Hi, I'm Clara

Game Business & Marketing Strategy Consultant. Event Director. Speaker. Pal.

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About Clara


Business & Marketing Strategy

Clara is a game industry business and marketing strategy consultant, specializing in game pitches, marketability analysis, and go-to-market influencer marketing strategies for PC and console. She has broad experience across studios and projects of all sizes with a special passion for indie games and content creators and is open to all kinds of consultation needs.

As a former senior strategist at Devolver Digital and a global PR agency, Clara has managed and consulted on launch campaigns of all scales for publishers and developers, reviewed thousands of pitches, signed exciting new titles, hired and trained staff, set up community teams, worked alongside international agencies, and provided mentorship for underrepresented industry hopefuls.

Clara's work history also includes project manager, operations manager, hiring manager, training manager, process and resource analyst, communications lead, and more.

Speaker

Clara has served as a guest speaker at industry events and shows around the world. She has special interest in discussing influencer marketing, game marketability and pitching, community marketing, representation, content creator success, industry trends, and games in general.

She also serves as an adjudicator on various competition and grant panels and is a GDC Summit Advisory Board member.

Event Director

Clara founded the first ever Twitch Community event group in early 2015, hosted in Vancouver, which helped to inform and springboard the official Twitch MeetUps program now available to organizers around the world.

As the director of Vancouver Game Connect, Clara continues her passion in bringing together game devs, content creators, and gamers in community events around Vancouver.

         

Work with Clara


Whether it's a one-off consultation session, full campaign strategy, speaking engagement, on-call retainer services, supplementing your existing agency services, or something in between, let's get on a 20-minute introductory call to chat about your needs. I'm also happy to sign an NDA if needed.

Pitch preparation

  • Prototype playtesting and marketing feedback
  • Project and budget review
  • Deck and asset review
  • Mock presentations
  • General advice

Game signing support (publishers)

  • Game pitch and build review
  • Marketability analysis
  • Risk assessment
  • Scouting support and project evaluation
  • Early dev relations and call presence

Influencer marketing

  • Launch campaign strategy
  • Creator program guidance
  • Playtesting and influencer reception analysis
  • Twitch integration guidance
  • List building and intake processing
  • Sponsorship and activation recommendations
  • Outreach copy writing
  • Creator asset management
  • Mail-out recommendations
  • Hiring assistance and training
  • Tool and platform assessment
  • General advice

General consultation

  • Social and brand marketing strategy
  • Community marketing strategy
  • Studio portfolio assessment
  • Storefront copy review
  • Influencer discovery and analytics tool evaluation
  • Content creator business growth strategy

Speaking and advisory

  • Panel or lecture speaking engagement
  • Competition and grant panel adjudication
  • Mentorship program participation
  • Group workshop session

Throughout her tenure, Clara showcased strong insights into many facets of the indie game market and became a central member of the business development team. Her strategic insights into the proposed games and talent for creating organized processes helped the Devolver Digital business development efforts greatly. She has a remarkable ability to identify what might make a game compelling to consumers and influencers while also ensuring the project and the development team was a good fit for Devolver Digital. Clara’s creativity and passion for the gaming industry were evident in every project she undertook.

— Nigel Lowrie, CMO, Devolver Digital


Contact Clara

Contact Clara


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