Jobs digest: moves at Huuuge, Moonton, Homa, Flexion, Pixel Federation, Oh Bibi and more

 

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Huuuge Games: The developer and publisher has hired Ioana Hreninciuc as its new chief product officer. She previously worked at Runware, a company she founded, and before that worked at Homa and GameAnalytics as CPO and CEO respectively. 

Supercell: The Squad Busters maker has hired Tamara Japp-Shama as its new head of business development and partnerships. Over her career, she has worked in bizdev and partnerships at the likes of Tencent, EA, Microsoft and Coda Payments. 

Moonton: South China Morning Post reports that TikTok giant ByteDance has appointed Zhang Yunfan as the new CEO of its Moonton studio. They previously joined ByteDance in April having spent 11 years at China’s Perfect World. 

Huuuge’s Hreninciuc, Supercell’s Japp-Shama, Homa’s Radford, Flexion’s Corbett, Pixel Federation’s Duranka.

Homa: The hyper and hybridcasual specialist has appointed Devin Radford as vice president of business development. He joins from sports firm OneTeam Partners and has previously spent time at The Walt Disney Company, FoxNext and Twentieth Century Fox.

Flexion: The distribution and marketing firm has snapped up Nathaniel Corbett as its head of user acquisition. Corbett previously spent four years at N3twork, most recently as head of marketing.

Pixel Federation: As reported by PocketGamerbiz, the Puzzle Adventure maker has promoted Daniel Duranka from COO to CEO. Duranka joined Pixel Federation back in 2014. Former chief exec Simon Sicko also wrote that he was returning to game development after 17 years, looking for leadership roles. 

Glowmade: Jade Ostle has joined the Guildford-based maker of WonderWorlds as live ops manager. She joins from Trailmix, where she spent over four years working in design after a two-year stint at King as a level designer. 

Glowmade’s Ostle, Oh BiBi’s Imbert, Lointier, Martin and Herve.

Oh BiBi: The French studio has made six new hires. Novelist Marguerite Imbert has been hired as senior narrative designer. She has previously worked at Mi-Clos and Quantic Dream. Julian Hoarau has joined as a character artist after almost four years as a freelancer. 

Eight-year DontNod veteran Sebastien Lointier has been hired as a 3D animator, while Vertical and Celcius alum Thomas Teply has joined as a game designer.

Finally, Pierre Martin and Raphaël Herve have both been hired as senior gameplay programmers. The former previously worked at Tag Games, while the latter joins from Dazzle Rocks.

AppAgent: The Czech data firm has appointed Virenda Shekhawat as senior growth manager. This follows five years at RocketShip HQ, most recently as head of performance marketing and special projects.

AppAgent’s Shekhawat, Tactile Games’ Anemogiannis and Maiarota, Ruby’s Kerim F, Scopely’s Cohen.

Tactile Games: The puzzle and casual specialist has made three new hires in Tayfur Gaziolglu, Alexandros Anemogiannis and Ivana Maiarota

Gaziolglu has joined as a gameplay programmer, having previously worked at World Bubbles maker Teek Games and Roof Games. Anemogiannis has been hired as QA automation engineer, moving from BetaDwarf, and Maiarota is returning to Tactile Games as a chef.

Ruby Game Studio: The Turkish developer and publisher has rehired Kerim F as a product lead. He previously spent five years at the company, between 2018 and 2023, during which he rose to senior game designer and product manager. 

Scopely: The Savvy Games-owned firm has promoted Avichai Cohen from monetisation manager on Monopoly Go to performance product manager. He joined Scopely in 2023, having previously worked at Wildlife Studios and Playtika.

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