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Kwalee is a leading independent mobile game developer and publisher based in Leamington Spa – the UK’s biggest gaming hub outside Greater London and a great place to live – along with growing teams in Bangalore and Beijing.

Now the largest hypercasual games publisher in the UK, Kwalee is a company known globally thanks to half a billion downloads for hit mobile games including Draw it, Bake it, Shootout 3D, Rocket Sky and many more. These successes have driven rapid growth in recent years and with exciting new projects in the works for Nintendo Switch and PC alongside the studio's hypercasual specialism, Kwalee shows no signs of slowing down!

Founded in 2011 by David Darling CBE, a key architect of the UK games industry who previously co-founded and led Codemasters for many years, our team also includes legends such as Andrew Graham (creator of Micro Machines series) and Jason Falcus (programmer of classics including NBA Jam) alongside a growing and diverse team of mobile gaming experts. Everyone contributes creatively to Kwalee’s success, with all employees eligible to pitch their own game ideas on Creative Wednesdays. Could your idea be the next global hit?

As a Websites Optimiser you love creating high quality and intuitive experiences for users. You’ll oversee the functionality of our website and will take ownership of its optimisation through AB testing working closely with internal and external web developers and designers. You have a passion for UX/UI, an analytical mind and excellent project management skills.

You can either work REMOTELY or in our Leamington Spa office surrounded by a great bunch of people!

What you tell your friends you do

“I make sure that our website is the best it can be through testing, testing and more testing! ”

What you will really be doing

  • Planning, implementing, managing and monitoring anything related to our website
  • Running AB tests and analysing the results to make sure the maximum optimisation
  • Thinking outside the box to improve the User Experience regularly
  • Developing SEO strategy
  • Collaborating with the rest of the team to ensure the website represents the brand strategy and meets the company’s goals

How you will be doing this

  • You’ll be part of an agile, multidisciplinary and creative team and work closely with them to understand the specialist roles that are required and our company culture
  • You'll think creatively and be motivated by challenges and constantly striving for the best.
  • You’ll work with cutting edge technology, if you need software or hardware to get the job done efficiently, you can get it. We even have a robot!

Team

Our talented team is our signature. We have a highly creative atmosphere with around 100 staff where you’ll have the opportunity to contribute daily to important decisions. You’ll work within an extremely experienced, passionate and diverse team, including David Darling and the creator of the Micro Machines video games.

Skills and requirements

  • At least 2 years of experience as websites optimiser using Google Optimiser or similar tools for AB testing.
  • Good knowledge of HTML, CSS design and Javascript
  • Solid understanding of SEO
  • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with excellent interpersonal skills
  • Highly organised, with strong attention to detail
  • Self starter attitude, proactive
  • Ideally passion for games

We offer

  • You can either work remotely or in our Leamington Spa office surrounded by an amazing team!
  • We want everyone involved in our games to share our success, that’s why we have a generous team profit sharing scheme from day 1 of employment
  • In addition to a competitive salary we also contribute to your pension, offer private medical cover and life assurance
  • Creative Wednesdays! (Complete freedom to design and make your own games every Wednesday
  • Access to on site gym - no more skiving!
  • 25 days of paid holidays plus bank holidays
  • Great work-life balance with flexible working hours
  • Quarterly team building days - work hard, play hard!
  • Entertainment area with consoles, pool table, tennis table and darts!
  • Monthly employee awards
  • Free snacks, fruit and drinks

Our philosophy

We firmly believe in creativity and innovation and that a fundamental requirement for a successful and happy company is having the right mix of individuals. With the right people in the right environment anything and everything is possible.