Eric Bush

Birmingham, AL

I have been working an online marketing professional in the video game and publishing industry for more than ten (10) years now. Starting out at TeamXbox.com where I moved up to associate editor-in-chief and helped build the website until it was purchased by IGN.com. I continued my impact on the industry with PlanetXbox360.com, which I grew with grass-root marketing to the largest Xbox site on the internet; in 2006 the website was purchased by Complex Media. In 2012 I went to work for Hoffman Media, a southern lifestyle magazine and book publisher, to help launch and grow their digital marketing division.

Specialties: Writing, editing, working on and creating original game-related articles, marketing website, creating promotions on all levels, guerrilla advertising via the internet/SEO, HTMLand CSS coding, managed community forum of over 40,000 members, posting all types of gaming media, managing staff of 7+ editors, personal and working relationships with public relations and game development staff, attending gaming events to produce exclusive content (E3, PAX, GDC, CES, TGS), promoting small articles into the spotlight of the gaming community to maximize viewership, growing Twitter and Facebook and Google+ (total of over 50k people with no advertising), social warfare, community management, game development from a producer standpoint, Microsoft Xbox MVP for 5 consecutive years.

  • Work
    • Hoffman Media
  • Education
    • Auburn University
    • Cumberland School of Law