Jam City
is hiring
Senior Data Analyst
About Our Company
Jam City is an award-winning entertainment company providing unique and deeply engaging mobile games that are played by tens of millions of people across the globe. Our teams and studios are located globally in cities including San Francisco, Toronto, Los Angeles, Buenos Aires, Berlin, and more. Check out open roles on our team on jamcity.com/careers
Led by CEO Chris DeWolfe, former MySpace co-founder and CEO, and COO Josh Yguado, former 20th Century Fox executive, Jam City is the creative powerhouse behind some of the highest-grossing and most enduring mobile games.
Jam City’s global franchise Cookie Jam has generated more than half a billion dollars, and Panda Pop has more than 120 million downloads to date. The company also is the go-to studio for Hollywood, having developed immersive, narrative-rich mobile games around iconic entertainment brands. The company’s popular RPG game Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery was the #1 game in more than 40 countries at its launch in April 2018. Jam City has nine studios located in Los Angeles (HQ), Berlin, Buenos Aires, Bogotá, Burbank, Cedar Falls, San Diego, San Francisco, and Toronto.
The Jam City team is known for its creative excellence and technological innovation in key areas including storytelling, data science and audience insights.
Job Description & Responsibilities
Jam City is on the hunt for a Senior Data Analyst to work on one of our highly successful titles, Cookie Jam. You will be responsible for providing both reactive and original insight at a project and studio level.
The ideal candidate will be an expert in their field and have a solid understanding of the F2P market. This candidate applies and seeks out industry knowledge to develop creative approaches to analyzing data and analytics improvements.
Responsibilities
- Apply industry knowledge to come up with analytical approaches to analyze data and make project and studio improvements based on statistical methods.
- Extract complex data sets to understand game metrics in order to inform hypotheses, and create analytical experiments with clear and measurable success goals.
- Create reports summarizing business intelligence data for review by executives and managers; collaborate with senior managers and decision makers to identify and solve a variety of problems to clarify management objectives.
- Lead complex analytics projects applying mathematical approaches such as Multivariable Regression, Clustering, Time Series Forecast, etc.
- Identify and propose improvements on analytics pipeline and operational process.
- Work cross functionally with other teams to provide business insight for decision making.
Requirements
Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience performing analysis, preferably in the mobile games industry.
- Excellent quantitative and analytical skills; the ability to derive conclusions from data and clearly communicate findings is critical.
- Highly proficient in SQL, must be able to write queries to extract raw data and also load data into Tableau for visualization.
- Skillful in forecasting and manipulating data in Excel and/or Google Sheets.
- Master degree in mathematics, computer science, business or related fields strongly preferred.
NICE TO HAVE
- Passion for games and empathetic towards the players.
- Curious, self-driven and thorough in analysis studies.
- Performs well with ambiguous tasks and ability to breakdown complex problems into actionable recommendations.
What we offer
Perks & Benefits
- Unlimited Vacation, Paid Sick Days, Recharge Days & Holidays
- 100% Employee Covered Medical, Dental, Vision Plan Base Plan
- Life Insurance, 401k, Flexible Spending Accounts, Commuter Benefits & More
- Happy Hours
- Company Events
In compliance with local law, we are disclosing the compensation for this role. The range listed is just one component of Jam City's total compensation package for employees, which may also include annual bonuses, short- and long-term incentives, and program-specific awards. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled.
Starting pay for the successful applicant will depend on a variety of job-related factors, which may include education, training, experience, certifications, location, business needs, or market demands. This range is based on a full-time position. This range may be modified in the future.
In addition, Jam City provides a variety of benefits to employees, including but not limited to medical, dental, vision, parental leave, paid time off, a 401(k) plan, life, disability, and accident insurance.
Pay Range: $102,000— $150,00 salary per year.
