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Activision: The Call of Duty maker has appointed Alexander Jancso as product manager in its ’emerging franchises’ team. Jancso moves to Activision after four years at Hothead Games, where he was product marketing manager, having previously also worked at EA as a data analyst.
Turborilla: The maker of the Mad Skills Motocross and BMX games has appointed former Luna Labs and Kwalee exec John Wright as its new CEO.
Trailmix: The Love & Pies maker has appointed Daniel Gazit as its new product director. He was previously a game economy manager at both Huuuge Games and Playtika, and most recently team lead product manager at Scopely.
Apple: The iPhone maker has appointed former MobileAction account executive team lead Berkem Canbeyli as a client partner.
Netflix: The streaming giant has hired Carrie Patel as game director at Oxenfree creator Night School Studio. She joins following almost 12 years at Xbox’s Obsidian Entertainment, where her roles included game director on Avowed and The Outer Worlds’ Peril on Gorgon DLC.
Candywriter: The BitLife maker has appointed Deniz Kural as director of product marketing. He joins the Florida-based studio following spells as a senior product marketing manager at Rovio and Supercell.
MTG: Former DemonWare, Jolt Online Gaming and SuperAwesome CEO Dylan Collins has joined the board of the mobile-first gaming group.
Appcharge: The DTC platform has a new head of MENA business development in Naz Kaplan Güvençli. She was previously a business development manager at AppLovin, and most recently senior director of business development at mediaQX.
Mistplay: The mobile game loyalty app has appointed Marc Bearman as general manager for new ad tech products. His previous jobs include head of account management, EMEA at Unity, head of business development, EMEA at Twitter MoPub, and general manager at Fetch Play.
RevU: Following three years at the gaming monetisation platform, initially as EVP revenue and then as president, former IronSource exec Tanner Hanson has been promoted to CEO.
Almedia: There are four new hires at the Berlin-based advertising platform. Jeffery Boudoin Jr. has joined as workplace manager, Marija Tusek as graphic designer, Kandarp Rana as senior gaming account growth manager, and Edward Aiunts as senior data scientist.
Aimee Meehan has also joined the company as head of client relations. She most recently served as senior director, growth partnerships at Unity.
Stash: The direct to consumer web shop for game developers has promoted Archie Stonehill from head of product to chief growth officer.
