People Make Kwalee: Carla Evans
Our marketing artist Carla Evans sits down with us to talk about travel, teleportation, and the creative process!
What does it mean to be part of the Kwalee family? Read our experiences, interviews, and perspectives on the worklife at Kwalee.
Meet Our New Vice President of HR: Adrian Garton
We’re excited to announce that Adrian Garton has officially joined the Kwalee family as our new VP of HR! A veteran with over 25 years of talent experience, Adrian brings his vast knowledge of organisational management to build upon Kwalee’s robust, open culture.
5 Common Games Company Mistakes We’re Glad Kwalee Avoided
Sometimes, there’s a real fear about joining a games company among people in the games industry. In some studios the norm is to work well beyond reasonable hours to deliver projects against a demanding schedule. Some people have even chosen to quit their dream careers 4-5 years later because of it. And it’s unfortunately one of the most common company mistakes.
Jolly Good Fellow: Our CEO Earned a Fellowship
Our company’s CEO David Darling CBE has been honoured as a Fellow of Warwickshire College and University Centre (WCUC).
People Make Kwalee: Emma Green
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 sitting down with Emma, our hard-working Office Manager for the UK office!
What do you do at Kwalee?
What are Creative Wednesdays?
If you’ve ever read a blog post one of our team members has written, attended a conference where one of us has spoken at or even simply scanned our website to see what we’re all about, you’ll no doubt have come across the phrase ‘Creative Wednesdays’.
We refer to them a lot since they’re a fundamental part of what we do at Kwalee, but in the past, we have been less effective at explaining what they are — and why we are so passionate about them — to those outside our walls. We want to correct that. So, let’s start right at the beginning.
People Make Kwalee: International Women’s Day
It’s International Women’s Day! For this People Make Kwalee entry, we brought together a few of Kwalee’s brilliant women, from various departments and across all three of our global studios, to talk a bit about how they came across the games industry and what they love about it.
Who knows – it might inspire you to start your journey in the gamedev business. Their words are a reminder that there’s no single route into this industry, so it might be closer than you realise.
Here’s what we got to know after sitting down with them for a chat.
People Make Kwalee: Magda Mackiewicz
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. Explore our People Make Kwalee archives if you want to read up about other stories.
Such Policy. Many Dog. Yay.
For as long as there’s been Kwalee, there have been dogs around. And although we’re a whole lot bigger now (and more people means more dogs), it’s official: with the official dog policy in place, Kwalee is now dog-friendly! Meaning, all who work at the Kwalee UK office can bring their pooches over whenever they like.
This means that our employees can look forward to having their furry friends alongside them at work – whether working from home or at the office.
People Make Kwalee: Max Everingham
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. You can find the full People Make Kwalee archive here.
Kwalee 10 Year Anniversary: CEO David Darling on the last decade and what’s still to come
It’s hard to believe that it’s already been 10 years since I founded Kwalee.
I’ve loved making games since I was 12 years old and it was this continuing passion for the craft that convinced me to establish Kwalee – my third games company – back in 2011 after a short period away from the industry.
#kwalee101: We now have 101 vacant game jobs
It’s a sign of how quickly we’re growing here at Kwalee that we’re always looking to the next benchmark. When we hit half a billion downloads across all our games last November, our focus quickly shifted to hitting one billion. And now we’re hiring for 101 more game jobs, which will see us double in size. We’re calling this ‘kwalee101’.