Senior User Acquisition Manager

Who we are

A Thinking Ape builds communities through mobile games with emergent social play and original IP. We released our first game in 2009 and have been highly profitable and growing every year since. We are a bottom-up company with small teams that focus on ownership and data driven decision making. Our portfolio of games is growing and we are scaling our growth team to bring our games to even more players. 

The job

As a Senior User Acquisition Manager you will use your mobile marketing experience to grow our games through a variety of channels. You will define a high level user acquisition strategy to help us scale our two highly popular free-to-play original IP games, Kingdoms of Heckfire and Party in my Dorm and new games in development. These games have passionate communities and appeal to vastly different audiences. You will constantly evaluate a variety of measurable aspects of marketing campaigns to maximize our marketing ROI. 

The team

Our growth team consists of artists, analysts and engineers who collaboratively create new ways to grow our games across multiple channels. As a performance marketing team we execute on a high volume of creatively diverse content, and continue to experiment with different marketing strategies. The team is very data focused and have built a suite of marketing tools based on our internal data pipeline and BI system and have the full support of an internal Data Science team.

Things you will work on

• Define how we measure success - establish benchmarks and criteria to evaluate campaign performance
• Use your experience and knowledge to define a high level UA strategy that makes use of the different mobile advertising networks
• Allocate budgets across different networks according to your defined strategy and explore new networks on an ongoing basis
• Use your big picture thinking to tackle new problems such as localization, entering new markets and exploring new networks
• Work closely with the marketing art team to optimize creative concepts
• Communicate with game teams to propose potential product improvements that could impact growth and re-engagement
• Define and adapt audience targeting strategies across different channels

Who you are

You are someone with an analytical mindset that loves digging deep into data. You are equally excited about sharing your knowledge and mentoring other people on your team. You are driven by curiosity and results which enables you to continuously explore new opportunities for growth. 

The primary qualifications we’re looking for are

• You have deep knowledge of the mobile advertising space
• You are experienced in digital / marketing analytics and performance marketing
• You are experienced in working with mobile advertising channels, most importantly Facebook and Google UAC
• You are experienced in analyzing conversion rates, retention and other common KPIs
• You are a creative problem solver 
• You are able to work effectively with cross-functional teams
• You must be comfortable with uncertainty and incremental change
• You have a deep interest in mobile gaming

Other things that help are

• Have experience managing a team
• Have a background or degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Statistics, Math or related field

Remote first

We have committed to a remote first approach for 2021 with access to in-person collaboration spaces in Vancouver when safe to do so. Our intention is to use 2021 as the foundational year to develop our remote excellence and help shape the future of ATA. This means our roles are currently open to candidates who can work in Canada between the core hours of 11am - 4pm PST. We are open to help relocate the successful candidate to Canada.

While everyone on our team is different, to thrive here you should... 

• Be self motivated, take pride in your work and enjoy huge amounts of ownership
• Set aside your ego and have wonderful arguments with your coworkers in order to create something better than any one person could individually
• Challenge your own assumptions and use data to make decisions whenever possible 
• Be passionate about teaching others what you know and continuing your own growth every day
• Not be afraid to fail–you experiment and learn from your mistakes

What’s in it for you

At ATA you’re offered a flexible, safe, inclusive environment in which you have the autonomy to do your best work, surrounded by a strong team and with the encouragement of supportive leadership that doesn’t just care what you’re doing, but how you’re doing. You’re trusted, respected, listened to, cared for and valued. You take on thought-provoking projects and tackle fun problems alongside people who are equally invested in making meaningful contributions and seeing new ideas come to life. You know how your work aligns with the company’s goals. Your career is given the space and resources to progress. You accomplish things that make you proud. You are compensated competitively, your health and wellbeing are top priorities and you enjoy plenty of perks. You build communities, take ownership, have wonderful arguments, let the best ideas win and keep growing. You don’t just work for ATA, you are an integral part of ATA.

Our commitment to inclusion

At ATA we build communities. But community extends beyond our players: it also encompasses our employees and candidates. We support diversity in the workplace and always strive for inclusion. Part of this is selfish; we believe we’ll make better decisions if we’re able to tap into a variety of different perspectives. But we also care that our employees and candidates feel valued and comfortable being themselves. Please consider applying even if you don't meet every qualification. Experience comes in many forms and we value adding diverse perspectives to our teams. 

Discover even more

Check out our story to find out how we got to where we are today, and learn about our culture by following @athinkingape on social. You can also listen to Kenshi Arasaki, ATA CEO & Co-Founder, talk about what it’s like to work here.