Mobile game jobs weekly: Paradox CEO steps down, Clash Royale game designer vacancy, Glu hiring spree

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Paradox Interactive CEO Fredrik Wester to step down after nine years

Paradox Interactive has announced that its CEO Fredrik Wester is stepping down from the role after nearly nine years in charge.

Wester will continue to work full-time at Paradox as the executive chairman of the board. Current chairman Håkan Sjunnesson will step aside and take on the role of deputy chairman.

Replacing Wester will be Ebba Ljungerud, the current chief commercial officer of the Kindred Group. She has also served on the board of directors at Paradox since August 2014.

IGDA appoints Jen MacLean as its new permanent executive director

The International Game Developers Association has appointed Jen MacLean as its new executive director four months after she took over the organisation on an interim basis.

MacLean was previously the managing director of the IGDA Foundation before taking on the interim role. She was also the CEO of 38 Studios and president of StoryArc Media and has been in the games industry for over 20 years.

The IGDA has also brought on Kongregate CEO Emily Greer and Big Huge Games lead producer Zoe Bell onto its board of directors. Finnish games consultant Vesa Raudasoja has been promoted to vice-chair.

Hutch bolsters its London studio with four new team members

London-based mobile racing game developer Hutch has kicked off 2018 with four new hires to bolster its team.

The new hires are senior gameplay programmer Ed Ainsley, 3D artist Sinead Oram, producer Alun Williams and technical designer Nathan Jija. Ainsley joined the company in December 2017, while the others all started in January 2018.

Hutch has grown fairly rapidly over the past 12 months, adding another two staff members in December 2017.

Mobile advertising tech firm Glispa hires Jon Hook as its new chief commercial officer

Mobile advertising tech firm Glispa has appointed former AdColony VP of brands and agencies Jon Hook as its new chief commercial officer.

The role will see Hook commercialising Glispa's suite of advertising solutions, including Glispa Perform, Glispa Connect and Glispa Discover. He will be based in the company's London office and report directly to CEO Itamar Benedy.

Hook has been in the mobile ad tech business for well over a decade. He was a co-founder of Odyssey Mobile in 2010, and has held numerous roles in the industry before taking on the job of VP of brands and agencies at AdColony in November 2016.

Women in Games Scotland appoints new lead ambassador and national coordinator

UK non-profit organisation Women in Games WIGJ has appointed Rockstar North engine programmer Timea Tabori as its new lead ambassador and national coordinator for Women in Games Scotland.

Tabori has worked at Rockstar North since 2013 and is also a member of the board of directors of IGDA Scotland. She will work to promote diversity in the region by collaborating with regional trade bodies and representing Women in Games.

The organisation has also appointed Roll7 producer Rachael Gregg-Smythe as the regional coordinator for the North West. She will respond to requests from women in games in region and work closely with local network Gameopolis.

Here we feature a select few job vacancies from our jobs board and around the industry, as well as companies recruiting significant numbers of staff.

Rovio

Angry Birds developer Rovio is hiring across its studios in Espoo, Finland and London, UK. Roles include:

Art Director (Puzzle Studio) - Espoo, Finland

Senior Game Designer (Puzzle Studio) - Espoo, Finland

Senior Game Programmer (Puzzle Studio) - Espoo, Finland

Senior Server Engineer - London, UK

Senior Game Designer - London, UK

Playwing

Canada-based developer Playwing has also listed eight jobs on our board, with vacancies including:

Producer Manager - Montreal, Canada

Gameplay programmer - Montreal, Canada

Lead Programmer

Level Designer

Lead 3D Environment Artist

Outfit7

Talking Tom developer Outfit7 meanwhile has a flurry of job opportunities open at its studio in Ljubljana, Slovenia, including:

Data Scientist (Product)

Game-Monetization Expert

3D Artist

Mobile Games Writer

Junior Quality Engineer / Integrations

More jobs highlights

Technical Director (Pixel Toys) - Leamington Spa, UK

Game Linguist (Keywords Studios) - Tokyo, Japan

User Acquisition Expert (Ubisoft) - Paris, France or London, UK

Audience Development Editor (Steel Media) - Anywhere

Game Programmer (Traplight Games) - Tampere, Finland

Hot vacancies around the mobile games industry

Helsinki-based Supercell is hiring for a game designer to work on its hit mobile game Clash Royale.

London and Istanbul-based Gram Games is on the hunt for a user acquisition manager

New studio TT Brighton, which aims to work on mobile LEGO games, is hiring for a junior programmer

Candy Crush Saga developer King is looking for a lead game developer at its San Francisco office

Operate Now: Hospital publisher Spil Games is after an influencer marketing manager in Hilversum, Netherlands.

Here we link to a selection of the current big recruiters in the mobile games space.

Know of some hot job opportunities? Email craig.chapple@steelmedia.co.uk.

Glu Mobile

Glu Mobile has 78 vacancies across its global studios, including in Hyderabad, San Francisco, Burlingame, Minsk and Toronto.

Ludia

Montreal studio Ludia, which has signed a number of big deals recently including for a partnership with Disney, has 21 jobs open right now across a range of professions.

G5 Entertainment

Hidden object games specialist G5 Entertainment is recruiting for 23 staff across its studios in Russia, Ukraine, Sweden, Malta and the US.

MZ

Game of War and Final Fantasy XV: A New Empire developer MZ, which also works on the Satori platform, has 73 open vacancies at its studio in Palo Alto, California.

Naturalmotion

Dawn of Titans and CSR 2 outfit Naturalmotion has 29 job listings across its Brighton and London studios.

Still here? Well while we've got you, here you can find jobs news from around the rest of the games industry, courtesy of our sister-sites PCGamesInsider.biz, InflunecerUpdate.biz and TheVirtualReport.biz.

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Former Dragon Age writer David Gaider leaves Beamdog

Beamdog creative director David Gaider has left the Canadian studio after two years.

Gaider joined the developer in February 2016 after leaving Bioware, where he had worked for nearly 17 years.

During his time at Beamdog he acted as the lead writer on a number of upcoming projects as well as building up the creative team at the company.

21 go on strike at French game maker Eugen Systems

21 employees of Steel Division: Normandy 44 developer Eugen Systems have gone on strike due to issues with pay.

In a post on the website of newly formed left-learning video games union STJV, the developers announced that they were taking action following "serious violations" of their rights.

The open letter says that these members of staff worked overtime but were not being compensated for it, with them even having to get lawyers involved to remind Eugen Systems of its obligations towards staff.

Layoffs announced at Mafia III developer Hangar 13

Staff from Mafia III developer Hangar 13 have been laid off according to publisher 2K Games.

Kotaku reports that some employees of the California-based studio are being let go in order to make sure that resources are in line with its long-term plans.

A specific number of staff has not been announced, but Kotaku says it has heard that a large portion of roles have been axed.