Hiring in the social gaming industry was steady this week, with 11 companies reporting 23 recent hires. According to data from LinkedIn and other sources, Zynga and Social Point reported the most activity. Zynga also had the week’s most significant move, promoting FarmVille general manager Nathan Etter to the role of Vice President of Games.
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Arkadium
- Yasith Vidanaarachchi, Mobile Programming Intern — Vidanaarachchi picks up a summer internship with Arkadium.
Disney Playdom
- Carolyn Gudmundson, Associate Product Manager — Gudmundson was formerly an editor for GamesRadar.
EA PopCap
- Isaac Van Mechelen, Account Manager (Contract) — A single hire this week for EA-owned PopCap. Van Mchelen comes from AT&T Mobility, where he was an asset management analyst.
Eruptive Games
- Ciaran Finnegan, Flash Developer — Finnegan was an interactive developer at Pocket Kings prior to joining Eruptive Games.
- Daniel Ruiz, 3D Artist — Ruiz was previously a modeller at Nerdcorps Entertainment.
- Karl Schmidt, Senior Software Developer — Schmidt comes to Eruptive Games from Relic Entertainment, where he was a programmer.
GSN
- Meredith Minogue, Advertising Sales Assistant — A non-gaming hire for GSN. Minogue previously worked at RJW Collective as a social media intern.
Kabam
- Dana Visan, European Community Manager — Visan was a romanian community manager at PokerStrategy.com.
Kontagent
- Erik Lewis, Data Scientist/Account Manager — Lewis was previously a teaching assistant at UCLA.
Plumbee
- Øyvind Sørøy, Senior Artist — Sørøy was formerly a senior game artist at EA Playfish.
- Dumisani ‘Dumi’ Kopotsha, Senior UI/UX Artist (Mobile Team) – Kopotsha comes to Plumbee from Vertu, Nokia’s luxury brand.
Social Point
- Hugo Hernández, Chief Analysis Officer — Hernández was previously an assistant professor at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.
- Roger Vallès. Project Manager Backend — Vallès comes from Psycle Interactive, where he was a project manager.
- Verónica Pérez, Flash Developer — Pérez was a programmer at Fluendo Embedded S.L.
- Nereida Soto, Flash Animator — Soto previously worked at Nikodemo Studios.
- Tono G.Dueñas, Ilustrator — Dueñas comes from Baobab Planet, where he was also an Ilustrator.
- Alex Carol, Backend Stage Intern — Carol picks up a summer internship with Social Point.
Wooga
- Clément Huvig, Lead Community Manager — A promotion this week at Wooga. Huvig was previously the community management & localization manager at Wooga.
Zynga
- Keith Geiser, QA Engineer I — Geiser was formerly the QA assistant lead at Sega of America, Inc.
- Austin Walterman, Associate Producer — Walterman comes from CNN where he was a computer programmer.
- Jennifer Burger, Social Media Lead — Burger moves up at Zynga. She was previously the executive relations team lead.
- Angelique Nikitas, Talent Coordinator — Nikitas was the staffing coordinator at Aruba Networks.
- Nathan Etter, Vice President of Games — This week’s highest profile move belongs to Etter. He was previously the general manager for FarmVille.
Source: Inside Social Games
Hiring in the social gaming industry was up this week, with 13 companies reporting 27 recent hires. According to data from LinkedIn and other sources, Zynga and Vancouver’s Eruptive Games reported the most activity with five hires. The highest profile move of the week belonged to Mob Science which saw David Callahan come on as vice president of product and operations.
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6waves
- Christopher Lucas, Product Manager — Lucas joins the company’s Tokyo team, overseeing social games on Mixi and Yahoo! Mobile.
Digital Chocolate
- Mauri Jääskö, Game Programmer — Jääskö was previously a lead programmer at Tuonela Productions.
Disney Playdom
- Damon Osgood, Lead Programmer — Osgood was formerly a principal lead programmer for gameplay at Electronic Arts.
Double Down Interactive
- Steven Alatorre, Software Engineer — Alatorre was previously a software design engineer at Cequint, Inc.
East Side Games
- Jon Chew, Jr. Game Analyst – Chew was previously a marketing intern at Invoke Media.
- Jennifer Kim, Co-op Software Engineer — Kim has previously worked as a co-op toolset developer at Polycom.
- Jason Verhiel, Software Engineer — Verhiel was formerly an AI engineer at Slant Six Games.
Eruptive Games
- Derek Young, Product Director — Young co-founded Sanity Check Entertainment and was an artist at Radical Entertainment, before joining Eruptive Games.
