About the Role

If you want to build, develop, and see your impact, join Skillz and level up your career.

Skillz, the first publicly traded mobile eSports platform that hosts billions of casual mobile gaming tournaments for millions of players worldwide, is revolutionizing the gaming industry.

The Manager, Brand & Communications drives execution across Skillz’s owned-channel and brand content ecosystem. Reporting to the Head of Communications, this role is responsible for delivering consistent, high-quality storytelling that supports measurable engagement and brand growth across social, web, and community platforms.

This is a hands-on leadership role that manages and develops a junior content team while setting a clear bar for clarity, consistency, and performance. The role offers meaningful visibility to senior leadership and the opportunity to influence Skillz’s brand trajectory and audience growth engine.

Responsibilities 

• Manage the planning and execution of brand content across owned channels, including social media, blog, website, and online communities, ensuring consistency in voice, tone, and visual standards.

• Own social media presence and audience engagement across platforms, refining content approach based on performance and audience behavior.

• Monitor, interpret, and report on performance across social media, brand health, SEO, and earned media metrics; use insights to inform content direction and drive measurable improvements against defined KPIs.

• In partnership with the Head of Communications, translate company priorities and brand initiatives into focused content plans tied to defined KPIs.

• Manage and develop a team of junior content creators, providing ongoing feedback and clear expectations for output quality.

• Continuously improve content workflows and publishing processes to increase consistency and impact.

Key Competencies 

• Strong creative instincts with an understanding of brand voice and audience engagement.

• Self-starter with the ability to learn the business and industry holistically.

• Clear, concise communicator with strong editorial judgment.

• Organized and reliable, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.

• Awareness of emerging digital and social media trends.

• Balanced use of creativity and structure in day-to-day work.

• Comfort owning performance metrics and presenting results to senior leadership.

• Execution-focused mindset with strong accountability and follow-through.

• Ability to translate strategic direction into clear, measurable content execution.

Experience 

• 5+ years of experience in communications, brand, social media, or related roles.

• 2+ years of experience as a people manager, with demonstrated ability to develop and mentor junior team members while elevating overall content quality and consistency.

• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Marketing, Journalism, Business, or a related field; or equivalent education and experience.

• Demonstrated experience managing social media channels for a consumer or technology brand.

• Strong writing and editing skills with attention to tone, clarity, and consistency.

• Experience creating or overseeing digital content for online platforms.

• Comfortable using AI tools to support content ideation, drafting, and editing while maintaining accuracy, originality, and brand standards.

• Experience partnering with cross-functional teams to interpret performance data and inform content strategy preferred.

• Experience in gaming, consumer technology, or high-growth digital platforms preferred.

Total Starting Compensation including Base + Bonus + Equity: $172,882

Location: Onsite 5 days a week, Las Vegas 

Travel Requirement: Less than 10% 

Why Skillz

• Culture of Impact: Join a united team of builders, creators, innovators, and entrepreneurs driven by the desire to win. At Skillz, we create value, obsess over our product, and make a difference in the world.

• Comprehensive Benefits: Enjoy peace of mind with our comprehensive benefits package, which includes 100% coverage for medical, dental, and vision expenses for both you and your dependents. Additionally, take advantage of our 401K matching, equity incentives, pre-tax benefit options, and more.

• Wellness Support: Enhance your well-being with our array of wellness initiatives, including meditation and mental health resources, physical fitness coaching and classes, family planning assistance, health and parenting guidance, virtual therapy sessions, and more.

• Time off: We offer competitive paid time off (PTO) & company holidays to help you recharge and pursue your passions.

• Las Vegas Headquarters: Skillz strongly believes in a five-day a week, collaborative office environment at our 36,000+ square foot headquarters. Enjoy free breakfast and catered lunches, snacks, a full-size gym with showers, commuter benefits, insurance, team bonding events and many more. 

• Recognized Success: Skillz has earned recognition as one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies, CNBC's Disruptor 50, San Francisco Business Times' Best Places to Work, Forbes' Next Billion-Dollar Startups, and the #1 fastest-growing company in America on the Inc. 5000 list, and many more.

• Development Opportunities: We hold our employees to high standards while providing them with professional growth opportunities. We operate like a startup, and encourage all of our employees to collaborate and voice feedback about our product and ways we can improve as a business. We believe in never settling, and that also pertains to your growth.

Join Skillz and Let's Redefine the Boundaries of Gaming!

Together, we'll create a world where skill, passion, and innovation thrive. We look forward to having you on board!

Skillz embraces diversity and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As part of our commitment to diversifying our workforce, we do not discriminate on the basis of age, race, sex, gender, gender identity, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, citizenship, veteran status, or disability status, and we operate in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.