Wanted: producer at Playrix, head of analytics at Playkot and level artist at Targem Games.
Based on the job search service and specialists TalentsInGames.com Marina Lopatina, product manager, has prepared a selection of the most interesting vacancies for the week.
Marina LopatinaProducer vacancy of the week
Producer in Playrix (remote work)
The company that created Homescapes and Gardenscapes, Playrix, is now looking for a producer who understands game design and has experience in project management.
Responsibilities:
- control of development processes and project development planning from the point of view of game design;
- development and evaluation of the concept of key features;
- assessment of fundamental tasks on the schedule;
- improving the quality of game versions at the main stages of development.
Requirements:
- good knowledge of the free-play games market, current gaming trends;
- portfolio of released, commercially successful projects;
- experience in similar positions in game projects for more than two years;
- ability to clearly set goals and focus on the result of work;
- the ability to motivate the team and lead it to success;
- experience working with a distributed team is welcome;
- knowledge of English is welcome.
Analytical vacancy of the week
Head of Analytics at Playkot (Saint Petersburg)
Playkot, the authors of Supercity and Age of Magic, who switched from social games to mobile in 2015, are now looking for the head of the analytical department.
Responsibilities:
- predict the results of releases, player behavior, key indicators — everything that will help you better understand users and make the right product decisions;
- plan, conduct and evaluate the results of A/B tests, put forward your own hypotheses;
- improve existing metrics and add new ones that will allow us to focus on what is really important.;
- take part in hiring, training and mentoring a team of analysts;
- be able to ad-hoc analytics and reports;
- develop analytical infrastructure (tools, processes, techniques).
Requirements:
- experience in the position of lead analyst in a product company for at least 2 years;
- excellent knowledge of SQL (we use PostgreSQL) and Python (Pandas, NumPy);
- excellent command of data visualization tools (Tableau, D3, etc.);
- experience in solving problems using DS/ML methods;
- interest in games and the gaming industry.
Additional benefits will be:
- higher education in mathematics or statistics;
- experience in the gaming field, understanding of the specifics of the mobile gaming F2P market;
- experience in creating and applying predictive user behavior models;
- experience working with engineers in the development of big data processing systems;
- experience working with virtual (gaming) economies.
Artistic vacancy of the week
Level Artist at Targem Games (Yekaterinburg)
Targem Games, the author of Star Conflict, an action-MMO in the spirit of War Thunder and Crossout, invites an artist to work on levels.
Responsibilities:
- development of game levels;
- filling the location with various objects, etc.;
- weather and lighting settings;
- plantings of vegetation (trees, bushes, grass, etc.);
- layout of various modules, setting tasks for sketching and modeling;
- working with technical documentation.
Requirements:
- work experience from a year;
- experience and skills of working in game editors;
- good command of 2D/3D programs;
- texturing skills, baking cards.
Additional advantages will be:
- the ability to draw by hand and on the computer;
- work experience in a similar position (preferably the presence of completed projects);
- portfolio availability;
- higher education (preferably artistic).
- knowledge of English.
