Hi, I’m Dew.

B2B Tech Marketer | Content Manager | Brand Marketer

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Name: Dew

Character class: Tech marketer & campaign strategist

Special ability: Using content marketing to lead tech companies like you in their best direction for growth – however that looks – with (y)our solutions paving the way.

Background: Driven by a love of storytelling and the power it has to spark emotional connections, drive change, and create communities – all backed by data.

Skills & abilities

  • Content strategy & distribution ✍️

    • Develop cohesive omnichannel content marketing strategies from lead magnet content like data-driven reports to thought leadership articles and beyond

      • Plan full-fledged content campaigns from social media, to SEO, to web, email, and channels beyond

      • Develop industry reports based on surveys & first-party data to drive lead gen efforts and brand authority

    • Launch, track, and optimize strategies based on performance data - from leads driven to keywords ranked

    Brand strategy & thought leadership 🎨

    • Brand voice and tone development, including writing and distribution guidelines

    • Define authority in an industry through thoughtful, engaging, impactful content and marketing strategy

    • Evaluate, execute, and track new branding initiatives

    • Design content-based experiences from social to web to product to ensure a consistent and engaging user experience with our brand

  • Product launch strategy 🚀

    • Develop an omnichannel approach to product launches to get new products in the hands of our audience

    • Strategize campaigns that match back to GTM KPIs and objectives

  • Community building & engagement 👩‍👩‍👦‍👦

    • Build strategy for creating and engaging new and existing online communities

    • Building bridges between internal experts and community members through content, events, and discussions

Quests

  • Summary: In an increasingly competitive user acquisition landscape, mobile game publishers are turning more of their resources toward loyalty and retention efforts. But mobile gaming is vast, and players' behaviors are varied across genres, locations, and more.

    In the 2023 Mobile Gaming Loyalty Report, Mistplay takes the first-ever look at quantifying loyalty to uncover key learnings and insights for publishers to take a loyalty-first approach to driving LTV.

    Objective: Give mobile game publishers new insights into exactly what drives mobile gamer loyalty to hel pthem improve ROAS, revenue, and LTV.

    Role: Content lead.

    Responsibilities:

    • Draft, revise, and polish the report

    • Lead creative meetings to define the visual & narrative brand of Mistplay’s first industry report

    • Work with stakeholders, from C-suite to legal to finalize the report and prepare for launch

    • Manage timelines, stakeholders, and deliverables to hit launch date

    Final: 👉Read the report👈

  • Summary: Multiplayer as a game category is growing rapidly – but what do gamers really want from their multiplayer experiences? We surveyed gamers all over the world to figure out what exactly they want from their gaming experiences to help developers plan their next titles.

    Objective: Give developers new insights into exactly what gamers want to help them plan a hit multiplayer title. Drive awareness for UGS as an authority in multiplayer game development.

    Role: Content lead and project manager.

    Responsibilities:

    • Develop the research brief

    • Work with the research team on the questionnaire and post-survey data analysis

    • Draft & refine a report narrative and takeaways from the data

    • Work with stakeholders, design, legal, and more to finalize the report

    • Create an omni-channel distribution plan for the report

    • Track and report on the study’s impact in the industry

    Teams:

    • Main: Creative Studio (Design), Product Marketing, Research

    • Support: Comms (social and PR), Demand Gen (email & paid), Legal

    Final: 👉Read the report👈

  • Summary: Unity has an established reputation in the game development industry as an engine, but now we would be launching a new suite of services to help gamedevs succeed even after their game is launched. With a plethora of new tools being introduced that serve vastly different functions, we needed one main overview video that ties the products together, establishes a unique visual identity for the new brand, and inspires developers to learn more.

    Objective: Create a marquee asset for the brand launch of Unity Gaming Services to drive awareness and showcase how UGS tools can help developers build, launch, and grow their games.

    Role: Content lead and project manager.

