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Jobs digest: moves and promotions at Microsoft, Skydance, Apple, Google, Scopely, Supercell and more
📰 Vikki Blake
👤 Vikki Blake
🕒 2026-10-19 16:58:07
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Microsoft任命Maria Angelidou-Smith为Mojang和Minecraft新任CEO，其此前任职于Reddit担任首席产品官。Skydance确认前Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick加入董事会，同时Paramount Games Studio与Warner Bros. Games合并，由前迪士尼Imagineer Tony Driscoll领导。
Apple晋升Carson Oliver为App Store副总裁，Google任命Chase Chen负责跨平台游戏业务开发，Supercell新增多位创作者与合作伙伴关系负责人。
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Microsoft
:
Maria Angelidou-Smith
will join as CEO of Mojang and Minecraft, moving over from Reddit, where she was chief product officer.
Skydance
: Former Activision Blizzard CEO
Bobby Kotick
has been named to the board of Skydance Corp, which now controls Paramount and Warner Bros,
according to Kotaku
. Kotick left Activision Blizzard at the end of 2023 following its sale to Microsoft.
Skydance has also confirmed that Paramount Games Studio will merge with Warner Bros. Games, with the combined division reporting to
Tony Driscoll
, a former Disney Imagineer who previously helped lead strategy at AT&T.
Microsoft’s Angelidou-Smith, Skydance’s Kotick and Driscoll, Apple’s Oliver, Google’s Chen.
Apple
:
Carson Oliver
is reportedly being promoted to vice president of the App Store,
according to Bloomberg
. He has been leading the App Store since Phil Schiller
stepped back
from his day-to-day role, and will continue to report to Eddy Cue.
Google
:
Chase Chen
has joined as business development lead, working to bring games to players across Google Play on mobile and PC. Chen is an indie game maker with almost a decade of experience in game publishing.
Tripledot Studios
:
Daniel Armstrong
has joined as technical director, working with the Ludios team. He was previously technical director at Playside.
Tripledot’s Armstrong, Scopely’s Achyutuni, Park and Rosenthal, Trailmix’s Cullen.
Scopely
:
Bharani Sasank Achyutuni
has been promoted to senior engineering manager,
Gene Park
has started a new position as manager II for performance marketing and
Joe Rosenthal
is now a lead game designer.
Supercell
:
Sirach Mendes
has joined as influencer and creator manager and
Diogo da Rocha Pereira
as creator and influencer manager.
Adriana Acevedo
has also started as partnerships platform consultant, working alongside Alia Lassal and Rosalind Schaub, after six years working with Apple, where Supercell was one of the partners she supported.
Trailmix
:
Joe Cullen
has joined as principal data engineer, to help the studio strengthen how it uses data across its teams. Cullen previously worked as lead software engineer at Square Enix.
Supercell’s Mendes, da Rocha Pereira and Acevedo, Miniclip’s Demirel, Mainstay’s Frolov.
Miniclip
:
Ozan Demirel
has joined as senior game designer, having previously worked as a game designer at TapNation.
Mainstay Games
:
Petr Frolov
has joined as senior game designer, having previously worked at Metacore.
Loom Games
:
Yiğit Cem Sarıoğlu
has departed MildMania after three years as a senior level designer. He has joined as product manager.
Dream Games
:
Mehmet Yağız Çebişli
has joined as software engineer after working at Kobil for three years, also as software engineer.
Loom’s Sarıoğlu, Dream Games’ Çebişli, Smadex’s de la Camara, Rollic’s Trabzon, Cypher’s Kasil.
Smadex
:
Luis de la Camara
has joined as chief marketing officer, after five years at Rovio where he was a member of the leadership team & VP of global marketing.
Rollic
:
Eren Trabzon
has joined as product specialist after serving 18 months in a similar role at Surpass.
Cypher Games
:
Erkan Kasil
has joined as junior software engineer after an internship at Ask Vela.
FastSpring
.
FastSpring
: 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
fastspring.gg
.
Microsoft
:
Maria Angelidou-Smith
will join as CEO of Mojang and Minecraft, moving over from Reddit, where she was chief product officer.
Skydance
: Former Activision Blizzard CEO
Bobby Kotick
has been named to the board of Skydance Corp, which now controls Paramount and Warner Bros,
according to Kotaku
. Kotick left Activision Blizzard at the end of 2023 following its sale to Microsoft.
Skydance has also confirmed that Paramount Games Studio will merge with Warner Bros. Games, with the combined division reporting to
Tony Driscoll
, a former Disney Imagineer who previously helped lead strategy at AT&T.
Microsoft’s Angelidou-Smith, Skydance’s Kotick and Driscoll, Apple’s Oliver, Google’s Chen.
Apple
:
Carson Oliver
is reportedly being promoted to vice president of the App Store,
according to Bloomberg
. He has been leading the App Store since Phil Schiller
stepped back
from his day-to-day role, and will continue to report to Eddy Cue.
:
Chase Chen
has joined as business development lead, working to bring games to players across Google Play on mobile and PC. Chen is an indie game maker with almost a decade of experience in game publishing.
Tripledot Studios
:
Daniel Armstrong
has joined as technical director, working with the Ludios team. He was previously technical director at Playside.
Tripledot’s Armstrong, Scopely’s Achyutuni, Park and Rosenthal, Trailmix’s Cullen.
Scopely
:
Bharani Sasank Achyutuni
has been promoted to senior engineering manager,
Gene Park
has started a new position as manager II for performance marketing and
Joe Rosenthal
is now a lead game designer.
Supercell
:
Sirach Mendes
has joined as influencer and creator manager and
Diogo da Rocha Pereira
as creator and influencer manager.
Adriana Acevedo
has also started as partnerships platform consultant, working alongside Alia Lassal and Rosalind Schaub, after six years working with Apple, where Supercell was one of the partners she supported.
Trailmix
:
Joe Cullen
has joined as principal data engineer, to help the studio strengthen how it uses data across its teams. Cullen previously worked as lead software engineer at Square Enix.
Supercell’s Mendes, da Rocha Pereira and Acevedo, Miniclip’s Demirel, Mainstay’s Frolov.
Miniclip
:
Ozan Demirel
has joined as senior game designer, having previously worked as a game designer at TapNation.
Mainstay Games
:
Petr Frolov
has joined as senior game designer, having previously worked at Metacore.
Loom Games
:
Yiğit Cem Sarıoğlu
has departed MildMania after three years as a senior level designer. He has joined as product manager.
Dream Games
:
Mehmet Yağız Çebişli
has joined as software engineer after working at Kobil for three years, also as software engineer.
Loom’s Sarıoğlu, Dream Games’ Çebişli, Smadex’s de la Camara, Rollic’s Trabzon, Cypher’s Kasil.
Smadex
:
Luis de la Camara
has joined as chief marketing officer, after five years at Rovio where he was a member of the leadership team & VP of global marketing.
Rollic
:
Eren Trabzon
has joined as product specialist after serving 18 months in a similar role at Surpass.
Cypher Games
:
Erkan Kasil
has joined as junior software engineer after an internship at Ask Vela.