New Hires in Social Gaming: Booyah, Digital Chocolate, GSN, & More

LinkedIn and other sources showed a wide range of companies making small numbers of hires, with KlickNation and Zynga adding the most people. There were no executive additions. As always, if your company is hiring new people or making a notable promotion, please let us know. Email editor (at) insidesocialgames (dot) com, and we’ll get it into this or next week’s post. Also, please note that the information about most new hires, below, comes directly from company updates from LinkedIn, and is only as current as people’s profiles. Looking for new opportunities? The Inside Network Job Board presents a survey of current openings at leading companies in the industry. Here’s this week’s full list: Booyah Brian Stewart, Software Engineer -- There is a single hire for Booyah. Stewart was most recently a lead programmer for IUGO Mobile Entertainment. Digital Chocolate Christos Iosifidis, Game Designer -- Digital Chocolate brings on a single new hire in the form of Iosifidis, a former Facebook game developer at the IT University of Copenhagen. GSN Joshua Robinson, Segment Producer -- In an internal shift for the GSN team this week, Robinson's prior role was as an editor. MegaZebra Andrew Deegan, Game Designer -- MegaZebra brings on a new hire. Deegan was previously a game designer for Jolt Online Gaming. KlickNation Eric Lodge, Assistant Content Specialist -- Kicking off the new hires for KlickNation this week is Lodge, a former intern for Technikon. Jacob Wade, 3D Animator/Rigger -- In an internal shift, Wade changes roles from an intern and contractor. Maz Golestanehzadeh, Artist -- Now at KlickNation, Glestanehzadeh was previously a freelance artist and illustrator for Warner Bros Interactive, American Apparel, and WildStorm Comics. Ryan Payton, Junior Systems Administrator -- Payton was an overnight logistics specialist for the Target Corporation. Damian Schouweiler, Senior Artist -- Schouweiler was previously a character artist for Trion World Entertainment. LOLapps Brandon Pike, Jr. Illustrator -- LOLapps also shows hiring activity this week, bringing on Pike. He was previously a production artist for a student film, "The Swan,"and is also an illustrator for Jon Colton Illustration. Playdom Jay Embry, Test Lead -- Now at Playdom, Embry was previously a test lead at Zipper Interactive. L. LaRae Brim, Program Manager -- Also joining Playdom, Brim was most recently an associate producer at NetDevil. Playfish Aaron Rackley, XML Contractor -- Playfish brings on Rackley, a former student at UCA and a current artistic director for Inhale Fashion Exhale Style. PopCap Games Padraig Meaney, Software Intern -- Joining PopCap Games, Meaney was formerly a student at the National University of Ireland, Galway. RockYou! Denis Hammond, Sr. Systems Administrator (Contract) -- A new team member for RockYou!, Hammond was formerly a senior systems administrator for Mixercast. Wooga Cindy Weng, Product Management -- Developer wooga makes its first new hire in a while. Weng was most recently an intern for RedAtoms. Zynga Danny Duong, Community Relations -- Duong starts off the string of new Zynga hires. He was previously a special events and private dining management intern at Spruce. Cherie Gardiner, Learning & Development -- Now at Zynga, Gardiner was previously a director of leadership development at Microsoft. Rajesh Gopinadhan, Artist -- Gopinadhan was formerly an artist for Tata Elxsi. Andre Ogden, Mobile Game Developer -- In an internal change at Zynga, Ogden moves from his prior role as a software engineer. Michael McLean, Product Management Intern -- McLean was most recently an associate for Institutional Venture Partners. Ilya Abyzov, Product Management Intern -- Also joining Zynga this week is Abyzov, a former financial analyst at HBK Capital Management. Jean-Paul Bondy, Senior Artist -- Bondy was previously an assistant at Rachel Waniewski Photography as well as a digital background painter at Nickelodeon Animation Studio. Richard Senft, Software Developer Intern -- Senft was previously a tech design co-op at Vicarious Visions.

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