    Responsibilities:

    • Develop the concept of the video trailer

    • Assist in developing a visual direction for the trailer (creating mood boards, storyboards, etc.)

    • Research, interview, and hire a vendor to produce the trailer

    • Develop the script (draft to final)

    • Hire and coach a voice actor

    • Lead meetings with stakeholders to collect and deliver feedback during all stages of the process

    • Assist in creating and executing the promotional strategy for the trailer

    Teams:

    • Main: Creative Studio (Design), Vendor, Content

    • Support: Comms (social and PR), Demand Gen, Legal

    Final: 👉Watch the trailer👈

  • Objective: To drive awareness and adoption of our new multiplayer game development tools to Unity developers building multiplayer titles.

    Role: Content marketing lead.

    Responsibilities:

    • Content lead for the launch of 3 new multiplayer game development products – Netcode for GameObjects, Relay, and Lobby

    • Collaborate on GTM with Product and Product Marketing leads – audience and persona identification,

    • Pre-launch content seeding to build community

    • Lead and collaborate on launch asset creation – web, blog, social, email, community (Discord, forum), etc.

    • Content strategy development post-launch to drive awareness and product adoption with new and existing Unity audiences

    Teams:

    • Main: Product, Product Marketing

    • Support: Comms (social and PR), Web, Demand Gen, Legal

    Final: 👉 View the products 👈

  • Summary: By developing and documenting brand voice and tone guidelines, every 7shiftie became empowered to write and edit engaging, on-brand content. Even more importantly, our users had a consistent experience with our brand through every touchpoint on their journey.

    Objective: Develop brand voice and tone guidelines that match our audience's language, product strategy, brand identity, and core values.

    Role: Owner. 

    Responsibilities: 

    • Craft brand voice and tone guidelines for all content 

    • Develop internal documentation around brand voice and tone guidelines and their usage in different channels

    • Present the new guidelines to internal teams

    • Train new and existing employees to write and edit on-brand content 

    Teams:

    • Main: Brand, Graphic Design

    • Support: UX Design, Product, Lifecycle Marketing, Demand Gen

    Final: 🔒Content locked🔒

  • Summary: Restaurant margins are paper-thin – and the notoriously high employee churn rate doesn’t help when trying to sustain and grow your restaurant. With access to a large database of restaurant employees across the globe, I decided to go straight to the source to figure out what makes an employee stay, what makes them leave, and translate those findings into actionable insights for our clients.

    Objective: Position 7shifts as a thought leader in restaurant labor management by providing new, data-backed strategies to restaurateurs on how to engage and retain their staff and prevent employee churn.

    Role: Project lead.

    Responsibilities:

    • Survey development and distribution

    • Assist with data analysis

    • Develop content (narrative, key takeaways, strategies)

    • Work with design on creating a visual identity for the report and supporting assets

    • Plan and execute distribution strategy (PR, web, email, social, blog, etc)

    Teams:

    • Main: Data Analysis, Graphic Design

    • Support: Social, Demand Gen, Lifecycle Management

    FInal: 👉 Read the study 👈

Conversation log

Chris, Dustin, Devon, and Patrick have joined the chat

CHRIS: Dew is one of the most capable and growth-oriented marketing professionals I know. They have a bias towards action coupled with a deep understanding of branding and how storytelling flows through an organization.

DUSTIN: They’re a master at both establishing and implementing a brand strategy throughout an organization. I always had the utmost confidence that our messaging was in the right hands with Dew.

DEVON: I have heard her direct reports describe her as “a dynamo” and “an amazing human”, which I fully agree with.

PATRICK: I witnessed firsthand many of her growth-hacking initiatives, clever editing, graceful leadership, and brilliant articles and research pieces.

CHRIS: Dew is someone whose innate leadership abilities helps them rally a team around a goal and ensure its success.

DEVON: If Dew doesn’t accomplish world domination in the next ten years then no one will.

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