- Ryan Smith, Community Manager — Smith comes to Eruptive Games from ADK, where he was a fraud manager.
- Rui Qian, Interactive Designer — Qian was previously a technical artist at EA.
- Isaac Murdock, QA Lead – Murdock was a quality assurance lead at A.C.R.O.N.Y.M.
- Melany Hamill, Project Manager — Hamill comes to Eruptive from HotHead Games, where she was the studio manager.
Kabam
- Michael Holcomb, Senior Artist — Holcomb was previously an artist as Mass Media.
- Michael Pierce, Marketing Manager – Pierce moves up at Kabam, from an SEM analyst to marketing manager.
King.com
- Alexander Skepp, Creative Solutions – Ad Operations — Skepp comes to the King.com team from Midasplayer AB, where he was a graphic designer.
Mob Science
- David Callahan, Vice President of Product and Operations — This week’s highest profile hire belongs to Mob Science. Callahan was previously a product manager at Zynga, working on the Mafia Wars franchise.
- Chad Wilson, Senior Game Designer — Wilson was previously the lead game designer at Crowdstar.
Playtika
- Guy Goldberg, Affiliate Manager – Goldberg was formerly with Extent Technologies, where he was also an affiliate manager.
Plumbee
- Segilola Jolaosho, Associate Customer Relationship Manager — Jolaosho makes a major career jump in joining Plumbee. She was previously a restaurant manager.
- In other Plumbee news Owen O’Donnell has joined the company’s board as an independent non-executive director. O’Donnell was previously the CFO at Financial Times, Betfair, King.com and Joost. He is also a director with Rank Group.
Spil Games
- Paolo Iannelli, Back End Performance Engineer — Iannelli was the tech lead and software architect of LeaseWeb CDN.
- Frank van Gemeren, Front-End Performance Engineer – Before joining Spil, van Gemeren was a core CMS developer (back-end) and general web developer at insyde.nl.
- Lucas Rolff, Performance Engineer — Rolff was a web developer in Denmark before joining the Spil team.
Zynga
- Ryan Bitanga, Software Engineer — Zynga grabs four team members from the Lolapps side of 6waves Lolapps. Bitanga was previously a software engineer at 6waves Lolapps.
- Benjamin Hurst, QA Engineer I – Poker — Hurst was a QA tester at 6waves Lolapps.
- Tian Han, Software Engineer — Han was a game developer at 6waves Lolapps.
- Jerry Tzeng, Concept Artist — Tzeng was a senior 2D artist at 6waves Lolapps.
- Kenneth Cromack, QA Engineer — Before joining Zynga Cromack was a production specialist/quality assurance analyst at HighWire Press.
Source: Inside Social Games
Facebook this week expanded its design team with new hires from YouTube, Quora and Rdio, according to its LinkedIn feed.
It also appears that Facebook cleaned out its job inventory again this week, as its Careers page showed many jobs removed since last week. Jobs included counsel, engineering, accounting, communications, recruiting and more.
- Wilson Miner, Designer – former lead designer at Rdio.
- Margaret Stewart, Designer – formerly worked at YouTube.
- Elizabath Windram, Designer – formerly worked at Quora.
- Soham Mazumdar, Software Engineer – former staff software engineer at Google.
- Subhro Kar, Operations Engineer – former information systems architect at iXiGO.com.
- Vinay Emani, Software Engineer – former student.
- Carla Coll, User Operations Content Analyst – former student.
- Vinay Satish Kumar, Quant – former student.
- Nicol Wilson, Platform Marketing Events Operations Manager – former research administrator.
- Virginia Vanga, Purchasing – former senior purchasing manager at Electronic Arts.
