Sergei Tislenkov

Community Manager

Community manager experienced with mobile live service video games. Worked with several titles, biggest one being Hero Wars: Alliance (7M MAU, 3.2M followers on all socials). Strongest skills in social media content creation, creator program management, and workflow optimization through various tools and scripts (AI or no AI).

Experience

Community Manager

Nexters Global Ltd.

Remote

Oct 2024 – Jun 2026
  • Grew the content creator partnership program from 170K combined yearly views to over 2M.

  • Collaborated with Business Development to launch a revenue sharing program that grew web store revenue by 7% in two months.

  • Built automation tools that cut 2‑12 hours of weekly manual work for daily gifts, surveys, and creator applications.

  • Collaborated on a new content calendar which improved our KPIs, including views and engagement, by 73%.

  • Owned the launch of a major game overhaul and fixed negative initial reception (expected -50% net sentiment, achieved +13%).

  • Analyzed community sentiment weekly and delivered actionable reports that guided product priorities.

  • Led a team of 12 volunteer moderators, defining roles, schedules, and incentive programs.

Influencer Marketing Survey Research Social Media Monitoring Sentiment Analysis Affogata Brandwatch Community Building Online Community Moderation Crisis Management Q&As Mentorship Programs Onboarding Social Media Marketing Copywriting Community Marketing Discord YouTube TikTok Facebook Instagram X/Twitter Telegram Community Strategies Gemini Image Flash ("Nano Banana") Krita Figma Claude Chat GPT n8n Google Apps Script Python Discord API DaVinci Resolve

Community Manager

Panoramik Games Ltd.

Belgrade, Serbia

Dec 2021 – Oct 2024
  • Created and executed a monthly content calendar for Mighty Party and Auto Brawl Chess, increasing post frequency by 30%.

  • Orchestrated volunteer community translation teams for nine languages, cutting down on overall translation costs by 15%.

  • Ran bi-weekly beta tests, establishing a streamlined bug‑reporting workflow that cut QA turnaround time.

  • Created custom scripts to save around 8 hours weekly.

  • Increased the core community’s engagement via social media activities and challenges, including player-made puzzles and challenges.

  • Managed a Steam game launch from scratch to several thousand wishlists in less than a week for a self-published title.

  • Mentored and onboarded a new community manager, ensuring seamless transition and maintaining engagement metrics.

  • Trained two new Community Managers in summer 2024 to take over the responsibilities and expand our reach by opening our presence on new platforms (Facebook Groups, YouTube, X/Twitter).

Survey Research Translation Management Beta Management Apple TestFlight Community Building Online Community Moderation Crisis Management Q&As Onboarding Social Media Marketing Copywriting Community Marketing Discord Facebook Instagram X/Twitter Telegram Community Strategies Email Marketing SendGrid Google Play Console App Store Connect Steamworks Adobe Photoshop Figma Chat GPT Google Apps Script C# Discord API Adobe Premiere Management Training Social Media Strategies

Customer Support Specialist

Panoramik Games Ltd.

Remote

Apr 2021 – Dec 2021
  • Responded to emails and Discord tickets. Maintained an average of 60 minute SLA on first contact and CSAT of 78%.

  • Made automated ZenDesk macros and triggers that deflected 15% of common customer queries.

Customer Support Discord ZenDesk Google Apps Script

Education

Unfinished BSc, Computational and Applied Mathematics

Samara University

Samara, Russia

I did not finish this degree, dropping out when the early pandemic hit. Instead I focused on acquiring practical skills and working experience.

Sep 2017 – Nov 2020

Skills

Community Management
Maintaining core and wide fan communities to improve engagement and reduce churn.
Online community moderation Volunteer team management Crisis management Q&As Live streaming
Sentiment Analysis
Collecting feedback from social media, forums, and reviews, and producing sentiment analysis reports.
Brandwatch Affogata AppFollow
Influencer Management
Directing a content creator program for video creators.
Influencer selection Content creation expertise Onboarding programs
Social Media Marketing
Designing and implementing social media strategies.
Copywriting Community Marketing Discord YouTube TikTok Facebook Instagram X/Twitter Telegram Reddit
Graphic Design
Experience working with tools to make creatives for social media or other purposes.
Gemini Image Flash ("Nano Banana") Adobe Photoshop Krita Figma
Game Marketing
App Store Optimization and other marketing/publishing skills and tools.
Email marketing SendGrid Mailgun Google Play Console App Store Connect Steamworks
Customer Development
Proactively engaging with customers to find product growth opportunities and develop them.
Survey research Translation management Beta management Apple TestFlight
Management
Leading a team, training new hires, forming strategies for the department.
Employee raining Task management Jira YouTrack
Tools
The tools I have had close experience with which didn't fit into other categories.
Customer Support ZenDesk Claude Chat GPT n8n Google Apps Script C# Python Discord API Adobe Premiere DaVinci Resolve CapCut

Languages

  • English Full professional proficiency (C1)
  • Russian Native
  • Serbian Basic (A2)