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.

 

[plecostomus]

Thank you LaTia, you are so cool!

 

[Chaltab]

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.

Good Lord

 

[Azzy]

That sucks. Thanks, @LaTia J, for you time engaging with the community. You've been a positive voice.

 

[gban007]

Thats a shame. I've always appreciated the various comments here on Enworld by @LaTia J , that made it feel like we were heard.

 

[Gradine]

Definitely a huge loss for WotC and for us here in this community.

No amount of short-term benefit is ever worth the long-term damage that is done through these kinds of layoffs.

 

[Belen]

Good Lord

It was a low point. I left the conference after that session.

 

[beta-ray]

Aw, it was always nice to see a post from her. Thank you for your hard work LaTia.

 

[Parmandur]

Bah. That's absurd, and disspiriting.

 

[Bravesteel25]

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.

I don’t disagree with you, but Community Managers, when they are good at their jobs, make all the difference. They are the purest form of customer advocacy in the corporate world.

 

[overgeeked]

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.

Capitalism is 100% a horror show. And, as always, some people just love the baddies so much they actually root for the monsters. So weird.