Game Data Analyst |
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| Location: | Seattle, WA |
| Post Date: | 8/26/2013 |
| Category: | Analytics |
Founded in 2002, Big Fish is the world’s largest producer of casual games; dedicated to bringing engaging entertainment to everyone, anywhere, on any device. Through its proprietary, data-driven platform, millions of consumers seeking engaging entertainment easily discover and play PC and mobile games created by Big Fish’s network of more than 600 development partners and its in-house Big Fish Games Studio. The company has distributed more than 2 billion games from a growing catalog of 3,000+ unique PC games and 300+ unique mobile games, and offers cross-platform streaming games via its proprietary universal cloud gaming service, Big Fish Instant Games. Big Fish’s games are played in more than 150 countries on a wide variety of devices across 13 languages. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA, with regional offices in Oakland, CA; Cork, Ireland; Vancouver, Canada; and Luxembourg.
Big Fish Games is seeking a skilled, positive, and passionate Data Analyst to join the Game Analysts team! The successful candidate enjoys combining analytic skills with business acumen to provide the game team peers with the data and insights that will drive our success. The Data Analyst works with key decision-makers on a daily basis as a data-driven advisor and partner on strategic issues. The candidate should enjoy both working with people and performing technical analyses.
Responsibilities:
- Work alongside the game development team to help define and recommend KPI’s
- Monitor and provide reporting from key metrics across mobile social games
- Develop new insights and analyses that inform decisions and help us continue to improve gameplay
- Devise and run game-specific A/B tests to directly and indirectly drive KPI improvements
- Analyze game-specific data and proactively make recommendations to Game Producers, Game Designers and UX Designers
Skills, experience and educational requirements:
- Quantitative or engineering background
- Analytical work experience (e.g. Consulting, Finance, Internet space)
- Proven ability to work with and motivate teams
- Ability to work on multiple projects in parallel while managing and meeting changing deadlines and priorities
- Ability to change direction quickly based on data analysis
- Experience with Excel, SQL, scripting languages, statistics and A-B testing know-how a big plus
- Ability to communicate complex findings and ideas in plain language
- Experience in mobile products and games industry
- B.S. or B.A. in Math, Economics, Engineering or other technical field required; advanced degrees a plus
Come be the next Big Fish in the Pond!
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