Product Analyst - Mobile Games Royal Leamington Spa, England
Job description
Job Title - Product Analyst
Reports Into - Lead Data Analyst
Applications Closing Date - 20/3/2023
Location - Hybrid / Leamington Spa
A Little Bit about Kwalee….
Kwalee is one of the world’s leading multiplatform game developers and publishers, with well over 900 million downloads worldwide for mobile hits such as Draw It, Teacher Simulator, Let’s Be Cops 3D, Airport Security and Makeover Studio 3D. We also have a growing PC and Console team of incredible pedigree that is on the hunt for great new titles to join TENS!, Eternal Hope, Die by the Blade and Scathe.
What’s In It For You?
Hybrid working - 3 days in the office, 2 days remote/ WFH is the norm
Flexible working hours - we trust you to choose how and when you work best
A dog friendly office (There’s dog-free areas too, if pooches aren’t your thing)
Profit sharing scheme - we win, you win
Private medical cover - delivered through BUPA
Life Assurance - for long term peace of mind
On site gym - take care of yourself
Relocation support - available
VISA Sponsorship - available
Quarterly Team Building days - we’ve done Paintballing, Go Karting & even Robot Wars
Pitch and make your own games on Creative Wednesdays!
An amazingly well equipped office with ping pong, darts, pool tables and video games while keeping refreshed with free snacks and a stocked kitchen (we have every kind of milk imaginable)
Are You Up To The Challenge?
As a Product Analyst you will be responsible for optimising in-game features and design of our free to play Casual Mobile games. You will do this by analysing how players interact with our games, utilising AB testing of in-game components and developing automated data visualisation dashboards. Your insights will be regularly communicated and leveraged by development, management and data science teams, to drive the growth of our free to play Casual Mobile games.
Your Team Mates
The Data Science team is central in developing the technology behind the growth and monetisation of our games. We are a cross functional team that consists of analysts, engineers and data scientists, and work closely with the larger engineering team to deliver products spanning our modern, cloud first, tech stack.
You will also work closely with the Casual Mobile Games team, a multi-national crew who are united by a common goal of trying to make the games we work first class experiences from a gameplay, visual and marketing perspective as best as we can.
What Does The Job Actually Involve?
Analyse data to quantify the relationships between game elements, player engagement and marketing strategies, using statistical analysis and data visualisations.
Develop highly effective, reliable Tableau dashboards on key gameplay metrics.
Design analytic events by translating in-game features into optimised data structures.
Design experiments and AB testing plans to reveal complex interactions between game elements, in collaboration with the free to play Casual Mobile development team.
Regularly communicate results with development, management and data science teams.
Your Hard Skills
Experience in manipulating and analysing data in a commercial or academic setting.
A track record of outstanding problem solving skills, understanding business challenges and translating them into robust data-driven insights.
Excellent knowledge of statistical testing and experiment design.
Experience using Python for data analysis and visualisation.
Experience manipulating data in SQL databases.
Experience in data visualisation and dashboard development using BI tools such as Tableau.
Strong communication skills through comprehensive reporting and presentations.
Your Soft Skills
Kwalee has grown fast in recent years but we’re very much a family of colleagues. We welcome people of all ages, races, colours, beliefs, sexual orientations, genders and circumstances, and all we ask is that you collaborate, work hard, ask questions and have fun with your team and colleagues.
We don’t like egos or arrogance and we love playing games and celebrating success together. If that sounds like you, then please apply.
A Little More About Kwalee
Founded in 2011 by David Darling CBE, a key architect of the UK games industry who previously co-founded and led Codemasters, 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 global gaming experts.
Everyone contributes creatively to Kwalee’s success, with all employees eligible to pitch their own game ideas on Creative Wednesdays, and we’re proud to have built our success on this inclusive principle.
We have an amazing team of experts collaborating daily between our studios in Leamington Spa, Lisbon, Bangalore and Beijing, or on a remote basis from Turkey, Brazil, Cyprus, the Philippines and many more places around the world. We’ve recently acquired our first external studio, TicTales, which is based in France.
We have a truly global team making games for a global audience, and it’s paying off: - Kwalee has been voted the Best Large Studio and Best Leadership Team at the TIGA Awards (Independent Game Developers’ Association) and our games have been downloaded in every country on earth - including Antarctica!
