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Game Usability Associate
at Tencent Boston in Concord, MA
COMPANY OVERVIEW:
Tencent Boston is a premier game development studio led by industry veterans that are driving the creation of world class online games for a global audience. We are a division of Tencent Inc., one of the largest internet companies in China. For nearly 500 million people Tencent is the internet offering portal, shopping, community and entertainment services. We are right in the middle of one of the most dynamic and rapidly growing game markets in the world and we are looking for outstanding individuals with passion, talent and a team focused mindset.
We are located in the Boston area and offer competitive salaries, superb benefits and profit sharing. If you’re an inspired, driven individual who is ready to take game development to the next level then Tencent Boston is your new home.
JOB DESCRIPTION:
The Game Usability Associate role is being offered on a full-time basis to the right candidate. You will work in our Concord, MA studio and report to our Director of Marketing. Job duties include gathering data from multiple, conducting surveys, and facilitating focus groups, playtests, and game usability sessions.
Responsibilities:
• Assist Director of Marketing in developing overall game usability program for the studio.
• Support research efforts to drive development of successful online games.
• Manage testing lab, monitoring and maintain lab hardware and software.
• Assist in building networks of focus group participants.
• Support live observation of play testing.
• Assist Director of Marketing in presenting research findings to senior management..
• Interface with game development team to ensure the user experience reflects customer needs and achieves desired product impact.
• Gather data from multiple sources to help deliver business insight and strategic guidance to game product and executive leadership teams.
• participate in early-stage community bulling and community management efforts
Requirements:
• 1 to 3 years experience in game playtesting or related industry research.
• Ability to effectively communicate and influence via research results and presentations of their relevance to business.
• Ability to integrate data from quantitative and qualitative approaches
• Ability to communicate complex results to less quantitatively sophisticated users.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Bachelor's degree.
Pluses:
• Experience as games blogger or community manager
• Experience with user experience and user motivations, survey and focus group methodology
• Experience in A/B testing, play-testing, benchmark studies, lab studies and remote testing.
• Experience in or knowledge of game development.
• Avid video game player, ideally free-to-play and online social games.
Tencent Boston is a premier game development studio led by industry veterans that are driving the creation of world class online games for a global audience. We are a division of Tencent Inc., one of the largest internet companies in China. For nearly 500 million people Tencent is the internet offering portal, shopping, community and entertainment services. We are right in the middle of one of the most dynamic and rapidly growing game markets in the world and we are looking for outstanding individuals with passion, talent and a team focused mindset.
We are located in the Boston area and offer competitive salaries, superb benefits and profit sharing. If you’re an inspired, driven individual who is ready to take game development to the next level then Tencent Boston is your new home.
JOB DESCRIPTION:
The Game Usability Associate role is being offered on a full-time basis to the right candidate. You will work in our Concord, MA studio and report to our Director of Marketing. Job duties include gathering data from multiple, conducting surveys, and facilitating focus groups, playtests, and game usability sessions.
Responsibilities:
• Assist Director of Marketing in developing overall game usability program for the studio.
• Support research efforts to drive development of successful online games.
• Manage testing lab, monitoring and maintain lab hardware and software.
• Assist in building networks of focus group participants.
• Support live observation of play testing.
• Assist Director of Marketing in presenting research findings to senior management..
• Interface with game development team to ensure the user experience reflects customer needs and achieves desired product impact.
• Gather data from multiple sources to help deliver business insight and strategic guidance to game product and executive leadership teams.
• participate in early-stage community bulling and community management efforts
Requirements:
• 1 to 3 years experience in game playtesting or related industry research.
• Ability to effectively communicate and influence via research results and presentations of their relevance to business.
• Ability to integrate data from quantitative and qualitative approaches
• Ability to communicate complex results to less quantitatively sophisticated users.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Bachelor's degree.
Pluses:
• Experience as games blogger or community manager
• Experience with user experience and user motivations, survey and focus group methodology
• Experience in A/B testing, play-testing, benchmark studies, lab studies and remote testing.
• Experience in or knowledge of game development.
• Avid video game player, ideally free-to-play and online social games.
Published at 13-12-2011
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