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We're hiring a Portfolio Growth Manager to join A Thinking Ape. This is a new role on our marketing time. Instead of specializing in a single channel, you'll run full-stack growth across our back catalogue of mobile games: ad monetization, store and product marketing, and light-touch paid, spanning both ATA and our sister studio DECA Games. It's a strong fit if you: • Have worked inside a mobile game studio (3+ years in the industry, 2+ in a marketing function) • Know ad monetization well, or are hungry to own it • Have genuinely built things with AI (a reporting pipeline, a scraper, an automation you actually use), not just chatted with it • Like fixing broken things and finding leverage rather than absorbing busywork Fully remote. For this role we are open to hiring someone in North America, South America or Europe. At ATA, we believe curiosity is a superpower, we make things people want, and we pursue ambitious goals with kindness and care. If that sounds like your kind of place, we'd love to hear from you. Apply here: https://lnkd.in/gtDqKwWe

We’re hiring a Motion Designer to join the Creative Marketing team at A Thinking Ape. This role is all about making ads people can’t ignore. You’ll create gameplay-driven video ads, social promos, event marketing, and app store creatives across multiple live mobile games, often shifting between wildly different visual styles in the same week. We’re looking for someone with: 🎬 Strong motion design fundamentals 📱 Experience creating mobile-first marketing creatives ⚡ Comfort working in fast-paced, high-volume production environments 🎮 Genuine interest in video game marketing and mobile ads 🧠 Adaptability, curiosity, and strong creative instincts This is a highly hands-on production role where you’ll own projects from brief to final export. A few things worth knowing: • Fully remote within Canada (preference for BC based candidates) • Must be willing to work Pacific timezone hours • Salary: $81,000 CAD • Small team, real ownership, visible impact • Portfolio required If you love motion design, mobile games, and the craft of performance marketing creative, please apply! Application link in comments.

Last month, we brought our team together from across Canada for our annual company summit, with teammates joining us from Vancouver, Vancouver Island, Merritt, Edmonton, Saskatoon, London, Toronto, and the GTA. 💛 As a remote company, in-person time matters deeply to us. It gives us the chance to connect face-to-face, collaborate in new ways, celebrate our wins, learn from challenges, and strengthen the relationships that make our work better every day. Over three incredible days, we: ✨ Aligned on our 2026 vision and company strategy in leadership and full-team workshops. ✨ Celebrated 2025 accomplishments and surprised the team with new company gear. ✨ Strengthened bonds with a connection game and team-building terrarium activity. ✨ Shared an unforgettable evening at Havana in Vancouver, capped off by a surprise drag show! One of the best parts of summit week is welcoming newer team members into our culture and creating space for connections that continue long after everyone returns home. We’re incredibly proud of the team we’re building and grateful for the opportunity to spend intentional time together. So much fun was had and we’re already excited for next year. 🎉

🎨 We're hiring an Associate 2D Game Artist to work on Party in my Dorm. You will be shaping the visual identity of Party in My Dorm, a mobile game with hundreds of thousands of die-hard players, through event-driven art that pulls from real fashion trends, pop culture moments, and player feedback. Here's what makes this role different: → You own event art from concept to final delivery. → You collaborate with a cross-functional team. → You get to actually influence what gets made, we want your ideas! → It's fully remote anywhere in BC. We are prioritizing hiring in BC at the moment. We're looking for someone with strong fundamentals in character design and colour theory, a sharp eye for trends, self-starter energy and bursting with ideas that you want to bring to Party in My Dorm. Salary: $70,000 · Benefits + 3 weeks vacation + flexible sick days 🔗 Apply via the link in the comments. We'd love to see your portfolio.

We’re proud to share that our VP of People & Culture, Natania Mathany, was recently featured on the In The Flow of Work podcast by Topicflow 🎙️. Natania is deeply passionate about building intentional, high-performing cultures, and in this episode, she shares how something as simple (and often overlooked) as the 1:1 can shape the health of an entire organization. When work gets busy, 1:1s are often the first thing to slip. Not because managers don’t care, but because many were never given a clear baseline for how to lead. That’s when feedback slows down, coaching fades, and team standards begin to drift. In this conversation, Natania talks about how we approach manager enablement and cultural consistency here at ATA: ✅ Standardizing the minimum expectations for leadership while leaving room for personal style ✅ Treating 1:1s as a non-negotiable cultural habit ✅ Building a practical manager playbook to support new leaders from day one ✅ Shipping training in small, iterative modules instead of waiting for a fully built L&D engine At its core, this episode reflects something we believe strongly: culture isn’t built through slogans, it’s built through consistent leadership behaviors. We’re grateful to see Natania sharing her perspective beyond our walls and contributing to broader conversations about what modern People & Culture leadership can look like. If manager consistency, feedback, or culture-building is on your mind, this one’s worth a listen. 🎧 Listen here: https://lnkd.in/gQB9Dm_j

