Research Analyst, King
Advertising Insights, Activision Blizzard Media
$55.8-103.2k
1-4 days a week in office
Mobile games developer
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Mobile games developer
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$55.8-103.2k
1-4 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
At King, we’re Making the World Playful. Heard of Candy Crush? We’re the creators behind it. But we aren’t just crushing it with candies, we’re also behind Farm Heroes, Bubble Witch, Pet Rescue and loads of other sweet games.
Role
Who you are
- We love hearing from anyone who is enthusiastic about changing the games industry. Not sure you meet all the skillsets? Let us decide! Research shows that women and members of other under-represented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they think they may not meet every skill, when, in fact, they often do! We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences, Statistics, Marketing, Economics, or a related field
- Experience: 1-2 years in research, data analysis, or measurement; domain knowledge in advertising or gaming-related research a plus
- Technical proficiencies:
- Competence in Excel and Powerpoint required
- Familiarity with audience insights tools (e.g., MRI-Simmons, GlobalWebIndex, comScore) preferred
- Experience with SPSS, SQL, R, Python, or data visualization tools a plus
- Data analysis: Comfortable analyzing, interpreting, and visualizing data, preferably with experience in statistical methods
- Insight Storytelling: Ability to turn data into actionable insights and weave insights into narratives that the sales team can take to advertisers
- Research skills: Familiarity with quantitative and/or qualitative methodologies, research design, questionnaire development, survey programming, monitoring data collection and response rates, etc
- Key Strengths:
- Attention to detail
- Strong organizational skills
- Ability to communicate effectively
- Collaborative team player
- Proactive in seeking solutions
- Eager to learn
- Adaptable
What the job involves
- As a Research Analyst, you will play an integral role in supporting advertising insights. You will be helping our clients and internal stakeholders understand media behaviors, player engagement, consumer habits, and advertising sentiment across our gaming portfolio. Working within the Advertising Insights team, you will assist in custom research, create stories around insights, and develop materials that demonstrate the value of advertising with Activision Blizzard Media
- The hybrid-working role is based in New York City, NY or London, UK as part of a broader team that spans the globe
- Insights Development: Pull and translate data findings into clear, actionable insights that help shape marketing narratives, client RFPs, and product recommendations
- Research Project Support: Assist in custom research initiatives aimed at deepening the media industry’s understanding of gamers and informing the business’ ad product strategy. This support will include vendor management and cross-functional collaboration with marketing, product, sales, and data science teams
- Sales Enablement: Provide insights support to strengthen client relationships and drive direct advertising revenue in partnership with the internal sales and marketing teams
Our take
Gaming is one of the world’s fastest-growing industries, but many still view gaming as inconvenient, inaccessible, or niche. King solves that problem by designing mobile games with broad market appeal.
Since its launch, King has released more than 200 titles in 14 languages, including Candy Crush, Farm Heroes, Bubble Witch, Pet Rescue, and more. The company pioneered in-game spending, which allows it to monetize user interactions without charging them to buy the game. Titles such as Candy Crush are designed to be highly accessible to demographics that wouldn’t usually define themselves as “gamers”, including older users. King now boasts more than 200 million monthly active users, making it a clear market leader.
In 2016, King was bought by gaming giant Activision Blizzard, which has since been purchased by Microsoft. While the company still operates with a high degree of independence, it has greatly profited from the financial and marketing support of its parent corporation. This support has been instrumental in enabling King to maintain its competitiveness in the constantly evolving mobile gaming industry.
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Employee endorsements
Focus on employee wellbeing
"There is an amazing worklife balance that the company puts an emphasis on. On top of that there are amazing benefits to take part in, for example in..."
Funding (2 rounds)
Sep 2005
$43m
SERIES A
Jun 2005
$41m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $84m
Company benefits
- ❤️ Reimbursements for both physical and mental health-related activities 🇺🇸
- 📚 Dedicated learning & development resources including LEAP and other leadership coaching 🇺🇸
- 🌴 Generous paid holidays and vacation time, paid sick time, and compassionate, bereavement and parental leaves 🇺🇸
- ⌚ A Team First, Hybrid Working approach allows working patterns to be based on the needs of the team 🇺🇸
- 🏥 401(k) Plan with company match, medical, dental, and vision coverage options, and more 🇺🇸
- 🏳️🌈 Four employee-led diversity-focused networks and other community groups that raise awareness 🇺🇸
- 🏅 Community Day, charity donation matching, free and discounted Activision Blizzard games, and our Royal Recognition Awards rewarding commitment of long-serving Kingsters 🇺🇸
- 📚 Voluntary benefits including tuition reimbursement, group discounts for legal services, ID protection, home and rental insurance, and others 🇺🇸
- 🏥 Private medical, dental, critical illness and pension plans 🇬🇧
- 🌴 Generous paid holidays, with additional time off close down between 25th December and the New Year 🇬🇧
- 🥯 Next-level offices that provide numerous creative spaces as well as free breakfast, snacks, and drinks 🇬🇧
- 🎒 Exclusive, free goodies 🇬🇧
- 🏳️🌈 Four employee-led diversity-focused networks and other community groups that raise awareness 🇬🇧
- ❤️ Reimbursements for both physical and mental health-related activities. Some offices also have their own onsite gyms. 🇬🇧
- 🏅 Community Day, charity donation matching, free and discounted Activision Blizzard games, and our Royal Recognition Awards rewarding commitment of long-serving Kingsters 🇬🇧
Company values
- Fun & Friendly 🧡 We create an inclusive environment where everyone can belong. We build trust, we're supportive and demanding in everything we do, and we're not afraid to have fun along the way
- Care & Craft 🤗 We put our heart and soul into everything we do - and we do it for our players. It takes all Kingsters, contributing in different ways, to craft and operate brilliant mass-appeal games
- Humble & Open 📖 We treat each other as equals. We seek and give feedback, we listen, we learn, and we're honest with ourselves and others
- Fast & Fluid ⏩ We are responsive and embrace change. We take smart risks, are always ready to dust ourselves off, learn fast, and try again
- Creative Champions 🏅 We are curious about our players and we drive innovation in big and small ways to delight them every day. We boldly seek new ways of thinking to unleash creativity
- Passion & Performance 📈 Our passion guides us to set ambitious goals for ourselves and each other. We hold each other accountable, see things through, and contribute to our sustainable growth
Company HQ
Soho, London, UK
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Leadership
Tjodolf Sommestad
(President )President from February 2022. Previously served as King’s Chief Development Officer.
People progressing
Leading a data science team responsible for supporting performance marketing to make informed decisions with data
Joined as Senior Developer. Promoted to Engineering Manager after 2 years and is now leading two engineering teams in the Telemetry & Streaming domain.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at King
Vikki Leach (Senior Director, DE&I)
- A great saga needs all sorts of heroes. At King, we share a passion for making the world playful. To achieve this, it takes people with different skills, experiences, and world views to work together.
- There’s no such thing as a typical gamer. That’s why we embrace and celebrate what makes us different rather than what makes us the same
- Our Employee Networks help us to stay connected as individuals and as a company; Kaleidoscope (ethnic, cultural, and national diversity), Royal Unicorns (LGBTQIA+), Women@King (crushing bias and equal opportunities) and CAN (collective abilities).
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