Prior listings now removed from the Facebook Careers Page:
- Sr. Linux Systems Engineer
- Corporate Counsel
- Corporate Paralegal
- Associate General Counsel, Labor & Employment
- Director of Tax Operations
- Communications Manager – Russia & Eastern Europe (London)
- Marketing Communications Manager, APAC (Singapore)
- Global Customer Marketing Lead
- Fraud Investigator, Risk Operations (Austin)
- Manager, Server Sourcing and Procurement
- Product Manager, Insights and Measurement
- Partner Engineer – Marketing Solutions (Chicago)
- Partner Engineer – Mobile, HTML5
- Partner Manager, API (London)
- Technology Partner, Security
- Technical Recruiter (London)
- Technical Recruiter – Contract (Australia)
- Technical Recruiter – Contract (Dublin)
- Technical Recruiter – Contract (Hyderabad)
- Technical Recruiter – Contract (Singapore)
- Technical Sourcer – Contract (Hyderabad)
- Account Manager, Turkey (London)
- Account Manager – French (Dublin)
- Head of Account Management, LATAM
- Manager, APAC Platform Partnerships (Singapore)
- Manager, Platform Partnerships – Japan (Tokyo)
- Analyst, User Operations (Hyderabad)
- Analyst, User Operations, Dutch (Dublin)
- Analyst, User Operations – Indonesian (Dublin)
- Analyst, User Operations – Vietnamese (Dublin)
- Associate, User Operations (Hyderabad)
- Client Partner, Politics
- Client Partner – Czech (Dublin)
- Client Partner – Dutch (Dublin)
- Client Partner – French (Dublin)
- Client Partner, Italian (Dublin)
- Client Partner – Spanish (Dublin)
- Client Partner – Turkish (Dublin)
- Client Partner (Auckland), New Zealand
- Client Partner (Madrid)
- Client Partner (Milan)
- Client Partner Hamburg
- Client Partner Sweden
- Client Partner, Poland
- Client Partner, Turkey (London)
- Client Partner (Poland)
- Client Partner (Sydney)
- Pan Euro Client Partner (London)
- Partner Manager, Marketing API (Dublin)
- Asset Management Analyst
- Asset Manager, Data Center
- Platform Associate
- Strategic Partner Development Associate, Gaming
- SMB Marketing Associate (Dublin)
- SMB Marketing Manager, German (Dublin)
- Associate, Business Operations, API
- Associate, Corporate FP&A
- Administrative Assistant, Singapore
- Administrative Assistant, Growth, Mobile & International
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Source: Inside Facebook
Unified made a big hire bringing on Brian Murphy as VP of Sales this week. Other companies attained new creative, business and other staff.
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Here’s this week’s list of hires:
Unified
- Brian Murphy, Vice President of Sales – formerly worked at Google, AdMob and DoubleClick.
TBG Digital
- Kirk Mechen, Digital Creative Producer – former digital producer at MTV Networks.
Kontagent
- Michael Duvall, Business Development – former inside sales representative at Autonomy.
Buddy Media
- Avrom Bangiev, Revenue Recognition Analyst – former contracts manager at BTQ Financial.
- Ann-Marie Flores, Facilities Manager – former small works project manager at Macquarie Bank.
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Source: Inside Facebook
Facebook either hired a lot of people recently or revamped its Careers page by removing redundant postings this week, as there were quite a lot of jobs removed from its employment page. Its LinkedIn feed only showed a few hires of software engineerings, recruiters and various other staff. Some of the positions removed from the Careers page included engineers, policy jobs and account management staff.
New hires per LinkedIn and other sources:
- Justin Pasqualini, Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure – former software developer at Tagged.
- Alessandro Presta, Software Engineer – former intern at Art.sy.
- Charles Gorintin, Quantitative Business Analyst – former fixed income intern at J.P. Morgan.
- Renette Thom, APAC Recruiting – former consultant, specialist contract division at Robert Walters.
- Shirish Kumar Ghosal, Global Marketing Solutions – former intern at Orios Pvt. Ltd.
- Gavin Nolan, Service Desk Tech for Milestone – former technician at Google Ireland.
- Kristine Angeles, User Operations Analyst (Contractor) – former student.
- Damien Gagnevin, User Operation Content Analyst – former postdoctoral research assistant at UCD School of Geological Sciences.
