LaTia Jacquise let go from Wizards of the Coast

D&D Community Manager LaTia Jacquise announced that she had been laid off from Wizards of the Coast after nearly four years as acting as Dungeons & Dragons’ community manager. Jacquise was an important part of D&D’s marketing department, with her posts and announcements appearing on numerous areas where D&D fans congregated, including here on EN World. She was also one of the main handlers for the advisory council that provided a community voice to various D&D plans. She is also a TTRPG designer, having co-authored Critical Role: Call of the Netherdeep. She also was a cast member of Rivals of Waterdeep, having participated in that officially sanctioned D&D Actual Play for over 8 seasons. On a personal level, I’ve interacted with Jacquise numerous times over the years and always found her to be a pleasure and a professional to work with.

It’s unclear at this time whether Jacquise is the only layoff at Wizards of the Coast or if there is a wider round of cuts coming from the company. Wizards, in recent months, has been on a hiring spree. However, the CEO of Wizards of the Coast John Hight resigned and a wide search is ongoing for his replacement.

 

[Belen]

Terrible news.

It makes sense. I was at a publishing conference last week where the Publishing Director of one of the major global medical journals was told by a publishing exec to outsource their employees so that they can pay their senior team more.

 

[Bolongo]

This is nothing new.
Don't you all remember how they let everybody working the community side of marketing go a few years ago?

 

[Spellslinging Sellsword]

Best wishes to LaTia!

 

[LaTia J]

To all y'all:

 

[dave2008]

Such sad news (unless it is for a bigger and better opportunity for @LaTia J ). It has been so nice to have some WotC presence here and LaTia was great in that role. Thank you for your time and contribution LaTia!

 

[Tigris]

Disappointing for sure. It was nice to actually have someone from WotC actively engaging with the community, especially here on EN World.

Well in general I dont see community managers as part of X, because they are not really working on product of X just with the community, so its not the same as if a (good) designer would be here.


Having said that, I liked the posts I saw from LaTia and she did a good job. So I hope LaTia's next adventure will be an even more fun one.

 

[Eyes of Nine]

Hope LaTia ends up at an awesome place where they love her and treat her with respect.

On the irony side, next to this article is the article on Lamordia, a "modern day horror" game set in a private... company. If capitalism isn't it's own genre of modern day corporate horror, I don't know what is.

 

[Clint_L]

I don't know the context so I hope this is an onwards and upwards situation, because LaTia is amazing!

 

[EthanSental]

Agreed, I always appreciated her posts, here and on ddb. Thanks for being awesome for us for 4 years!

 

[dave2008]

Well in general I dont see community managers as part of X, because they are not really working on product of X just with the community, so its not the same as if a (good) designer would be here.

Sure, but the OP did note she also co-authored Critical Role: Call of the Netherdeep. So she is / has been a designer as well.