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Scopely: Former Playtika and Wildlife Studios monetisation manager Avichai Cohen has been promoted from product manager to senior product manager for Monopoly Go.
Google: The search engine giant has appointed former PlayStation executive Tony Clark as its director of EMEA games partnerships.
Miniclip: The Tencent-owned developer and publisher has promoted Goncalo Pereira from senior product manager to product lead. Former lead product manager Nuno Rodrigues has also started a new position as product lead.
Supercell: Former Kakao Games performance marketing lead and Space Ape creatives and UA lead Dmitry Gubanenkov has joined the Finnish mobile studio as a creative producer.
Trailmix Games: The London-based mobile games studio has three new hires. Ho-Yee has joined the Love & Pies team as a senior producer, a role she also previously held at both Interior Night and Formation Games.
Maral Anvari has joined its new games team as a community outreach and insights specialist, having most recently served as Space Ape publishing manager, and Noa Moshkovitz has joined Trailmix’s data team as an analytics engineer.
Xsolla: The payments firm has hired Damon Marshall as SVP mobile growth and partnerships. He was previously VP of business development at WeGame, Supersonic and IronSource.
Sporty Group: The tech firm has established a new UK-based games development hub led by former Tower Studios CEO and creative director Jon Hare. He’s joined by studio director Nick Roberts, who previously held the same role at Amuzo Games, and publishing director Ciaran Brennan, who most recently had the same job title at 4J Studios. The team also includes lead producer James Woodrow, who previously worked as a producer at Tower Studios.
Mintegral: The mobile ad platform has hired Phoena Pang as VP of sales and operations for the Americas. Her past roles include global product lead, gaming at Google, and product and sales activation at Moloco.
Yarnhub: The history-focused animation studio has appointed Cyril Barrow to lead its effort to move into gaming. He previously founded Village Studio Games and also served as group general manager at EA.
Samsung UK: The electronics firm has promoted former Bidstack Group head of gaming Steven Norris to director of mobile ecosystem and gaming partnerships.
