{"id":7137,"date":"2026-04-06T11:33:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T11:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/06\/jobs-digest-moves-at-scopely-google-play-crazylabs-small-giant-griffin-and-more-mobilegamer-biz\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T11:33:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T11:33:12","slug":"jobs-digest-moves-at-scopely-google-play-crazylabs-small-giant-griffin-and-more-mobilegamer-biz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/06\/jobs-digest-moves-at-scopely-google-play-crazylabs-small-giant-griffin-and-more-mobilegamer-biz\/","title":{"rendered":"Jobs digest: moves at Scopely, Google Play, CrazyLabs, Small Giant, Griffin and more &#8211; Mobilegamer.biz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<br \/>Our jobs digest has all the recruitment news you need from across the mobile games business, all in one spot.<br \/><i>This column is sponsored by <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/fastspring.gg\/\"><i><strong>FastSpring<\/strong><\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><br \/><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fastspring.gg\/\"><i>FastSpring<\/i><\/a><\/strong><i><strong>:<\/strong> Global payments for your games from a partner you can trust with your players. Quickly launch a new web store, replace an existing D2C vendor, or add a redundant vendor at <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/fastspring.gg\/\"><i>fastspring.gg<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><br \/><strong>Scopely:<\/strong> Ex-Rovio lead product manager <strong>Anastasia Kuprina<\/strong> has joined Scopely as associate director of product management. And former Gameloft product manager <strong>Aravind Iyengar<\/strong> has taken on the same role on Monopoly Go.<br \/>Scopely has also promoted former IGG GTM operations manager <strong>Gabriele Simonetti<\/strong> to senior manager of AI solutions, and <strong>Sergi Roca Tejada<\/strong> is also moving up from associate live operations lead to live operations lead.<br \/><strong>Google:<\/strong> Former Netflix senior game producer <strong>John Faciane<\/strong> has joined the tech firm as an associate partner manager on the Google Play games partnerships team. <strong>Jamie Lee<\/strong> has also started a new position as head of business development at Google Play games partnerships. She was previously head of Korea Play partnerships.<br \/><strong>CrazyLabs:<\/strong> The Coffee Mania and Bus Frenzy maker has hired <strong>Marina Feres Hallack<\/strong> as user acquisition lead. She joins from TapNation, where she held the same role.<br \/><strong>Small Giant Games:<\/strong> Ex-Rovio head of marketing <strong>Burcum Taskaya Korkmaz<\/strong> has joined the Zynga studio as growth director.<br \/><strong>Griffin:<\/strong> The gaming venture capital fund has appointed <strong>Chris Heatherly<\/strong> as a venture partner. He previously spent 14 years at Disney, where his roles included SVP\/GM of its mobile games division, before leaving to launch NBC Universal\u2019s gaming business.<br \/><strong>Funday Games:<\/strong> The Danish indie studio behind Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor will appoint Sybo founder and president <strong>Bodie Jahn-Mulliner<\/strong> as chair of the board on an interim basis. He will succeed <strong>Mathias Gredal N\u00f8rvig<\/strong>, the CEO of the Subway Surfers maker, which is Funday\u2019s largest minority investor.<br \/><strong>Stillfront:<\/strong> The Swedish roll-up firm has appointed <strong>Mohammad Alhaj Hasan<\/strong>,<strong> Waleed Tuffaha<\/strong> and <strong>Thomas Vollm\u00f6ller<\/strong> as new members of its board of directors. The board also consists of <strong>Lars-Johan Jarnheimer<\/strong> as chairman, <strong>Erik Forsberg<\/strong> as deputy chairman, and <strong>Maria Hedengren<\/strong>.<br \/><strong>Loom Games:<\/strong> The Istanbul-based mobile game studio behind Pixel Flow has appointed <strong>Yigit Can Kusas<\/strong> as game developer. He was most recently a senior game developer at Surpass Games.<br \/><strong>Miniclip:<\/strong> The Tencent-owned developer and publisher has promoted <strong>Dina Rashdan<\/strong> from senior to lead product manager.<br \/><strong>King:<\/strong> The Candy Crush maker has appointed <strong>Iris Shin<\/strong> as senior product analyst. They were previously associate product manager.<br \/><strong>Activision Blizzard:<\/strong> The Overwatch maker has promoted<strong> Jose Quintero<\/strong> from senior to lead product manager.<br \/><strong>Supercell:<\/strong> The Finnish mobile studio has promoted former Nintendo and Epic Games marketing boss <strong>Rob Lowe<\/strong> from head of marketing to chief marketing officer.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/mobilegamer.biz\/about-2\/\">Read our privacy policy<\/a><br \/>Copyright &copy; 2026 Mobilegamer.biz.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipwFBVV95cUxPLXBYcHBmTEFvbWNVY2ptdkkxUi1PdTdmblJpcXpXdWdtOW1TM1d5WU5Zdl9aa0JIRGExRTBQSnNfSjBoQXc2TFhpTnNoOFJaMHA4Mkw4TVcyejhZcWxmRFFwUUtKbnZWUXB1QWUyNWQ0cEYycnVVMjJvd0xZcGd5WEZGWmtsUFE0a21vVFFmTVVjTm1fSkktUm9jUTlFOVkyenZZT09VWQ?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;Our jobs digest has all the recruitment news you need from across the mobile games business, all in one spot.This column is sponsored by FastSpring.FastSpring: Global payments for your games from a partner you can trust with your players. 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