Claire Nance
Head of Global Communications & Industry Marketing
Activision Blizzard
Claire Nance is an award-winning communications and marketing leader with over 15 years’ experience managing global communications campaigns in the US and Australia. As Head of Global Communications & Industry Marketing at Activision Blizzard, she leads all external communications for the video game publisher’s advertising business, including campaign development, media relations and corporate storytelling. She has been instrumental in shaping the conversation around in-game advertising, raising awareness and understanding on an often misunderstood subject matter through creative marcomms campaigns, industry thought leadership and advocacy. Clare has established herself as a visible presence at the company; she MC’s and runs the company’s annual internal offsite and was awarded the Activision Blizzard Heroes Award for Culture in 2021. Prior to Activision Blizzard, Claire was Director, Corporate Communications at IPG Mediabrands, served as Group Director of North 6th Agency’s B2B account group and held senior communications roles at News Corp.
Career Highlights
Grew Activision Blizzard's external media coverage and earned industry speaking opportunities
Led Activision Blizzard Media’s Playables product launch, reaching the highest number of earned media articles for a single campaign
Led Activision Blizzard’s industry presence at high priority events including CES, Cannes Lions and Advertising Week and spoke at multiple industry events including Adweek Cracking The Code: Gaming Event, Campaign UK Gaming Summit, Digiday Advertising Gaming Summit and more
Included as one of Crain's Notable Leaders in Advertising, Marketing and Public Relations in 2022
