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"Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works."
— Steve Jobs
Own the research strategy for projects and independently plan, manage, and carry out mixed-method research studies. Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams and advocate for players by providing actionable insights on their experience, needs, and motivations.
Responsibilities
- Own the research strategy for your projects and independently plan, manage, and carry out mixed-method research studies, including qualitative and quantitative approaches.
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, such as development and marketing, throughout the entire game lifecycle and combine research findings with other data sources.
- Advocate for players and drive player-focused decisions by providing actionable insights on their experience, needs, and motivations.
- Manage relationships with key senior stakeholders, ensuring they are invested in research and use findings to make data-informed decisions.
- Level up Rovio’s research approach both inside and outside the craft by sharing knowledge and investigating new methods.
Requirements
- Several years of experience as a UX Researcher in the games industry, integrating user research into actionable design and product improvement.
- A degree or equivalent work experience in human computer interaction (HCI), psychology, interaction design, product design or related field.
- Vast experience with qualitative and quantitative research methods (e.g., surveys, playtests, interviews), statistical data analysis (Python, Excel, SPSS or R), and managing external research vendors.
- Deep knowledge of mobile games and a strong understanding of player motivators.
- Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to tell a compelling story with your findings.
- Proactiveness in approach to research and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively with cross-functional teams.
Key Skills
- User research
- Cross-functional team collaboration
- Research methods
- Statistical data analysis
- Mobile games knowledge
- Communication skills
- Proactiveness
About Rovio
Rovio Entertainment Ltd. is a global mobile-first games company that creates, develops and publishes mobile games, which have been downloaded over 5 billion times. Rovio is best known for the global Angry Birds brand, which started as a popular mobile game in 2009, and has since evolved from games to various entertainment, animations and consumer products in brand licensing. Rovio has produced The Angry Birds Movie (2016), and its sequel, The Angry Birds Movie 2 was released in 2019. The company offers multiple mobile games and has seven game studios – one in Espoo (Finland), Stockholm (Sweden), Copenhagen (Denmark), Barcelona (Spain), Montreal and Toronto (Canada), as well as a subsidiary in Izmir (Turkey) called Ruby Games. Most of the employees are based in Finland where Rovio is headquartered. In 2023, Sega Europe Limited acquired more than 90 percent of Rovio’s issued and outstanding shares, making Rovio a subsidiary of Sega.
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