Industry News
UK jobs vacancies in video games see biggest monthly drop
Available jobs in the video-game industry nationwide saw their largest monthly drop - but there may be a silver-living for indie developers.
New Hire
Gamigo appoints new marketing director
Gamigo online and moblie games publisher appoint Christian Streil as new director of marketing
Lose Some. Win Some
Netflix hires two top ad executives from social media platform Snap
Ex-Snap execs land top roles following layoff of 1300 Snap employees
Job Openings
Mattel to grow its digital gaming sector with new job openings
New managerial positions include head of business development and licensing, senior manager of mobile licensing, and senior manager of PC/Console licensing
Big Shot In Dallas
Wordscapes developer announces Carol Miu as new CEO
Carol Miu succeeds Tony Goodman as CEO of PeopleFun
Cohen Comes On
Homa Games brings on Jeff Cohen as VP of Corporate Development
Will handle the firm's "aggresive" M&A and partnership operations
Mobile Game Dev Veteran
Chimera Entertainment hires Stefan Dieckmann as head of development
Brings over 15 years of mobile games development experience to lead and grow Chimera's dev team
Leading The Front
Anzu appoints former Yahoo director Chris Vincelli as VP of Business Development
Brings over a decade of partnerships experience to secure in-game ads partnerships
Cousens Comes Aboard
Huuuge Games appoints Rod Cousens as co-CEO
Brings over four decades of experience, including leadership roles at Jagex, Codemasters, and Activision
Blizzard To Amazon
Amazon hires former World of Warcraft designer to ramp up mobile games efforts
Former Blizzard designer Kurt Sparkuhl joins as lead games designer for mobile
Brought To The Board
iCandy Interactive appoints four new execs
New appointments come from subsidiaries Storms and Lemon Sky Studios
Expanding Execs
Kongregate appoints three executive team members to support blockchain operations
Max Murphy, Michelle Shaw, and Patrick Moran step into CTO, CBOO, and CPO respectively
Marketing Movement
InnoGames appoints Felix Janzen as chief marketing officer
Former CMO moves up to lead Modern Times Group’s games marketing efforts
Hr Hero
Exient brings on former United Nations specialist Hunida Busefi
Bringing experience from outside of the games industry to aid diversity programme
Experienced Hires
Social First makes three key hires for dev ops, design, and new technology including blockchain
Marco Sandrini, Aki Raula, and Jari Ravantti join the team
Joining The Dragon
Triple Dragon brings on Ritesh Thadani as head of business development
Former COO of Playstack and Pollen
Co-head Of Games
Galaxy Interactive appoints Ryan You as co-head of gaming division
Will also operate as partner and managing director
Advising Aviagames
AviaGames appoints former Glu Mobile CEO Nick Earl as senior advisor
Earl will advise on business and content strategy, and more
Barrera Brought On
Netflix appoints Roberto Barrera as head of games strategy
Playstation Alumnus brought on to solidify games approach
Appointment Announced
Lockwood Publishing appoints Jon Goddard to senior management team
Prior roles at EA, Jagex, and more
It's A Secret
Secret Society Games appoints Andreea Enache as chief business officer
Formerly of Sony, Konami, Namco, Marvel, and more
Triumvirate Hires
Lockwood Publishing expands leadership with three strategic hires
Brings on industry veterans James Cox, Rob Hendry, and Chris Tilston
Avia Expands
AviaGames brings in Scott Leichtner and Weiming Lu
Hires industry veterans to aide in global expansion
Entertainment Veteran
Scopely adds Salaam Coleman Smith to board of directors
Bringing over 20 years of entertainment industry experience
Part Of The Crew
Bandai Namco Mobile brings on former Brawl Stars artist Paul Chambers
Will focus on the creation of new F2P IP
Publishing Powerhouse
Kwalee appoints Sega and Ubisoft veteran William Cox as head of mobile publishing
Bringing over a decade of industry experience
Ad In
AdInMo appoints Reece Eaton as new ad operations director
Veteran takes the reins
New Boss
Saad Choudri appointed as Miniclip CEO
The role has been taken over from Jurgen Post
Add On
Anzu adds David Cox as a strategic advisor
Ad platform strengthens team
Minting
Zynga appoints its first VP of blockchain gaming
Matt Wolf will lead the charge
Good Fit
FunPlus appoints Ben Cousins as head of European studio operations
Bringing two decades of free-to-play and games-as-a-service experience
Capital Move
French hypercasual dev 8SEC opens Paris office
Lyon startup is growing fast
Staffing Up
Admix expands, hiring Stefan Adamczyk as VP of Global Partnerships
Ex-AdColony SVP moves on
Executive Appointment
Homa Games appoints new chief operating officer
Ambitious hypercasual publisher promotes Julien Bourhis after 18 months as VP Operations
Recruitment Drive
Activision staffing up for "huge unannounced triple-A mobile project"
"Engineering, design, production, product, marketing, data - you name it…"
20 Years Experience
Jagex continues hiring spree with former Codemasters CFO Rashid Varachia
Varachia will take on same role at the RuneScape developer
New Strategy
Glu Mobile CEO Nick Earl and COO Eric Ludwig leave company
Both will depart by the end of August
"golden Opportunity"
Glu Mobile's Vicky Spachis joins Big Run as VP of people operations
The hiring of Spachis is the latest in a series of recent appointments
Hiring Now
10 games industry jobs to apply for this week
Job vacancies from Epic Games, Respawn Entertainment, Alpha Dog Games and Riot Games
Funplus Likes This
Facebook Gaming director Bob Slinn joins FunPlus as VP of business development
Fifth management signing in recent months
Homa Hiring
Homa Games hires Carlos Mas Rodriguez as new vice president of gaming product
Former Scopely executive will lead the ambitious hypercasual studio's drive into new genres
Dreaming Big
NDreams hires former Codemasters CEO Frank Sagnier
NDreams CEO welcomes Sagnier’s wisdom and passion to the board
First Of Many?
Update: Blizzard president and head of HR depart company amid lawsuit
J. Allen Brack and Jesse Meschuk make their exit
Experienced Execs
Amber brings on former EA VP and Keywords chief Jaime Gine as CEO
"We are entering a new chapter in Amber’s evolving story"
Super Hire
10 Supercell jobs to apply for this week
Job vacancies from several of Supercell’s offices
Hiring Now
10 games industry jobs to apply for this week
Job vacancies from Jam City, Rovio, Gameloft and Glu Mobile
A New Verse
Mixi’s Langer Lee joins ByteDance game's division Nuverse
Lee will take over as head of corporate development
Hiring Now
10 games industry jobs to apply for this week
Job vacancies from Sega, Activision Blizzard, Square Enix and Bandai Namco
Rune For One More
RuneScape developer Jagex picks up new hires from EA, Smilegate and Ubisoft
"We’re extremely happy to be in a position where we can bring so many new and talented people…"
Voodoo Voice
Voodoo president and COO joins Homa Games as senior strategic advisor
The announcement follows Voodoo’s former CFO’s appointment as Homa Games’ new VP of
finance and legal.