Though the last few weeks have been a bit quiet, the past seven days have certainly been a lively bunch for hiring amongst the major social developers; based on the data found on LinkedIn. A large portion of the activity took place over at Slide as a number of individuals are changing roles due to the recent acquisition by Google. In fact, the company’s Vice President of Operations, Ken Brownfield,  is now an Operations Manager for Google. Additionally, the developer formerly known as Watercooler, Kabam, has also been added to our list.

As a side note, be sure to check out the Inside Network Job Board to see who’s hiring now.

Here is the list:

CrowdStar

• Brice Morrison -  As the company’s only new hire this week, the former Technical Designer for Electronic Arts, Morrison is now a Game Designer for CrowdStar.

Kabam

• Jim Pearson – Formerly an Art Director for Playdom, Pearson joins the Kabam team as their new Art Lead.
• Keith Crowell – In a simple title change, Crowell was once Director of Customer Service while under the Watercooler tag. Now under the Kabam logo, he is Director of User Experience.

Playdom

• Ted Howard – Howard is now the Directory of Developer Experience at Playdom. Prior to this, his role was Director of External Development.
• Chad Meyers – Playdom gains a new Server Programmer in the form of Meyers. Previously, he was a Software Engineer for Seven Studios.
• Kaesi Solomon – A former PM at Tendril, Solomon is now a QA/Developer for Playdom.

Playfish

• Ian Griffiths – Griffiths changes roles at Playfish from QA Manager to Associate Product Manager.
• Martin Ritchie – With experience as a Senior Software Engineer at J.P. Morgan, Ritchie joins Playfish as a Server Side Developer.
• Ke Ren – Now a Server Developer at Playfish, Ren was previously a Senior Software Developer at Truphone.

PopCap Games

• Scott Willoughby – The former Director of Conversion & Retention Marketing at SEOmoz, Willoughby comes to PopCap as its new Customer Engagement Manager for Social Games.
• Darren Toshi – PopCap gains a new Facilities Manager with Toshi. Previously, he was Site Operations Manager at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

RockYou!

• Nathaniel Lee – Formerly an Illustrator/Animator for Zynga, Lee is now a Flash Artist at RockYou!

Slide

• Tawnee Kendall – The first of many rearrangements since the Google acquisition of Slide, Kendal is now Sr. Strategist of Customer Operations under the Google tag. She was previously a Community Manager under the Slide name.
• Ruben Zakarian – Under Google, the former QA Lead Engineer, Zakarian, is now a Software Engineer in Test.
• Pedro Meza – Though still a Software Engineer, Meza officially adopts the Google tag.
• Christyn Tannenbaum – A Product/Business Analyst for Slide, Tannenbaum is now a Quantitative Marketing Manager.
• Paul Thiel – Formerly an Engineering Lead, Thiel is now a “Member of Technical Staff” for Google.
• Kee Zhang – Zhang keeps his Graphic Designer role from Slide as he transitions over to Google.
• Ken Brownfield – Previously the Vice President of Operations for Slide, Brownfield is now Operations Manager with Google.
• Ray Courtney – Only a minor title change for Courtney with the acquisition as he goes from Engineering Manager to Manager of Software Engineering.
• Cameron Boehmer – Boehmer keeps the same title of Software Engineer through the acquisition transition.
• Cory Petosky – Petosky, too, remains a Software Engineer, though his tag changes from Slide to Google.

Zynga

• Rajneesh Malik – A former Sr. Recruiter for Microsoft, Malik is now a Recruiter for Zynga.
• Arya Asemanfar – In a job role change, Asemanfar is now a Principal Software Engineer at Zynga. He was a Developer.
• Kenji Bliss – Bliss joins Zynga as its newest 2D/3D Artist. Previously, he was a Concept Artist for Firaxis Games.
• Yohanes Frezgi – Once a student at Harvard Business School, Frezgi is now a Product Manager for Zynga.
• Heather Houston – Formerly a Research Associate at Cornerstone Research, Houston is now a Product Manager for Zynga.
• Arvin Bautista – Zynga gains another 2D/3D Artist in the form of Bautista. Before this, Bautista was a Senior Artist for Backbone Entertainment.