year around 10-15.

Age: 21

Occupation: Student (finished with university work, yet to graduate)

Skills and Experience: I have just finished a university degree in film production and marketing, additionally I have managed the social media on multiple platforms for the university folklore society and managed the social media for my mothers health and safety business. I'd like to think I was quite skilled in community building and communication., having taken the society from 0 members (when I founded it) to 40 paying Members, a large discord and many successfully advertised events with the majority of attendees having learnt of the society through the Instagram (main platform for promotion) similarly appearances on university and commercial radio achieved through social media reach.

Motivation: I had lots of fun working on a project I was invested in and I would like to get more experience in an area I would like to go into one day professionally, and if thats by promoting a game I love

Personality: I'd like to think quite personable and generally mild.

Short Essay: I found out about the game only a brief time ago after researching open source games like freeciv. After playing and researching a little, I saw on your website that you were looking for social media management and I thought that I might be able to support a free game that I love and gain some real life experience managing a social media, put my degree into practice and hopefully grow the community of the game. 

Interests and Hobbies: In terms of interests of course I love games, most specifically historic strategy games, having played the total war series and stronghold series since a child. Aside from that I am fond of reading, especially historical fiction. I have a great adoration for folklore, especially the folklore of Britain and spend time reading, interviewing and organizing related trips. Additionally I am fond of  birdwatching, especially coastal birds native to wales and I have recently purchased a dinghy that I have been rowing about the cliffs for better bird watching. 

Staff: No, But I'd be eager to make their acquaintance. 

Community: None really, apart from the social media, website and discord for my own folklore society project. 

Favorite Game: Recently I have been enjoying Kingdom come: Deliverance 2 because it creates a brilliant world. But my favorite game of all time is Napoleon: Total War, It was the first game I really played regularly as a child and have been playing with my friends in school and university since.

Work Examples: Most of the social media projects I have worked on have been handed off to new managers (since leaving university) or the business has shut down (through no fault of my own id like to hope)

Edited 1 hour ago by Iwip