Devon Stanton

Work History

• Owner

  Gamerlobby

  July 2007 - Present

  Born out of my passion for gaming, I wanted to create an online community for local gamers to get together. Gamerlobby allows gamers to schedule and plan games to play on Xbox Live, PSN or PC networks and keeps involved members up to date on each scheduled game. We also hold various tournaments and community events.
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  Export PR Manager

  2K Games

  February 2015 - October 2019

  The International PR Manager is part of the Internationational PR Team. The role involves working with and for a multi-cultural team based in several territories globally.
  
  In charge of international public relations activities in the international territories for allocated titles across all of 2K's brands. Supports and monitors the territory PR managers in generating awareness for 2K and its products.
  
  The International PR manager works very closely with the International PR, Marketing and Social teams as well as with the PR team at 2K Novato and international and external development studios.
  
  

• PR & Promotions Manager

  Megarom Interactive

  June 2011 - January 2015

  With the recognition that I was able to execute projects of my own accord, I was promoted to this position specialising in PR.
  
  
  As PR & Promotions Manager my main responsibility is to facilitate and maintain relationships between various stakeholders, including Megarom’s publishers, media and press, internal representatives and gamers. Effective communication is a vital aspect of this position - requiring me to broadcast brand and product information to local press while ensuring that PR strategies are kept in-line with international guidelines.
  
  Adhering to internal budgets while making sure that campaigns are executed with maximum impact is a challenging aspect of this job, but one that I have managed successfully over the last three years.
  
  This position at Megarom is public facing and I have spoken about titles on various media across multiple platforms. As part of this responsibility, I have also planned, executed and reported on events for the promotion of titles over a launch period.
  
  My press management responsibilities include the selection of key press to cover specific titles for effective communication, the arrangement of press attendance at international events like E3 and Gamescom and the creation of informative presentations for publications and retail.
  
  It has been essential that I understand the South African gaming market in order to tailor communications, promotions and products to its needs, which differ from those of international markets.

• Marketing & PR Executive

  Megarom Interactive

  December 2009 - June 2011

  As the PR Executive my role in the public eye became more official. I was in a better position to communicate with press and publishers to request assets and maintain coverage of our brands. As part of my role, I still assisted with marketing activities when necessary.
  
  I still maintained responsibility of watching over rAge and began doing more regular interviews on TV and Radio for our various titles.

• Marketing Coordinator

  Megarom Interactive

  July 2007 - December 2009

  My key role in this position was to design, and localise advertising for our various print and online media. In my time in this position I overhauled the way in which assets were organised in the company - creating an easy to reference system where everything was organised for quick access.
  
  My other major role was as the project manager overseeing the construction of our stand at rAge, while presenting our products on stage.