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Scopely: There are four new hires at the Monopoly Go maker, including Cameron Stewart as senior VP, head of product and live game portfolio. Stewart joins from SciPlay, where he most recently served as group VP, US games.
Former Sandsoft publishing manager Simone Luxi is a new addition to Scopely’s market strategy team, and Karen Hunt, whose previous roles include director of narrative craft at Rovio, has joined Scopely as associate content director on its flagship game. Jaume Tarascó, who was previously a senior creative and copywriter at OgilvyES, has also taken on the role of creative lead at Scopely’s in-house creative agency Flamed.
Small Giant Games: Ex- Nordeus user acquisition manager and Rovio marketing director Jelena Brajovic has joined the Zynga-owned studio as VP of marketing.
Former Rovio head of marketing Burcum Taskaya Korkmaz has also joined the Empires and Puzzles maker as growth director.
Lego: The Danish toy giant has appointed Space Ape Games founder and former CEO John Earner as an advisor for its new Lego Digital Play arm.
Miniclip: Former Rollic game manager Gokhan Uzmez has joined the Tencent-owned developer and publisher as business development manager.
PlaySide Studios: The Australian developer and publisher has appointed Stefan Kreutzer as executive vice president, business development. His previous roles include director of business dev at Gamify Now and Behaviour Interactive.
Voodoo: Gemelli Games co-founder and ex-CEO Alexandre Colin Noir has joined the French games firm as product lead for midcore games.
Supercell: Former data product manager Albert Spoljaric has taken on a new role as data product and experimentation lead at the Brawl Stars maker.
Griffin: The gaming venture capital fund has appointed Leo Olebe as a venture partner. His previous roles include VP of global partnerships at Xbox, global head of gaming at YouTube, and senior global director of games partnerships at Facebook.
Netflix: The streaming giant has appointed Magali Huot as director of games marketing, mainstream games. The former YouTube and Warner Bros. marketing manager has joined from Dentsu, where she spent three years as SVP, global gaming strategy.
Tripledot Studios: The UK mobile game outfit has appointed ex-Homa publishing manager and Kwalee product manager Artem Chupryna as product manager.
Cygames: The Japanese developer’s US arm has appointed Fernando Bustamante as vice president of marketing. He was formerly director of product marketing at Sega of America and director of marketing, events and organised play at Konami.
Tactile Games: There are two new hires at the Lily’s Garden maker. Ex-Fomo Games game team lead Fatih Yavuz has been appointed as a product manager, and former Devopsity junior devops Monika Kozioł has joined as a devops engineer.
Double Twizzle Games: The Ashe Cove: A Merge Mystery maker’s co-founder Emily Greer has returned to the studio as CEO. She has previously served as CEO of Double Loop Games and Kongregate, which she founded and co-founded, respectively.
Fortis Games: The remote-first Twilight Towers maker has appointed Tammy Levy as a game director. Levy’s previous roles include senior consultant at Naavik, chief product officer and co-founder at Captain.tv, and chief product officer at Kongregate.
Sixteen Tons Entertainment: After 16 years at Wooga, where he most recently served as VP of creative, Sebastian Nußbaum has joined the Emergency series maker as chief creative officer.
CrazyLabs: Former game ad monetisation analyst intern Filip Kermetchiev has started a new position as a junior user acquisition manager at the Coffee Mania and Bus Frenzy maker.
MyGamez: The publisher of western mobile games in China has hired Corben Liu as head of publishing. He was formerly game publishing lead for Outfit7.
Krafton: Following four years as head of its deep learning division, the South Korean publisher has appointed Kangwook Lee as its first chief AI officer, GamingonPhone reports.
Arcade: The mobile games publisher has hired Kshitij Swaroop as head of analytics. He joins from Pocket FM, where he served as director of analytics.
TapNation: Former Voodoo lead user acquisition for apps Matthieu Moly has joined the French publisher as head of user acquisition.
Ace Games: Former Libra Softworks product specialist Ceren Kırman has taken on the same position at the Fiona’s Farm maker.
Trailmix Games: The Love & Pies maker has appointed Joshua John-Jules as senior data scientist. He joins following five years at King, where he most recently held the same role.
CrazyGames: Following five years at Quizlet, where he was most recently senior ads engineering manager, Shuaib Jewon has joined the web gaming firm as VP of monetization.
