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Wooga and Kiwi shake things up while Zynga, TellTale, Rovio, and Gameloft all looking for new talent

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Wooga and Kiwi shake things up while Zynga, TellTale, Rovio, and Gameloft all looking for new talent

Welcome to the PocketGamer.biz Jobs Board: our weekly look at the mobile industry's biggest movers, unexpected shakers, and most exciting job opportunities.

This is where we'll keep track of any and all job-related happenings, letting you know who's moved where, who's bowed out, and, more importantly, which studios are looking to hire exciting new talent.

We currently update the list every Friday, so be sure to come back in a week's time to find out if that dream job of yours is closer than you think.

Movers and shakers

  • German mobile developer Wooga has appointed Dr. Marion Trautbeck-Kim as its new head of finance.
  • US F2P outfit Kiwi has brought in heaps of new talent to help create exciting, triple-A experiences for mobile devices.

Openings

  • East West Recruit is looking for a North American business development manager to help strategise and lead a marketing team for a Chinese games company. 
  • Rovio’s Location Based Entertainment team is now looking for an experienced senior project manager, LBE, based in Shanghai, China. 
  • Zynga is looking for lead game designers, producers, and product managers to work at its office in San Francisco 
  • TellTale Games is searching for a talented lead/senior character modeler based in San Rafael, California, to create great looking game characters in Zbrush and Maya
  • Gameloft is looking to fill a huge number of positions at its New York studio - designers, programmers, and artists.
  • Next Games is looking for a number of designers who wish to aim high and be part of its Helsinki team dedicated to making great games.
  • Swrve is looking to increase its headcount by 25, with the mobile maketing outfit looking to hire talent in Dublin and San Francisco.
  • Kabam is searching for a China-based lead 3D artist.

If you want to advertise a position in next week's round-up, you can get in touch with staff writer Chris Kerr at chris.kerr@steelmedia.co.uk.


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