🎮 We’re hiring: Live Ops Design Manager (Mobile Games). A Thinking Ape is looking for an experienced Live Ops Design Manager to help shape and run live events and content across two long-running, deeply social mobile games: Party in my Dorm and Kingdoms at War. This role sits within our Game Design team and world-class Live Ops organization. You’ll guide the live events and content calendar, mentor a small group of designers, and stay hands-on with some of our highest-impact design work. You’ll partner closely with Product, Engineering, Creative, and Community to ensure events launch smoothly, perform well, and continue evolving over time. We’re looking for someone who: ✅ Has 5+ years of experience designing live events or content in free-to-play mobile games ✅ Understands live ops cycles, monetization, and player-driven economies ✅ Enjoys working with data, player feedback, and community insight to guide decisions ✅ Is excited to lead, mentor, and collaborate while still being deeply involved in design execution  Location: Remote within British Columbia, Canada  Salary: CAD $94,000  🔥 Learn more and apply here: https://lnkd.in/gKBTZBuV. If you know a great live ops designer in Canada—or this sounds like you—we’d love to hear from you 😊

Holiday Giving at ATA! This year, we were proud to host Giving Week at A Thinking Ape from December 8–13, bringing our people together to support causes that mean a great deal to us. We focused on two long-standing partners doing vital work in our community: The Vancouver Food Bank and Backpack Buddies BC. To kick things off, ATA donated $2,500 to each organization, and invited our team to get involved in any way they felt comfortable. Thanks to the incredible generosity of our people, together we raised: ✨ $3,900 for the Vancouver Food Bank ✨ $3,120 for Backpack Buddies Every contribution, big or small, helps support families and children facing food insecurity, especially during the holiday season. We’re incredibly grateful to our team for stepping up and helping make a meaningful impact. If you or your teams are looking for ways to give this season, please consider checking out these two incredible organizations: 👉Greater Vancouver Food Bank 👉 Backpack Buddies BC Thank you to everyone who participated and continues to embody the spirit of giving at ATA. 💙

We’re thrilled to share that A Thinking Ape is participating in Animating Your Future: Exploring Career Pathways in Digital Animation, a free webinar series designed for autistic job seekers and students interested in digital animation and game design. Hosted by the wonderful teams at Canucks Autism Network, this event celebrates National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) in Canada by spotlighting inclusive employers and creative career pathways in the digital arts. 🎤 On Tuesday, October 28th at 3:00 PM PST, our VP of People & Culture, Natania Mathany, will be sharing insights on building a neuro inclusive workplace, supporting diverse talent, and fostering belonging across teams. Attendees will also gain valuable insights into industry trends and practical advice for pursuing creative careers. With over 15 years of experience in People & Culture, Natania has dedicated her career to cultivating thriving, people-first workplaces. Her passion for community, collaboration, and continuous learning reflects our shared belief that diverse perspectives make stronger teams and better games. We’re honoured to be part of an inspiring lineup of speakers for this three day event, and grateful to Canucks Autism Network for their work in creating inclusive opportunities and advocating for neurodiverse talent across Canada. 👉 Learn more and register here: https://lnkd.in/guKjXSQD

At A Thinking Ape, data is how we build and grow successful games. We’ve invested heavily in self-service analytics, empowering every team to independently access, explore, and act on data through Looker and BigQuery. Now we’re looking for a Senior Game Data Analyst to turn that capability into outcomes. Embedded with our Live Ops Product team, you’ll: 🎯 Deliver fast, high-quality analysis and clear recommendations that drive engagement, retention, monetization, and ROAS. 📊 Build and refine Looker explores, dashboards, and BI tools that keep our games thriving. 🧠 Partner daily with PMs, designers, and live-ops owners to turn insight into action. 📈 Balance self-service enablement with deep-dive, high-impact analyses that guide major events and features. We’re looking for someone who’s fluent in SQL and Looker, deeply understands F2P mobile KPIs, and thrives in a collaborative, fast-moving environment. You’ll mentor others, define success metrics, and bring analytical clarity to complex, multi-stakeholder decisions. 💡 Why ATA? At A Thinking Ape, you’re trusted, supported, and given the autonomy to do your best work. We offer competitive pay, flexible work, and a culture built on inclusion, respect, and transparency. 🌍 Location: Remote within British Columbia, Canada. If you’re passionate about data, games, and impact, we’d love to hear from you. 👉 Apply now and help shape the future of mobile gaming. https://lnkd.in/ggYvcdEF 👾Tayber Voyer 👾 Gary Stevenson Natania Mathany Rachel Delaney #Hiring #GameAnalytics #LiveOps #DataJobs #MobileGames #Careers #AThinkingApe