New Hires in Social Gaming: CrowdStar, Digital Chocolate, Playfish, & More
Last week showed a big surge in hiring among social game developers. But this week only five of the major developers are doing any hiring, and even these are are doing so lightly, according to data from LinkedIn. And, only four of the five are hiring new people, as Slide’s activity continues to stem from its acquisition by Google last month.
Of course, if your company is bringing on new people or doing a notable promotion, be sure to let us know. Email editor (at) insidesocialgames (dot) com.
If you’re looking for a job yourself, be sure to check out our Inside Network Job Board.
Here’s this week’s list:
- Curtis Chiu — Formerly the Director of Product & Live Operations at Outspark, Chiu joins CrowdStar as their new Product Merchandising Manager.
- Eduard Torras Cartañá — Cartañá joins Digital Chocolate as their newest Junior Programmer. Previously, he was a Scholar at DTM Eginyeria La Salle – Ramon Llull.
- Carolin Krenzer — Joining Playfish as their newest Product Manager is Krenzer. Prior to this, she was a Consultant for Accenture.
- Tony Hauber — Hauber switches tags from Slide to Google, but keeps the same job role as Software Engineer.
- Leopold Xie –In a similar switch, Xie keeps his job title of Product Manager but switches from the Slide name to that of Google.
- Sergio Villarreal — Now under Google, Villarreal is a “Member of Technical Staff.” While at Slide, he was an Engineering Manager.
- Joanne Lee — Formerly a Staff Accountant at Slide, Lee is now a Slide Accountant under Google.
- Matthias Mueller — Joining Zynga as a Customer Care Agent, Mueller’s prior experience stems from Customer Support at Freenet AG.
- Ana Beatriz Porto Rodrigues — Also becoming a Customer Care Agent for Zynga, this week, is Rodrigues who comes from Dune, where she was a Sales Assistant.
- Michael Lyden — Previously a Senior Product Manager for Bill Me Later, Inc., Lyden joins Zynga as their newest Product Manager.
- Spencer E Holtaway — Now a contracted User Interface Designer for Zynga, Holtaway was previously a Designer for Cunning.
October 10th, 2010 at 12:51 am
While I mostly understand what you’re trying to say with your post, it should be noted that Apple has, once more, tried to block Spotify. (you know, the FREE internet radio?) I for one do not welcome our Apple iTunes overlords.