Data Analyst

Job Description

We are looking to welcome yet another brilliant Game Data Analyst into our Business Intelligence team based in our Genoa (Italy) Games Development Studio. Have you ever wondered why people play games? Are you the kind of person who wants to understand, not only what people do but why they do it? Can you transform that knowledge into actionable insights that can make our games more fun? This is the kind of curiosity and initiative we expect from the ideal Game Data Analyst at Miniclip.

At Miniclip, you would work alongside Producers to understand the overall performance and players’ behaviour to be able to provide insights that shape the roadmap of our popular internal games. You will be able to join our Game Designers in optimizing the new games’ features and to work with our Developers and Data Engineers to be able to collect all the data you need for that.

What will you be doing at Miniclip?

• Partner with Product Managers and Game Designers to identify key strategic questions, metrics, and actionable tests.
• Define and own data to be collected by the game and assure their quality.
• Use large amounts of data to research player behavior and inform the development of new game features and the roadmap of your games.
• Produce reports that help end-users to visualize your findings and provide actionable and user-friendly insights and recommendations on areas to improve.
• Design, conduct and analyze A/B tests, leveraging appropriate statistical methods.
• Promote good practices and educate a world-class team to be agile data-driven decision-makers.

What are we looking for?

• 2 + years of work/commercial experience in data analysis and providing data-driven insights.
• Innovate and explore new ways to leverage our data and have an impact.
• Skillful in domain-specific programming languages such as R or Python.
• Robust knowledge in mathematical areas relevant to the position: statistics, probabilities, simulations, etc.
• Strong data visualization and storytelling skills. You should be able to tell completing stories backed up by your charts and reports.
• Ability to explain key findings and give data-driven recommendations to multiple people with distinct backgrounds clearly and concisely.
• Ability to work within a fast-paced environment.
• Be able to build strong relationships across the data analyst community,  share knowledge and learn from others.
• Very good command of English, both written and spoken.

It would be a bonus if you also have:

• Previous experience/knowledge of the Games Industry (especially in Free to Play games).
• Advanced knowledge of SQL and ability to perform complex queries in non-relational databases.
• Experience using Data Visualization Tools such as Domo and Looker

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and actively encourage applications from individuals belonging to protected categories, as we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace.

About Miniclip

Miniclip is a global leader in digital games and one of the world's biggest developers and publishers of mobile games, with a mission of unleashing the gamer in everyone. It distributes highly engaging games to a global audience of over 400 million monthly and 70 million daily active users across mobile, social, and online platforms. Operating in 10 countries, Miniclip develops and launches games in multiple categories across its 17 studios. 

Founded in 2001 with an internationally recognised brand name, Miniclip has successfully grown a global audience across 195 countries and six continents. It has a unique understanding of the digital games space, developing and distributing a strong portfolio of over 60 high-quality mobile games globally. 

To date, Miniclip’s studios and companies, which have generated more than 8 billion downloads, include the following digital games: 8 Ball Pool™, Subway Surfers™, Golf Battle™, Football Strike™, Carrom Pool™, OSM - Online Soccer Manager™, Football Rivals ™, Pure Sniper ™, Puzzle Page ™, Head Ball 2™, Motorsport Manager™, Darts of Fury™, Ultimate Golf™, Mini Football ™, Triple Match 3D ™ and Agar.io™. 

For more information, visit https://miniclip.com/ 

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