Game Researcher
Join the Exciting Journey at tombola! 🚀
Are you ready to be a part of something extraordinary?
At tombola we design and build all of our games in house so it’s important that we base our decisions to invest resources into a new game, feature or promotion on solid information.
Our newly created researcher role will help us to identify gaps in the market, or even entirely new markets for us to explore through a variety of information sources.
Find your bounce at tombola! 🎱
At tombola, we're not just another player in the game; we're the creators of the game. Our approach is revolutionary – we craft every element of our software in-house, from concept to execution. We take pride in the ingenuity of our developers and designers, united by their passion for pushing boundaries and shaping the future.
It’s not just our digital bingo balls that have loads of bounce. Our people do, too. Whatever your role, it’s the kind of place that can put a spring in your step.
Whether you're developing game mechanics, keeping our players safe, testing our products or sponsoring one of the UK's biggest TV shows, how high and how far you bounce really is up to you.
What do we offer? 💰
We champion a culture of inclusivity, flexibility, personal development, and mental wellbeing!
As well as a salary that will be more than agreeable for you, we offer market leading benefits such as quarterly bonus, tombola merch, free breakfast and lunches in the office, private healthcare, hybrid working and much more.
You can find out more about our benefits and what it's like to work for us here.
Sounds great! What will I be doing? 🔎
Our Research and Development team is responsible for originating new ideas for tombola to explore and develop into exciting new bingo and casino games for our players to enjoy.
Investing resources into game development needs good quality information to reduce the risk a poor return on investment, and make better long term strategic decisions in game selection, which is where this role fits in. You will use a variety of information (which you’ll help shape) to help identify and evaluate potential opportunities.
Once opportunities are identified you will work with other stakeholders to validate them for further investigation and development.
Key responsibilities
Research: The core part of the role is understanding the gambling industry, from the micro to the macro, surfacing opportunities for investigation.
Evaluation: Once an opportunity has been identified it needs to be validated by a wider group of managers and peers. You’ll work closely with Game Concept Designers to passover your research for further exploration and development.
Tools, techniques frameworks: This is a new role and we’re looking for someone who can shape what the tools, techniques and frameworks are that we use to identify new opportunities so there is great scope to shape research as a function within the game studio.
Stake holder management: This is a key role in the game studio and will require working with all levels and a variety of other specialist roles so it’s important that you can work as part of cross functional teams and can clearly and concisely articulate your work for a variety of audiences.
What does "good" look like for us? 😇
Knowledge and experience
- Experience in a previous research or research focussed role
- Knowledge of research tools, techniques and frameworks which you can clearly demonstrate and transfer to this specific role
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Knowledge of online gambling industry favourable
Personal qualities
- Highly motivated with the ability to use your own initiative
- Good attention to detail and the ability to prioritise effectively
- Able to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
- Spirit of fun and engagement
- Department
- Technology
- Locations
- Sunderland, UK
- Remote status
- Hybrid Remote
Game Researcher
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