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Data Analyst

GSN Games is looking for a Data Analyst to join our WorldWinner team in Boston!

About the GSN Games Skill Studio :

Take on cash tournaments and help transform real-money gaming with WorldWinner.com and the WorldWinner app. WorldWinner offers a wide and ever-changing variety of tournaments within multiple game titles for game enthusiasts of all skill levels.

What You'll Do :

In this role, you will be the third member of the growing WorldWinner Analytics team to help enable the studio to make data-driven decisions across all business functions. You will design and craft Tableau dashboards by writing SQL that will allow the team to monitor performance and answer key business questions.

The key areas the team focuses on are product games, product features, user acquisition, and marketing. Our team’s goal is to help the studio to achieve its goals by providing data driven insights. We primarily look to help draw conclusions from user transactional data, game play and interactions with our app.

About the Role :

• Write SQL queries.
• Collect and interpret player data to analyze our in-game economy and tournament offerings.
• Participate in AB testing process, from design to review. Learn significance testing and evaluate client events. Analyze the results of our tests and help drive process and app improvements.
• Cross-functional support of various teams (Marketing, User Acquisition, Product, Games, and more) – there is opportunity to work on projects across many areas of the business.
• Learn about our data structure, assist in improving our processes, data flow, documentation, tables & reports and grow into a team data leader.
• Design, create, modify, and update various Tableau dashboards.
• Identify general patterns and trends in data sets.

About You :

The ideal candidate loves data, has a knack for optimization, and enjoys researching & understanding trends. You will quickly learn the business and data structure in this fast-paced environment and immediately begin to help the team succeed. The right candidate will look forward to the challenge! Our studio’s core values are Collaboration, Curiosity, Integrity & Play and we want to find a new team member who will embrace these.

• BS Degree in Computer Science, Business, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics or similar field desired. Relevant work experience may be considered in lieu of formal education.
• 2-4 years working in a data analysis role.
• Experience and proficiency with SQL required. You will need the ability to write your own code.
• Tableau or comparable data visualization software (ex: PowerBI) experience.

Curiosity:

• Strong analytical ability, intellectual curiosity, and debugging skills.
  • Outside the box and resourceful thinking to find new trends and solutions.
• Your analytic ability thrives when given broad questions.
• General business acumen with a commitment to data-driven decisions.
• Uses creativity to present data in new ways for others to easily digest complex information to make better decisions.

Integrity:

• Checks their work meticulously, thorough, and ensures accuracy.
• Investigative ability to find discrepancies or inaccuracies in data.
• Experience partnering on a data-driven development philosophy.

Collaboration:

• Open, transparent, and collaborative communication style.
• Ability to collaborate with colleagues across different disciplines.
• The ability to manage assigned tasks and the willingness to seek other’s support to deliver results.

• Passion for online / mobile gaming!
• Desire to engage with our community and to learn.
• We have company-wide play-tests, culture club and seasonal events, and more.

Bonus Points :

• Understanding of user acquisition, retention and monetization – specifically if you have worked with an MMP (Kochava preferred).
• Experience in A/B testing and other statistical evaluations or concepts.
• Familiarity with iOS, Android, or Facebook games marketplaces, design trends and analytics best practices.
• Experience in the free-to-play gaming industry, social casino games, online gambling or other similar related industry experience.