What does it mean to be part of the Kwalee family? Read our experiences, interviews, and perspectives on the worklife at Kwalee.
Diwali is here, and it’s our first since establishing our Bengaluru team in May! We’re really proud of the brilliant team we’re building in India; their talents have helped us to ship more brilliant games and working with them every day is a privilege.
At Kwalee we largely work together as a single unit, as we do with our team members all over the world, which means that we’re a tight-knit bunch regardless of location.
We’re delighted to announce that Kwalee has reached 100 team members across the world!
This is a milestone that would be significant for any company, but it feels particularly special here. The past two years in particular have made Kwalee what it is today, this being the period in which we have established ourselves as a global leader in Hyper Casual games and raced to nearly half a billion downloads globally.
UPDATE: Thank you for your tremendous support for One Special Day, SpecialEffect hit their ambitious target of 500,000!
2020 has been a big and extremely busy year for us here at Kwalee, with the launch of more chart-topping games, our publishing partnership with Buildbox and the opening of our new Bengaluru studio in India.
Kwalee is made up of a diverse bunch of people, and we’re growing all the time!
To provide some insight into the multitude of individuals and roles that go into releasing chart-topping games, we’re pulling back the curtain and focusing on the people that make it all happen. Also check out the full People Make Kwalee archive for everyone’s stories!
When you’re making mobile games for players all over the world, you are by definition a global company. And while we’ve always been firmly studio-based, with our team of more than 75 in Leamington Spa, we’ve always had this outlook.
Prior to the restrictions imposed by COVID-19, we had never considered hiring employees on a remote basis. We have a great studio in Leamington Spa for our growing team of more than 75 to work and socialise, so we never felt the need to explore remote work apart from in exceptional circumstances.
We’re over the moon to announce that we’re the latest Corporate Ambassador of Women in Games International! Not only are we one of the few games publishers in the industry to become a Women in Games ambassador, but it marks the first time a games publisher actively offering publishing services in the Hyper Casual and Hybrid Casual games market is awarded the opportunity to take that mantle.
While we feel very fortunate to be in an industry where our team can work safely from home with relatively few disruptions, and that our players can continue to access and play our games during these testing times, we have also had to adapt in a number of ways.
As such, here we are answering some of the key questions being asked of us about how we are working right now and what that could mean for you.
Kwalee is made up of a diverse bunch of people, and we’re growing all the time! To provide some insight into the multitude of individuals and roles that go into releasing chart-topping games, we’re pulling back the curtain and focusing on the people that make it all happen. Go ahead and explore the full People Make Kwalee archive.
This time we’re chatting to our Talent Acquisition maestro, Jen Koch!
Kwalee has begun 2020 with some explosive growth, and now we’re delighted to have added yet more experience in the form of Dilpesh Parmar, our new Head of Ad Monetisation.
A well-respected figure in his field, Dilpesh has been in the advertisement optimisation industry since 2008. His time in the industry includes six years at Talking Tom creators Outfit7, where he played a key role as the company surpassed 10 billion downloads. He also spent time at the music discovery platform Shazam, and latterly as the COO of mobile ad network IQzone.
When I began making games at the age of 13, publishers quickly took an interest and there was clear mutual benefit: they would distribute and market my games, while they would share profit with me through paid royalties on them. It was an interesting profit sharing scheme.