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Data Analyst

Santa Monica, California

Our Mission:

To capture the hearts and minds of millions of players across the world by creating unforgettable games powered by the best technology.

Who You Are:

  • Proactive Achiever: You effectively take initiative to achieve results for the business, supported by sound reasoning and detailed execution plans.
  • Growth-Focused Performer: You focus on the results and the company’s success, understanding that this enables success for everyone in the company. You level yourself up and drive the business forward.
  • Solution Seeker: Fueled by curiosity, you explore the underlying reasons behind decisions and processes, and have insight to understand how they connect to the big picture.
  • Collaborative Teammate: You actively foster strong dynamics within and between teams, contributing to our collective success. 

Why you'll want to come to work:

PlayQ is looking for an experienced Data Analyst to spearhead analyses and provide meaningful insights into player behavior and engagement. You will leverage billions of data points from our games to build dashboards, answer key business questions, and tell compelling stories. This person will conduct in-depth analyses of our data, report on key game metrics, and provide recommendations that will have a direct impact in shaping future game development and company initiatives. The ideal candidate is an intelligent, sharp, detail-oriented, and highly quantitative individual who loves working with and analyzing data and is eager to proactively identify and answer the strategic questions that drive business success.

What you'll get to create:

  • Strategic Data Analysis: Go beyond traditional data analysis by proactively identifying key business questions and delivering actionable insights that drive impactful business outcomes.
  • Provide Insights on Player Behavior: Conduct in-depth analyses to answer specific business questions and develop a deep understanding of player behavior to inform decisions.
  • Present Findings and Recommendations: Report findings to teams and key stakeholders and offer actionable recommendations based on data analysis.
  • Monitor and Investigate KPIs: Track and analyze changes in key performance indicators, uncovering trends and underlying causes.
  • Conduct Ad Hoc Analyses: Fulfill data requests for new product releases, design documents, marketing materials, and user acquisition campaigns.
  • Design Tracking Specifications: Develop and document specifications for core KPIs, feature additions, experiments, and user acquisition campaigns while also identifying potential areas for impactful analysis.
  • Create Dashboards: Design compelling dashboards to monitor KPIs and performance for current and future game titles.
  • Ensure Data Integrity: Check and debug data-related issues to maintain accurate tracking and data quality.
  • Develop Tools and Processes: Assist in creating new tools and processes for data analysis across the company.
  • Stay Ahead of Industry Trends: Proactively bring new ideas and methodologies by staying current with trends and best practices in data analysis and gaming analytics.

What you’ll bring to the team:

  • Educational Background: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Math, Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, Economics or related quantitative field.
  • Professional Experience: 2-4 years as a data analyst or in a similar analytical role, preferably in technology or gaming.
  • Technical Proficiency: Advanced SQL skills for querying large and complex data sets. Expertise in BI/visualization tools like Looker, Tableau or Power BI. Proficiency in statistical inference, hypothesis testing, and using statistical tools/libraries. Skilled in programming with Python or R.
  • Communication and Presentation: Excellent skills in communication, presentation, and visual reporting. Ability to clearly convey data insights to various stakeholders.
  • Strategic Thinking: Ability to identify and recommend key business questions and analyses. Strong analytical abilities with the capability to apply business strategy to data analysis and recommendations.
  • Problem-Solving Skills: Enthusiastic about dissecting problems, identifying solutions, and driving results.
  • Independence and Initiative: Proven ability to manage analyses and projects autonomously from conception to completion.

Bonus Points:

  • Fluent in: Looker Modeling Language (LookML)
  • Experience using: Snowflake/SnowPark
  • Industry experience: Prior experience in the mobile gaming industry.

Working at PlayQ:

  • Unmatched opportunities to drive success on a mission driven team
  • Competitive compensation and equity options
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, long term disability & pet insurance
  • Flexible time off
  • Advancement and mentorship opportunities
  • 401K plan with company match
  • Brand new creative office space equipped with tons of natural light, communal areas for collaboration and free parking
  • Walking distance to restaurants, coffee shops, and the metro
  • Stocked kitchen with snacks and beverages
  • Regular team building events
  • Help build and support awesome GAMES. For a living! Who doesn't love games?

At PlayQ, we leverage competitive benchmarking data when setting each role’s base pay range. Individual base salary will be determined based on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, scope of role, business need and geographic location.

The estimated base pay range for this role is listed below.

$90,000-120,000 USD 

Additional information:

  • In-office location: Santa Monica, CA
  • This role is open to remote employees located in select US states including California, Washington, Nevada, Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania, New York and Georgia.
  • This role is offered as a full time position.

About Us:

PlayQ is a rapidly growing global entertainment and technology company delivering high-quality mobile titles and innovative game development solutions to a worldwide audience. Our games have been downloaded more than 60 million times across the globe, with millions of users playing every day! 

Our dedicated teams, based in downtown Santa Monica, CA, work together to craft the clever, visually stunning, and unforgettable experiences that our players love. Our emphasis on individual leadership means each team member has the opportunity to make a big impact, while our commitment to creative freedom gives them the ability to create whatever they can imagine. 

It’s this mindset that has led us to develop our own IP, infuse games with rich storytelling, build our own development tools, and solve the deepest technical challenges - all in the name of disrupting the mobile gaming landscape.

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