New Hires In Social Gaming: 6 Waves, CrowdStar, Digital Chocolate, & More

Following a surge two weeks ago in new hires and promotions, the last round was a bit low. It's been back up over the last seven days. According to LinkedIn data, 10 of the top social gaming outfits are hiring new people including Zynga, Metrogames, and the usually quiet 6 Waves. In addition to these 10, a smaller outfit called Flying Wisdom Studios gains a new product manager, and Slide continues its internal reorganization within Google; an endeavour that has been going on for nearly two months now. 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: 6 Waves Billy Chan -- Formerly a Production Supervisor from Imagi Animation Studios, Chan joins 6 Waves as their newest Associate Product Manager, making him their first noted hire in many weeks. CrowdStar Paul Cattrone -- Now a Database Architect for CrowdStar, Cattrone comes with experience from Crushpad where he was their Chief Technology Officer. Paul Pierce -- A former Senior Artist for LucasArts joins CrowdStar this week. Pierce joins the social developer as their newest UI Artist. Pawel Jawor -- Now a Community Manager for Happy Island at CrowdStar, Jawor was previously an English Customer Service Team Leader for Warhammer Online at France Telecom/GOA. Digital Chocolate Mari Mäntylä- Mäntylä moves up within Digital Chocolate from Junior Game Designer to Game Designer. Michail Katkoff- Prior to joining Digital Chocolate as their newest Associate Product Manager, Katkoff was the Strategy & Process Development Coordinator for Digita Oy. John Hollingworth - Formerly a Games Quality Assurance Assistant for France Telecom, Hollingworth joins Digital Chocolate as a Junior Game Designer. Flying Wisdom Studios Japheth Dillman -- Flying Wisdom Studios (FWS) announced a new product manager for Social Games in the form of Japheth Dillman. According to IGN, Japheth first came to FWS sharing his knowledge of social and viral mechanics for games. Kabam Matthew Curtis -- Joining Kabam this week is a former Senior Associate from Triage Consulting Group. Curtis joins the Kabam team as a new Associate Producer. Daniel Williams -- Leaving his role as Software Engineer at Playdom, Williams joins Kabam as a Back-End Software Engineer. Mike Lulham -- Also coming from Playdom, Lulham leaves his QA Analyst role there for the same title at Kabam. MetroGames Agustine de Cabrera -- Previously a Project Lead Developer for Gameloft, Cabrera joins MetroGames as a new iPhone Games Developer. MindJolt Cristina Sparks -- Now the Office Operations Manager at MindJolt, Sparks' prior experience stems from an Office Manager role at TrueBrand. Playdom Shawn Hymer -- A former System Administrator from InstantAction, Hymer joins Playdom as their newest QA Engineer. Playfish Tomasz Likus -- Formerly a Senior UNIX Systems Administrator for Glu Mobile, Likus joins Playfish as a new Systems Operations Engineer. RockYou! Priscillia Pun -- Pun joins RockYou! as their latest Flash Illustrator & Animator. Prior to this, she was a Student at the Art Institute. Slide Shane Sofos -- Slide continues its Google transition with Sofos whose role of IT & Office Technician for Slide changes to that of Slide IT Support for Google. Zynga Nathan Etter -- Though not a new hire, the Zynga's Director of Business for FarmVille, Nathan Etter, changes to the Executive Producer for FarmVille. Stephen Scott -- In another internal Zynga change, Scott changes roles from Custom Support Representative to Quality Assurance Tester. Sean Dornan-Fish -- Previously a Senior Writer for Vigil Games, Dornan-Fish joins Zynga as their most recent Designer & Writer. Jeff Smits -- Formerly a Sr. Software Engineer - Front End for VMIX, Smits joins Zynga as their new Software Engineer for Mobile. Erin Hoffman -- A former Lead Designer from HumaNature Studios, Hoffman is now a Lead Systems Designer for Zynga. C.J. Larsen -- Joining Zynga as a CS Lead, Larsen was previously Advanced Tech Support at Fourth Dimension Software.

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