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Google: The tech giant has hired Jérémy Leone as platform growth manager. His previous roles include marketing manager at Tripledot Studios and ad monetization specialist at Nordcurrent.
Blizzard: Former Overwatch general manager Walter Kong has become the studio’s SVP and head of development for live games and mobile, meaning he’s now also in charge of Hearthstone, Diablo Immortal and Warcraft Rumble.
Stash: The webshop firm has named Henry Lowenfels as its new CEO. He joins from Homa, where he was president and chief business officer, and also previously served as SVP of business development at Scopely.
Supercell: As reported last week, former King game lead Sabrina Carmona is now GM on Clash of Clans, while ex-Moon Active GM Ishai Smadja is the firm’s new head of business and operations.
Carmona moves to Supercell after over nine years at King, where she was general manager on Farm Heroes Saga and executive producer on Candy Crush Friends Saga and Candy Crush Jelly Saga. She has also worked at Goodgame, Behaviour and Square Enix, among others.
Smadja was general manager and previously served as product VP and product director during his six years at the Coin Master maker. Prior to that, he was a product manager at King.
Appcharge: There are three new appointments at webshop firm. Following three years as its VP of finance, former Appush chief financial officer Nadav Hollander has been promoted to the same role at Appcharge.
Paul Bowen has also been hired as the company’s chief revenue officer. The former Liftoff, Unity and Tapjoy exec joins from Stream Elements, where he was also CRO.
And Michal Graizer has joined as partnerships lead. She previously led on-device monetisation and UA strategies at Digital Turbine, and most recently served as TikTok vertical lead – RMG, global gaming.
Nazara Technologies: The India-based gaming and sports media company has appointed Piyush Mishra as group director, growth and user acquisition. He was previously senior performance marketing manager at Uber and more recently, director of growth at Product Madness.
Modma Games: Former Voodoo, Bandai Namco, Supercell and King art director Paul Chambers has joined the company as creative/art director.
Playtika: The Israeli developer and publisher has appointed Ran Sabag as game owner and director of Board Kings. He previously spent several years working on Solitaire Grand Harvest, most recently as creative product and monetisation group manager.
Trailmix Games: Former King and Marmalade Game Studio UI artist Liliana Pita-Downie has joined the Love & Pies maker’s new games team as a senior UI artist.
Antihero Studios: Following three years as a UI artist at Redhill Games, Josip Mihic has joined the studio as lead UI/UX designer.
Signal & Scale: Former Nitro Games publishing director Jukka Hilvonen has founded this new marketing consultancy for free to play game studios, and is serving as its CEO.
Kwalee: The UK developer and publisher has hired experienced recruitment specialist Jake Mackinnon as talent acquisition partner.
Sumo Digital: Viewpoint Games founder and technical director Neil Campbell has taken on the same role at Sumo Leamington. He’s been working as associate technical director at the Stampede: Racing Royale maker for the past two years.
Jam City: The Cookie Jam and Panda Pop maker has rehired former narrative director Allen Warner as a contract narrative consultant. He most recently spent seven years as associate narrative director at ZeniMax Online Studios.
Wehype: The creator marketing firm has promoted Diogo da Rocha Pereira from senior partnership success manager to the position of director of partnership operations and strategy.
