Creative Producer (Gaming)
Leamington Spa
Kwalee is an expanding, independent mobile games developer and publisher based in the beautiful town of Leamington Spa, England, within the area known as Silicon Spa where over 3,000 game developers work.
Kwalee is one of the world's fastest growing studios and has rapidly become the largest hyper-casual publisher in the UK. Thanks to hit games including Draw it, Looper, Jetpack Jump, Shootout 3D, Go Fish!, Plank! and Rocket Sky, Kwalee has hundreds of millions of players across the globe, placing us within the top 5 mobile developers worldwide.
The company was founded in 2011 by David Darling CBE - awarded by the Queen, co-founder of Codemasters and comprises of a highly skilled and creative team that has doubled its size in the last year. The team includes many industry veterans and the original creator of the Micro Machines video games (yes, you read well, we have celebrities here!).
As a Creative Producer you love mobile games and thrive on the excitement of taking a game from small early prototype to global mega-hit.
What you tell your friends you do
"I operate at the cutting edge of ad technology, organising the production and distribution of amazing playable ads"
What you will really be doing
Managing the workflow of both internal and external playable ad development teams
Working alongside the User Acquisition and Monetisation teams to organise the distribution of created playables.
Analysing and optimising the performance of playable ads within a vast array of high-spending campaigns
Providing the leading voice on playable ad techniques and methods, learning from our partners to help guide our internal development team
Contributing to playable production directly where possible, for instance in elements that don't require specific programming skills
How you will be doing this
You'll be part of an agile, multidisciplinary and creative team and work closely with them to make our games as fun as they can be.
You'll think creatively and be motivated by challenges and constantly striving for the best.
You'll work with cutting edge technology, if you need software or hardware to get the job done efficiently, you can get it. We even have a robot!
Team
Our talented team is our signature. We have a highly creative atmosphere with around 70 staff where you'll have the opportunity to contribute daily to important decisions. You'll work within an extremely experienced and passionate team, including David Darling and the creator of the Micro Machines video games.
Skills and requirements
Either proven demonstrable experience leading a team, or confidence and skills to do so
Interest in marketing and advertising technology
Business mindset and understanding of commercial thinking
Basic familiarity or skills with Unity
High-level communication and presentation skills
Passion for mobile games
Desirable
Unity experience.
Creative writing skills.
Coding / prototyping skills.
Experience of mobile game live ops, A/B testing and telemetry.
Knowledge of mobile game market, trends, competition, platforms and app stores.