Hello there!
Welcome, I’m Ben, a marketing and video game producer!
Hello there!
I’m Ben, a video game and communication project manager with ten years of experience.
Experience
I worked on
Games
Events
Crownfunding campaign
Submarine
My area of expertise
Producing
I love to work in an interactive process and help people get the job done. Teamwork makes the dreamwork and I focus on helping the team achieve it goals. I also started two companies, with everything to build, and I had to find solutions to facilitate the work of my coworkers. I’m enjoying to have an eye on all productions jobs, but also to speak with partners, outsourcers, publishers, …
Marketing
I worked on the communication side for many indie games. It’s exciting to help developers reach their audience and grow a community on the project. My main focus is to find ways to talk to their target by working on social media, creating events, doing press relations or content creators.
Video games knowledge
I’ve been working in the video games industry for ten years at different jobs. I know the rules, the market, the trends… Every day I talk with developers, artists, game designers,… but also to consumers, content creator, streamers or esport players. I also know how to finance and create games and I have always a game mechanics idea in mind.
My Story
I grew up in southern France, surrounded by mountains, nature and sea. I was always outside, riding my bike, watching clouds and imagining stories in it.
I studied communication and Project Management while working as a writer for a website about MMORPGs. Then I started to work on the communication and marketing for a lot of online games and began to coordinate teams as a Producer.
I’ve created two companies: one indie video game editor named Sidekicks, bought by Plug In Digital to become Dear Villagers. During this time, I worked on a dream as a kid: an RPG game inspired by the famous Final Fantasy series called Edge of Eternity.
A few years later, with Aline Krebs, we created our video game company called Homecoming Studio. We outsourced and provided services in art, marketing and project management.
Meanwhile, I was elected as President of the association of video game professionals in the south of France: Push Start.
After that, I moved to Berlin for 3 years and I worked with Maratus, and together we released a game called ARISEN. I was later hired by TavroxGames as a Producer to create a second production line within the company. I’m now working at Sandfall Interactive, as a Marketing & Release Producer on a new RPG, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. I’m proud to work again on this genre!
Today, more than fifty years after my first job, I’m looking for new opportunities to work in the game industry!
Things I love
I love to discuss and share with people about the video game industry, that’s why I participated in multiple podcasts, started streaming on Twitch and worked as a PUBG French Caster.
I also love to understand how things work together, I’m curious about every area of expertise to create a video game. So I read books about it, I watch NoClip videos (and other content creators) or I’m attending events (I’m probably the tall guy with a hat, hello!).
In my free time, while I’m not playing a good indie game or an online/couch game with friends, I’m probably watching a movie or a TV show, I love good story and universes that can be immersive.
I love art, and especially concept art. While listening to music, I enjoy watching artistic things on Pinterest, Artstation or Instagram. And it shows if you look at my bookshelf with the number of artbooks.
I’m also enjoying team sports, I played a lot of Basketball at a national level, and now I’m practicing handball more casually with some friends.
I do love pets and my cats: Chili and Burrito. Oh one more thing, I also enjoy cooking and of course eating (cheese is my main weakness)!
I’m always looking for new projects or new opportunities, feel free to reach me!
ben @ homecomingstudio dot com
Take care!