Casual games factory King hired a new HR officer

King is preparing for an IPO. The company announced that Ciara Smyth has become the head of the personnel department (CPO) of the company. This is reported by Pocket Gamer.

Smith will be engaged in evaluating the effectiveness of management, hiring and retaining employees in the company, training new specialists. The new manager has more than 15 years of experience in the HR field. King’s executives believe that she turned out to be the best candidate for this position.

Smith was the vice president of human resources at Zipcar, an American company offering automotive services. This company currently employs 700 people. After a while, King shares will start trading on the stock exchange, so she will need a reliable team capable of meeting the requirements of investors. According to analysts, the market value of King may range from $ 5 to $ 7 billion.

King is a large developer of casual games. In addition to Facebook, the British organization creates projects for mobile devices. The most popular game of the studio is Candy Crush Saga, its total downloads currently amount to more than 10 million.

Source: pocketgamer.biz