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Jake "Acappella" Bradley was Community Manager for Star Citizen and Squadron 42 at Cloud Imperium Games.<ref>Inside Star Citizen: Inside CitizenCon, Star Citizen, YouTube, 9 nov. 2023</ref><ref>Jake Bradley at Bsky, 13 dec. 2024</ref>

Works at CIG

Jake applied to become community manager in 2016, but at the time CIG ended up eventually choosing to promote from within StarCitizen: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 StarCitizen:roadmap, specifically for the community team. It quickly became obvious that Jake could handle a lot more and they became promoted to [[StarCitizen::Category:Community manager|community manager]] in a few months, possibly one of the quickest promotions.<ref name=":1">What it's like to work for CIG? | Captain's Table (ft. Anna D. & Jake CIG), TheAstroHistorian, YouTube, 23 may 2022</ref><ref name=":0">Star Citizen Live: Meet the Community Team, Star Citizen, YouTube, 10 june 2022</ref>

He was the curator of the public roadmap.<ref name=":0" />

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.<ref name=":1" />

Early Life

He went to college for Music Production, but the scene in Boston was cut-throat and too crazy to find something substantial. <ref name=":1" />

Quotes

"I am one with the Roadmap, the Roadmap is with me." -Jake Acapella.<ref>JakeAcapella-CIG RSI Profile</ref>

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 StarCitizen: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 [[StarCitizen::Category:Video series|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.<ref name=":1" />

References

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 '''Jake "Acappella" Bradley''' was Community Manager for [[StarCitizen:Star Citizen|''Star Citizen'']] and [[StarCitizen:Squadron 42|''Squadron 42'']] at [[StarCitizen:Cloud Imperium|Cloud Imperium Games]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yjkvZDgeMc Inside Star Citizen: Inside CitizenCon], Star Citizen, YouTube, 9 nov. 2023</ref><ref>[https://bsky.app/profile/jakeacappella.bsky.social/post/3ldaegiy6h22t Jake Bradley at Bsky], 13 dec. 2024</ref>
 ==Works at CIG==
-Jake applied to become community manager in 2016, but at the time CIG ended up eventually choosing to promote from within [[StarCitizen:Tyler Witkin]] from QA instead, who then hired Jake 4 years later in November 2020 in the middle of the [[StarCitizen:COVID-19 pandemic|Covid 19 pandemic]], for a lower position in which they had some experience as Junior Data Specialist, focused on the backend of the [[StarCitizen: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.<ref name=":1">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-BdsCg_HqE What it's like to work for CIG? | Captain's Table (ft. Anna D. & Jake CIG)], TheAstroHistorian, YouTube, 23 may 2022</ref><ref name=":0">[https://youtu.be/U1XCecif6bQ?feature=shared Star Citizen Live: Meet the Community Team], Star Citizen, YouTube, 10 june 2022</ref>
+Jake applied to become community manager in 2016, but at the time CIG ended up eventually choosing to promote from within [[StarCitizen:Tyler Witkin]] from QA instead, who then hired Jake 4 years later in November 2020 in the middle of the [[StarCitizen:COVID-19 pandemic|Covid 19 pandemic]], for a lower position in which they had some experience as Junior Data Specialist, focused on the backend of the [[StarCitizen:roadmap]], specifically for the community team. It quickly became obvious that Jake could handle a lot more and they became promoted to [[StarCitizen::Category:Community manager|community manager]] in a few months, possibly one of the quickest promotions.<ref name=":1">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-BdsCg_HqE What it's like to work for CIG? | Captain's Table (ft. Anna D. & Jake CIG)], TheAstroHistorian, YouTube, 23 may 2022</ref><ref name=":0">[https://youtu.be/U1XCecif6bQ?feature=shared Star Citizen Live: Meet the Community Team], Star Citizen, YouTube, 10 june 2022</ref>
 He was the curator of the public roadmap.<ref name=":0" />
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 ==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 [[StarCitizen:Imagine: Star Citizen]] made him fall in love with ''Star Citizen'' and started his journey. He didn't know anything about [[StarCitizen:Chris Roberts|Chris Roberts,]] had played a bit of [[StarCitizen:Freelancer (video game)|''Freelancer'',]] and while he was aware of [[StarCitizen:Wing Commander (series)|''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 [[StarCitizen::Category:Video series|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.<ref name=":1" />
+* 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 [[StarCitizen:Imagine: Star Citizen]] made him fall in love with ''Star Citizen'' and started his journey. He didn't know anything about [[StarCitizen:Chris Roberts|Chris Roberts,]] had played a bit of [[StarCitizen:Freelancer (video game)|''Freelancer'',]] and while he was aware of [[StarCitizen:Wing Commander (series)|''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 [[StarCitizen::Category:Video series|video series]], joined the subreddit, and joined the Imperial News Network in February 2015 by covering [[StarCitizen:PAX (event)|PAX East]] 2015, within three months after buying the game.<ref name=":1" />
 ==References==
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