Scott Davis
Games Analyst / Product Manager
36 years old
London United Kingdom
Employed
Unavailable
I am an experienced Games Analyst with strong industry experience in game telemetry & KPI definition, big data analysis, data modelling, report/dashboard design, and behavioural analysis with an acute obsession with detail and presentation.
Over my 4 years in the industry, I have developed a strong and varied array of skills, being heavily involved in game balancing, monetisation design, A/B testing, player segmentation, user research and competitive analysis.
I graduated with honours from the University of the West of England where I obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree in Games Technology. I play around in Unity and write a lot of music in my spare time and consider myself a passionate gamer who hopes to strive in the industry.
Over my 4 years in the industry, I have developed a strong and varied array of skills, being heavily involved in game balancing, monetisation design, A/B testing, player segmentation, user research and competitive analysis.
I graduated with honours from the University of the West of England where I obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree in Games Technology. I play around in Unity and write a lot of music in my spare time and consider myself a passionate gamer who hopes to strive in the industry.
Senior Data Analyst
Edge Case Games
Since January 2016
- Working on F2P online Steam title; Fractured Space
- Analysing player behaviour and providing high-level to deep driven information as a sole analyst on the project
- Working with design leads to design retention and monetisation mechanics, balance the in-game economy and playable ships, manage the in-game store, and carefully analyse new player onboarding.
- Managing live-operations for the title, including events, the in-game store, Steam, and the day-to-day operations of the game
Global Business Intelligence Analyst
Microsoft Studios
Since February 2015
Full-time
London
United Kingdom
- Working as part of a Global Business Intelligence team managing all of the telemetry, behavioural analysis, game balancing, and KPI support for Xbox's first and third party portfolio.
- Titles worked on include - Crackdown 3, Killer Instinct, Recore, Fable legends, Fable Fortune, Scalebound, and Quantum Break.
Games Analyst
Lift London, Microsoft
August 2013
to January 2015
Full-time
London
United Kingdom
- Working on multiple F2P mobile titles
- Design, develop, setup and maintain dashboards and reports across multiple titles
- Support the marketing team and product managers with both regular and ad hoc analyses such as campaign analysis, funnel analysis, LTV modelling, customer life cycle analysis, segmentation analysis, and A/B tests in live games
- Using analytical insights to inform executive-level decision-making and make recommendations on strategies to impact product key performance indicators (KPIs) in user acquisition, engagement, retention, and monetization
- Discover trends in customer behaviour through mining of transaction-level datasets
- Provide guidance to product managers on best way to spec events and suggest improvements on event taxonomy
Games Analyst
Jagex Games Studio
June 2012
to August 2013
Full-time
Cambridge
United Kingdom
- Working on F2P MMORPG Runescape
- Analysing and interpreting game data to help drive the tuning of in-game mechanics and identification of new game features, and to improve conversion, retention and monetisation
- Informing, influencing, and supporting product decisions
- Preparing and distributing regular KPI reports with commentary and analysis
- Proactively mining game data; extracting and sharing useful insights
- Developing and measuring success metrics for key projects and updates
Information & Development Analyst
Bank of Ireland
January 2011
to June 2012
Full-time
Bristol
United Kingdom
- Creating Financial Packs in MS Office
- Querying/Constructing multiple datasets (MS Access, Oracle)
- Modelling data in Excel (Lookups, Pivot Tables, Statistics)
- Developing SQL Queries
- Data Analysis, Validation & Commentary
- SQL Management Studio, Business Objects, MicroStrategy, SAP, VisualFiles
BTEC National Diploma IT for Practitioners (Software Development)
Filton College, Bristol
September 2004
to June 2006
Awarded Distinction, Merit, Merit
- Behavioural Player Analysis
- Telemetry & KPI definition
- Competitive Analysis & Research
- Mining large data sets, delivering insight through regular and ad-hoc analysis
- Analytics/BI pipeline set up
- F2P Core Loop & Meta Game
- Game Balancing, Player Segmentation & A/B Testing
- Monetisation Design & Economy Balancing
- SQL, Hadoop, HiveQL, JavaScript (Basic), C# (Basic)
- MS Excel: Pivot Tables, PowerPivot, Power Query, Power BI, ODBC Connectivity, VBA
- Tableau, SSRS, SSIS, RStudio, JIRA, SQL Management Studio, Visual Studio, Team Foundation Server
- Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access
- Unity, Unreal Engine (Kismet, Matinee)
- Scrum, Agile, Sprint
- Stats: Descriptive Stats, Regression
- MOBA, CCGs, RPG's, First Person Shooters, RTS's
- Mobile (F2P & DTO), Indies (Steam, PS4, Mobile), Retro (Raised on Sega - Megadrive, Saturn)
- Regular reader of Eurogamer, Kotaku & MCV
- Indie, Electro, Alternative, Blues
- Film & Game Soundtracks
- Regularly play Guitar & Piano
- Regular cinema goer
- Thriller, Sci-Fi, Animated
- Stephen King, Philip K Dick
