Michael Buffaloe
Community Manager at Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC
- Location
- San Jose, California (San Francisco Bay Area)
- Industry
- Computer Games
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Michael Buffaloe's Overview
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- Community Manager at Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC
- Past
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- Community Manager / Administrator at LBPCentral
- Community Manager / Administrator at MNRCentral
- Education
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- San Jose State University
- Lemoore High School
- Recommendations
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1 person has recommended Michael
- Connections
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94 connections
Michael Buffaloe's Summary
Talented, technically–proficient website designer and project leader skilled at assembling and building virtual communities of like–minded game enthusiasts. Intuitive and responsive to the voice and unique characteristics of this specific audience - able to envision and quickly develop an impressive fan destination that generates participation and explosive growth. Learn quickly and think strategically while executing projects in a fast–paced, constantly evolving environment.
Contact anytime at: contact AT michaelbuffaloe DOT com
Michael Buffaloe's Skills & Expertise
- Video Games
- Community Management
- Social Media
- Social Networking
- Web Development
- Web Design
- User Experience Design
- User Experience Testing
- Content Creation
- Content Management
- Content Strategy
- Project Management
- Copywriting
- Copy Editing
- Team Building
- Team Management
- Creative Problem Solving
- CMS
- HTML + CSS
- Writing
- Editing
- Photoshop
- vBulletin
- Wordpress
- Public Relations
- HTML
Michael Buffaloe's Experience
Community Manager
Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC
Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; SNE; Entertainment industry
July 2012 – Present (1 year) Greater San Diego Area
At age 19, cherry-picked to manage the community around the PS3 title LittleBigPlanet Karting via social media management; web design and development; project development and execution; content drafting, editing, and curation; and cooperation with a spectrum of individuals, from international Production, Marketing / PR, and Social Media teams to franchise-wide Community Managers and prominent members of the Karting community.
Community Manager / Administrator
LBPCentral
Nonprofit; 1-10 employees; Computer Games industry
July 2008 – July 2012 (4 years 1 month)
At age 15, developed and manage this extremely popular LittleBigPlanet fansite and community with a membership of approximately 21,000 averaging 845,000 page views per month. Continually evaluate and fine-tune this game–oriented web destination, optimizing site activity and enhancing user experience through innovative web content design, regular site maintenance, creative problem–solving, and dispute resolution. Oversee a team of site moderators who solve disputes and various other community issues. Partner with Sony and Media Molecule to promote LittleBigPlanet2.
Community Manager / Administrator
MNRCentral
July 2009 – December 2010 (1 year 6 months)
At age 16, independently conceptualized, designed, and built a 1,500–member ModNation Racers fansite, the largest ModNation community on the internet, in a record two weeks. Kept current on news and emerging trends in the field of racing to attract and maintain fans to the community.
Michael Buffaloe's Education
San Jose State University
Public Relations, Communications
2011 – 2012
Grade: Freshman
Spent a year here before being hired by SCEA. May return to finish degree - depends on my career path and its needs.
Lemoore High School
High School Graduate
2007 – 2011
Michael Buffaloe's Additional Information
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people, working, video games, podcasts, music, movies, television, reading
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