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Data Analyst
3 years ago
Kwalee is a leading independent mobile game developer and publisher based in Leamington Spa – the UK’s biggest gaming hub outside Greater London and a great place to live – along with growing teams in Bangalore and Beijing.
Now the largest hypercasual games publisher in the UK, Kwalee is a company known globally thanks to half a billion downloads for hit mobile games including Draw it, Bake it, Shootout 3D, Rocket Sky and many more. These successes have driven rapid growth in recent years and with exciting new projects in the works for Nintendo Switch and PC alongside the studio's hypercasual specialism, Kwalee shows no signs of slowing down!
Founded in 2011 by David Darling CBE, a key architect of the UK games industry who previously co-founded and led Codemasters for many years, our team also includes legends such as Andrew Graham (creator of Micro Machines series) and Jason Falcus (programmer of classics including NBA Jam) alongside a growing and diverse team of mobile gaming experts. Everyone contributes creatively to Kwalee’s success, with all employees eligible to pitch their own game ideas on Creative Wednesdays. Could your idea be the next global hit?
As a User Acquisition Data Analyst you will be the source of insight into what makes a successful advertising campaign, you will identify which campaigns work and why, in order to maximise the performance of our whole portfolio of games, from prototype to global hit.
You'll be part of a team that will be based in the new office that we're going to open in Bangalore.
What you tell your friends you do
“My analysis keeps Kwalee games at the top of the charts for longer!”
What you will really be doing
- Analyse our plethora of advertising data to identify new metrics and insights to measure and predict performance across our expanding portfolio of games.
- Use statistical testing and predictive modelling to recommend and implement changes to marketing strategy.
- Manage large amounts of data from a multitude of sources in order to fuel your activities.
- Regularly communicate results and identify solutions with marketing, management and data science teams.
How you will be doing this
- You’ll be part of an agile, multidisciplinary and creative team and work closely with them to coordinate efforts and get the best results.
- You’ll think creatively and will be motivated by challenges and constantly striving for the best.
- You’ll work with cutting edge technology, if you need software or hardware to get the job done efficiently, you can get it. We even have a robot!
Team
Our talented team is our signature. We have a highly creative atmosphere with around 100 staff where you’ll have the opportunity to contribute daily to important decisions. You’ll work within an extremely experienced, passionate and diverse team, including David Darling and the creator of the Micro Machines video games.
Skills and requirements
- Experience analysing complex and varied data in a commercial or academic setting.
- A degree in a numerically focussed discipline such as, Maths, Physics, Economics, Chemistry, Engineering, Biological Sciences.
- Desire to solve new and complex problems every day.
- Excellent ability to communicate scientific results to both technical and non-technical team members.
Desirable
- Experience with any programmatic analysis tools/languages such as Python, C++, MatLab, R.
- Experience with SQL or NoSQL databases for the purposes of data retrieval and management.
We offer
We want everyone involved in our games to share our success, that’s why we have a generous team profit sharing scheme from day 1 of employment
In addition to a competitive salary we also offer private medical cover and life assurance
Creative Wednesdays! (Complete freedom to design and make your own games every Wednesday)
20 days of paid holidays plus bank holidays
Great work-life balance with flexible working hours
Quarterly team building days - work hard, play hard!
Monthly employee awards
- Free snacks, fruit and drinks
Our philosophyWe firmly believe in creativity and innovation and that a fundamental requirement for a successful and happy company is having the right mix of individuals. With the right people in the right environment anything and everything is possible.
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