Prior listings now removed from the Facebook Careers Page:
- Software Engineer, IT Tools
- Performance and Capacity Engineer
- Technical Program Manager 120203
- Manager, Network Engineering (Corp)
- Developer Support Engineer, Polish (Dublin)
- Developer Support Engineer (Russian)
- Data Center Technician (Ashburn)
- Head of Policy (Russia)
- Head of Policy, Middle East
- Head of Policy, Turkey (London)
- Manager, Public Policy (Washington, DC)
- Manager, Public Policy, External Affairs (Washington, DC)
- Policy Director, EMEA
- Privacy Specialist (London or Dublin)
- Public Policy Manager EU (Brussels)
- Associate, Policy Communications
- Creative Strategist (London)
- Creative Strategist (Menlo Park)
- Creative Strategist (New York)
- Senior Strategist (Madrid)
- Senior Strategist (Milan)
- Analyst, User Operations – Malay (Dublin)
- Analyst, User Operations, Polish (Dublin)
- Analyst, User Operations – Thai (Dublin)
- Head of Mobile Operations
- Ad Regulation Specialist (Dublin or London)
- Analyst, Payment Operations (Austin)
- SMB Marketing Associate, LATAM (Sao Paulo)
- Safety Specialist
- Recruiter – Contract (London)
- Head of Sales Korea (Seoul)
- Relationship Manager, Agency Relations (Singapore)
- Sales Manager, SouthEast Asia (Singapore)
- Global Business Manager, APAC (Singapore)
- Sales Manager UK (London)
- Industry Manager, QSR (Chicago)
- Relationship Manager, Agency Relations (New York)
- Client Partner, CPG (New York)
- Client Partner, Entertainment (Los Angeles)
- Client Partner, Finance (Chicago)
- Client Partner, Finance (New York)
- Client Partner UK (Agency)
- Client Partner, Finance (London)
- Client Partner, Motor (London)
- Client Partner, Retail (London)
- Client Partner (Amsterdam)
- Client Partner, Brand Specialist (Dublin)
- Client Partner, Brand Specialist, Danish (Dublin)
- Client Partner, Brand Specialist, French (Dublin)
- Client Partner, Brand Specialist, German (Dublin)
- Client Partner, Brand Specialist, Norwegian (Dublin)
- Client Partner, Brand Specialist, Swedish (Dublin)
- Client Partner – Danish (Dublin)
- Client Partner – German (Dublin)
- Client Partner – Norwegian (Dublin)
- Client Partner – Swedish (Dublin)
- Client Partner (LATAM) – Miami
- Account Manager (Brussels)
- Account Manager (Toronto)
- Account Manager, Auto (Detroit)
- Account Manager, CPG (New York)
- Account Manager, Financial Services (Menlo Park)
- Account Manager, Financial Services (New York)
- Account Manager, Retail (Dallas)
- Account Manager, Retail (New York)
- Account Manager – Danish (Dublin)
- Account Manager – German (Dublin)
- Account Manager – Norwegian (Dublin)
- Account Manager – UK and Ireland (Dublin)
- Analyst, SMB Growth, Italian (Dublin)
- Analyst, SMB Growth, UK and Ireland (Dublin)
- SMB Growth Manager (Dublin)
- Associate, Ad Operations (Seoul)
- DSO Account Manager (Singapore)
- DSO Account Manager (Seoul)
- Manager, Account Management, Auto
- Manager, Account Management, Retail (Chicago or Atlanta)
- Associate, Business Operations, SMB
- Associate, Business Operations, SMB
- EMEA Information Security Lead (Dublin)
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Source: Inside Facebook
Hiring in the social gaming industry was steady this week, with nine companies reporting 13 recent hires. According to data from LinkedIn and other sources, Zynga reported the most activity with five hires. The highest profile move of the week belonged to Idle Games which promoted Todd Heringer to general manager.
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Double Down Interactive
- Amanda Turpen, Administrative Assistant — Double Down Interactive adds to its administrative staff. Turpen was previously an accounts manager at Gary’s Process Service, Inc.
Idle Games
- Todd Heringer, General Manager – Idle Games promotes Heringer to the position of general manager. He was previously the executive producer for Idle Worship. Industry veteran Dan Fiden also joins the company’s board of directors.
Kabam
- Nathalie Fossoud, Senior HR Manager Europe — Fossoud comes to Kabam from Vodafone, where she was the HR business partner and luxembourg HR manager.
Kontagent
- Michael Duvall, Business Development – A single hire this week for Kontagent. Duvall was previously an inside sales representative at Autonomy.
Nordeus
- Aleksandar Aleksic, Software Developer Engineer — Nordeus returns to our hiring roundup after a brief absence. Aleksic was a software developer at Faculty of Electronic Enegineering, University of Nis.
Perfect World
- Gabriel Hacker, General Manager – Another high profile hire. Hacker was previously the interim general manager at Bigpoint and the head of business development at RTL interactive before joining Perfect World.
Social Point
- Guzmán Díaz Solana, Finance Intern — Solana was previously an assistant editor at Global Print Monitor.
Wooga
- Janina Cußmann, Senior Human Resources Manager — Cußmann was a senior human resources manager at NumberFour AG before joining Wooga.
Zynga
- Kurtis Freedland, Software Engineering Intern — Zynga staffs up with interns for the summer this week. Freedland attends UC Berkeley.
- Brandon Millman, Software Developer Intern — Another intern a Zynga. Millman attends Duke University.
- Daniel Chou, Sr. Concept Artist – Chou was a senior artist at WMS Gaming.
- Saurabh Mahajan, Product Manager — Mahajan was formerly an associate at Capital One.
- Lazarus Berry, QA Analyst – Berry starts his career at Zynga.
Source: Inside Social Games
