Data Analyst - 6 Month Freelance Contract - Lively, UK

Electric Square; Remote; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A game development studio is seeking a Data Analyst to design and validate game telemetry, analyze player data, and build visualizations. Applicants should have expertise in SQL and data visualization tools like Power BI or Tableau. Strong communication skills are essential. The role supports remote work within the EU time zone. The company fosters a diverse and empowering culture, providing a comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

Supportive remote working culture

Award-winning work environment

Qualifications

• Experience in the games industry or with player behavior analytics is essential.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong proficiency in data manipulation and modeling.

Responsibilities

• Designs, implements, and validates game telemetry.
• Extracts, transforms, and analyzes large datasets.
• Builds and maintains dashboards and visualizations.

Skills

SQL expertise

Data visualization tools (Power BI, Tableau, Looker)

Experience in player behavior analytics

Data manipulation techniques

Statistical methods for experimentation design

Communication skills

Familiarity with Python or R

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Looker

Job description

Responsibilities

• Designs, implements, and validates game telemetry to capture meaningful player data in an efficient and optimal way.
• Extracts, transforms, and analyzes large datasets using SQL and other data manipulation techniques. Bonus points for experience using Python or R.
• Builds and maintains dashboards and visualizations to track KPIs, feature performance, economy balance, etc. Strong technical skills with at least one major BI tool (Power BI, Tableau, Looker, etc.).
• Applies causal inference and experimental design methods (e.g., A/B testing, difference-in-differences) to assess the real impact of changes and features.
• Works closely with product managers, designers, engineers, and producers to define data needs and share actionable insights.
• Presents complex findings clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences, including senior leadership and external clients.
• Supports a culture of data-driven decision making across the studio.

Qualifications

• Experience in the games industry or with player behavior analytics is essential.
• SQL expertise for querying and manipulating large datasets.
• Proficiency with at least one major data visualization tool (Power BI, Tableau, Looker).
• Strong proficiency in data manipulation and data modeling techniques.
• Working knowledge of statistical methods for experimentation design, including hypothesis testing, sample size calculation, confidence intervals, and techniques such as A/B testing and Difference-in-Differences. Ability to interpret results and communicate practical significance clearly.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to tailor insights to different audiences.
• Familiarity with scripting or statistical programming languages (e.g., Python, R) is an advantage.

At Lively, we pride ourselves on making games full of character. The world is fun and silly and sad and infuriating and banal and beautiful and ugly, and all of those things have a place in our games. Across the Electric Square group, 4 studios, many projects, 250 people (and studio dogs (and cats)), we offer you a comfortable and comforting studio culture that we hope can make you feel empowered and inspired.

Lively hunger for difference - we celebrate it, support it, and thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, products, and community.

We provide a comprehensive benefits package and an award-winning environment to work in; we are not idle - we always strive to do better for our employees.

We are currently looking for a Data Analyst to join our Lively team. This role is a contract due to commence in March. Remote working is supported and the successful applicant must be based within the EU time zone.

Lively is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.