Business Manager – Mobile Ad Optimisation
About Us:
Games2win (G2W) is the publisher of Parking Frenzy, the mobile game with over 12 million downloads worldwide on the iOS and Android platforms. Parking Frenzy was also ranked #1 on the US iTunes Appstore.
Our other hit games include Turbo Cricket on Android, Power Cricket T20 on iTunes (#1 game in India) and Super Mom and Best Friends Forever on the iOS. In total, we have developed and published over 40 mobile games, generating more than 20 million downloads.
Our websites, www.games2win.com, www.gangofgamers.com and www.chimpoo.com, and our in-game network www.inviziads.com, collectively attract over 4 million monthly visitors from across the globe, as per comScore. We publish more than 6 Flash games a month on these websites.
We are one of the fastest growing online gaming companies in the world and feature in the top 20 online gaming properties (USA and World) (comScore reports). Top tier investors such as Clearstone Venture Partners, Nirvana Venture Advisors & Saama Capital have funded G2W.
The founders of G2W Inc. are Alok Kejriwal – serial entrepreneur (see google link andlinkedin link); and Mahesh Khambadkone, an online gaming specialist (see linkedin link).
Based in Mumbai, Games2win also has an office in San Francisco which is headed by a very senior game producer who was a member of the founding team of addictinggames.com (acquired by Viacom)
Who We Need
Our 40 mobile games in the iOS and Android appstores, reach 15 million players worldwide and serve 30 million ad impressions monthly.
The audience is global approximately 30% in N. America, 30% in W. Europe, 30% in Brazil / Russia / China, and 10% in India.
With this volume of diversified traffic ad inventory, we are seeking a motivated, experienced, needle-eyed and revenue-oriented individual who will be able to optimize and monetize this network in the best possible manner.
Position: Business Manager – Mobile Ad Optimization.
Reporting To – You will report to the Co-Founder , who is Mahesh Khambadkone.
Based in – Mumbai, India
Background & Experience – The candidate would have managed the ad inventory on a online / mobile property (e.g. a rediff.com, miniclip.com, TimesOfIndia mobile app), with the responsibility of ensuring revenue targets are met, performance is regularly measured, and ensuring best practices are used.
The candidate would likely be in a operational or junior management role, and wish to move to a role of larger responsibility.
To do so, you should have:
- Knowledge of the players in the mobile advertising market.
- Past experience optimizing both mobile (banner / video) networks
- Understanding how ad networks work! What makes them tick, so that we can sync in with them.
- Be obsessed about details
- Experience in the gaming / entertainment space would be beneficial, but not a compulsion.
What the Job is All About (Role & Responsibility):
- Report on performance on a weekly / bi-monthly basis, flagging issues / concerns to management where necessary
- Work with management to define eCPM revenue goals as well as traffic objectives (house ads) for the networks we operate
- Optimize the networks we presently operate to achieve these goals
- Constantly review what is happening to our network and what innovations are happening outside of our network – other games, providers, tools, best practices
- Build and foster new relationships with ad networks
- Coordinate with (and build where required) a small team of analysts and network operators
Qualifications:
A valid degree, preferably in the accounts or commerce.
Age & Experience: Around 2-3 years experience operating the network of a online portal, or of mobile apps. Candidate would also have at least 6 months experience usiing mobile ad networks like Admob or MoPub. The candidate would be about 24-26 years of age or older.
Salaries and ESOPs:
Games2win likes to meet candidates and then offer them compensation basis their experience and passion. The position will include performance-based incentives.
Games2win’s ESOP’s are very valuable and have proven to enrich employees (see note).
The Executive Manager role will be entitled to handsome ESOPs of the Company!
Next Steps:
If the role interests you, then:
- Understand the multiple mobile games we publish (on the Android, iOS stores) and prepare a presentation or Word document identifying how you would manage our mobile games network.
Contact – Send your thoughts with your introduction and expectations to:
mahesh@games2win.com – CTO and Co-Founder
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