Associate Game Data Analyst
Description
SUMMARY OF POSITION
NetherRealm Studios is a top video game developer for both console and mobile. We have a growing portfolio of hits that includes Mortal Kombat and Injustice. As we continue to expand, we are looking to add an enthusiastic, talented, and experienced professional with a passion for understanding users’ behavior through data.
This position requires excellent project management, communication, and documentation skills. The ideal candidate will demonstrate passion for discovering interesting facts through data and sharing them with others. Daily tasks include gathering requirements from project stakeholders, drafting schemas and tables, working with the ETL and reporting process, and developing documentation.
The Associate Analyst will work on our studio’s multi-faceted mobile gaming titles and their mechanics and economies while also working on our console data and holistic gaming industry trends. As a founding member of the new NetherRealm Analytics Department, the Associate Analyst will report into the department head as our studio rapidly develops and iterates on procedure and deliverable design.
The Associate Analyst will work across disciplines within the studio as well as with external departments. Analytic reports are in high demand by multiple entities. This position will assist the department head in everything from planning the way we record events in-game, monitoring the ETL process, and ensuring the final report satisfies the intended audience.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
Design, build, and maintain analytics documentation including requirements from various departments as well as timeline.
Organize staff meetings while drafting meeting minutes and syndicating action items.
Work with Confluence, PowerPoint, and other tools to ensure project details and analytical value is being communicated to all stakeholders.
Identify in-game events that affect business KPIs including revenue, retention, use acquisition, k-factor, and lifetime value.
Assist department head in drafting table schemas and dimensional models to measure the variables necessary for later analysis.
Monitor big data tables in our BI SQL stack and perform simple data queries.
Perform market research, competitor teardowns, and write up trend summaries.
Monitor progress by playing builds in development as well as reviewing ongoing player behavior reports and trends.
Brief the team regularly on key learnings and new insights that can be applied across games.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
BA/BS Degree and/or demonstrated proficiency in Business, Finance, Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, or Mathematics.
Minimum 1 year as a data and/or monetization design contributor or similar role (product, design, analytics, etc.).
Strong background in analysis fundamentals through previous work experience, collegiate thesis, and/or passion projects.
Strong familiarity with mobile application ecosystems and operating systems like iOS and Android.
Experience with project managing multiple deliverables that each have their own separate stakeholders, environments, and operational teams.
Experience designing, building, reporting, and maintaining project documentation.
Must be comfortable reading, interpreting, explaining, and responding to data; background in statistics, data mining, or other quantitative discipline is highly valued.
ETL knowledge desired from schema generation, event design, ETL processing, to reporting.
Business Intelligence tools experience a bonus: SQL, Tableau, Looker, Python, C++.
Comfortable presenting complicated material to diverse audiences; strong ‘soft skills’.
Passion for analytics.
Passion for gaming.
Ability to collaborate with colleagues across different disciplines and locations to achieve results.
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and prioritize work to meet specific deadlines required.
The Warner Bros. Entertainment Group of Companies is an equal opportunity employer and considers all candidates for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, marital status, military or veteran's status (including protected veterans, as may be required by federal law), sexual orientation or any other category protected by law.
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