Jake "Acappella" Bradley was Community Manager for Star Citizen and Squadron 42 at Cloud Imperium Games.[1][2]
Works at CIG
Jake applied to become community manager in 2016, but at the time CIG ended up eventually choosing to promote from within Tyler Witkin from QA instead, who then hired Jake 4 years later in November 2020 in the middle of the Covid 19 pandemic, for a lower position in which they had some experience as Junior Data Specialist, focused on the backend of the roadmap, specifically for the community team. It quickly became obvious that Jake could handle a lot more and they became promoted to community manager in a few months, possibly one of the quickest promotions.[3][4]
He was the curator of the public roadmap.[4]
Other Works
He did everything from running a Gamestop to bartending to car sales to data entry to enterprise software sales to working at Starbucks.[3]
Early Life
He went to college for Music Production, but the scene in Boston was cut-throat and too crazy to find something substantial. [3]
Quotes
"I am one with the Roadmap, the Roadmap is with me." -Jake Acapella.[5]
Trivia
- He was never really part of a gaming community before Star Citizen, with having a Warcraft guild being the closest until Star Citizen. The video Imagine: Star Citizen made him fall in love with Star Citizen and started his journey. He didn't know anything about Chris Roberts, had played a bit of Freelancer, and while he was aware of Wing Commander he didn't engage with it. Three days after seeing the video he bought the game. With the transparency surrounding the game development, he became interested in the game development itself and watched all the video series, joined the subreddit, and joined the Imperial News Network in February 2015 by covering Pax East 2015, within three months after buying the game.[3]
References
- ↑ Inside Star Citizen: Inside CitizenCon, Star Citizen, YouTube, 9 nov. 2023
- ↑ Jake Bradley at Bsky, 13 dec. 2024
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 What it's like to work for CIG? | Captain's Table (ft. Anna D. & Jake CIG), TheAstroHistorian, YouTube, 23 may 2022
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Star Citizen Live: Meet the Community Team, Star Citizen, YouTube, 10 june 2022
- ↑ JakeAcapella-CIG RSI Profile