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SHANGHAI GAME DEVELOPMENT STUDIO MANAGER
Tasks and Responsibilities:

We are looking for a Manager for our Shanghai-based game development studio. As the Game Development Studio Manager, you will be responsible for defining, developing, and launching new (Flash and Shockwave) games on our casual gaming portals, ensuring that our games are accessible and fun, and therefore successful with our target groups (primarily women over 20 playing sometimes with their children under 8, "tweens" aged 8-15, and young girls aged 5-12). You will report to the Game Development Director in the Netherlands, but you will also be part of the Management Team of SPIL GAMES Asia. Other tasks and responsibilities will include:
  • Leading the programmers, artists, and game designers of the Shanghai game studio (50 people);
  • Managing and expanding our network of external game developers and studios in China;
  • Working closely with our game studios in the Netherlands and Germany;
  • Coming up with original and attractive game content for our various portals;
  • Translating game concepts into successful games;
  • Optimizing game production by setting goals and guidelines and managing work flow based on high-level business targets;
  • Working with different departments, such as IT, Marketing, and Portal Management, to fine-tune strategy;
  • Controlling and analyzing the performance of produced games;
  • Drafting planning and progress reports and maintaining and managing the department's budget.

Your profile:
  • A relevant Bachelor's or Master's degree
  • Minimum 5 years management experience in a gaming environment
  • Experience in leading large teams
  • Strong interpersonal skills, a good communicator
  • Good decision-making capabilities
  • Intercultural competence, especially between the Chinese and Western cultures
  • A proven track record in the casual online gaming market, especially in Flash games
  • Extensive knowledge of game development, design, user experience, art, and technology
  • Experience with Flash and Shockwave 3D preferred
  • Familiar with the target groups and their needs
  • Able to guide complex projects in a dynamic work environment
  • Flexible, goal-oriented, and familiar with stakeholder management
  • An innovative, creative, and problem-solving mentality
  • Solid oral and written communication skills in English and preferably Chinese-non-Chinese speakers will be considered, but candidates with good Chinese (Mandarin) skills will have our strong preference

SPIL GAMES offers:
  • A good salary
  • An ambitious and fast-growing company
  • A fun and dynamic work environment


For more information, please contact:

Laura Fritz, Corporate Recruiter
Phone: +31 (0)35 646 63 92

Please send your resume and motivation letter to .

Job interviews can take place in either Shanghai or Hilversum (the Netherlands).

SPIL GAMES
Arendstraat 23
NL-1223 RE Hilversum
www.spilgames.com

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