{"slug": "jobs-roundup-august-2026-three-new-hires-at-yogscast-games", "title": "Jobs roundup: August 2026 | Three new hires at Yogscast Games", "summary": "Yogscast Games announced three new hires: Charlotte Willis as PR and influencer manager, Robin Mawhinney as production coordinator, and Charlotte Pang as publishing coordinator. Separately, Jars AI co-founders Steffen Holm and Chris Kruger joined Roblox's Foundation AI team to support the launch of its mobile-first AI creation tool Build in New Zealand, following Jars AI's $3.5 million funding from Google and other firms in 2023.", "body_md": "# Jobs roundup: August 2026 | Three new hires at Yogscast Games\n\nJars AI co-founders join Roblox to support AI tool launch in New Zealand\n\n*It can be difficult keeping track of the various comings and goings in the games industry, which is why we compile them in semi-regular round-ups.*\n\n*If you have new appointments or transitions in your company that belong here, please send the names of appointees, new role and company, and prior role and company to **newhires@gamesindustry.biz**.*\n\n**Three new hires at Yogscast Games**\n\nUK publisher Yogscast Games has announced a trio of new hires including **Charlotte Willis**, **Robin Mawhinney**, and **Charlotte Pang**.\n\n**Willis** has been appointed PR and influencer manager, having previously worked at Diva Agency as creator and community director.\n\n**Mawhinney **and **Pang **have joined as production coordinator and publishing coordinator respectively.\n\n**Mawhinney **worked as a junior producer at Atelier 11, while **Pang **served as producer, animator, and artist for Team Gramps and Queensguard. She also taught game design, animation, and coding at Submarine Art School and The Code Zone.\n\n**Jars AI co-founders join Roblox to support AI tool launch in New Zealand**\n\n**Steffen Holm **and **Chris Kruger **have joined Roblox's Foundation AI team to support [the platform's mobile-first AI creation tool Build](https://about.roblox.com/newsroom/2026/07/build-without-limits-on-roblox) in New Zealand.\n\n**Holm **and **Kruger **co-founded AI interactive platform Jars AI in 2023 after raising $3.5 million in funding from Google and other firms.\n\n\"At Jars AI we saw hundreds of thousands of creators use AI to shape weird new worlds and stories, and we're excited to keep pushing the boundaries of AI entertainment in our new roles,\" said** Holm**.\n\n**Sathvik Sudireddy | Marketing manager, live services, Rockstar**\n\n**Sathvik Sudireddy** has joined Rockstar Games as marketing manager, live services.\n\n**Sudireddy** previously served as product manager on Call of Duty at Activision following an internship in business development at the developer.\n\n**Joe Chard | Lead product manager, Netflix**\n\n**Joe Chard** has been appointed lead product manager at Netflix Games.\n\n**Chard **previously served as vice president, studio general manager, and head of product at Jam City for six years. They also held senior positions in games at The Walt Disney Company and Warner Bros. Entertainment.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/jobs-roundup-august-2026-three-new-hires-at-yogscast-games", "canonical_source": "https://www.gamesindustry.biz/jobs-roundup-august-2026-three-new-hires-at-yogscast-games", "published_at": "2026-08-05 10:57:10+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-05 11:49:12.974104+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-products", "ai-tools"], "entities": ["Yogscast Games", "Charlotte Willis", "Robin Mawhinney", "Charlotte Pang", "Jars AI", "Roblox", "Steffen Holm", "Chris Kruger"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/jobs-roundup-august-2026-three-new-hires-at-yogscast-games", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/jobs-roundup-august-2026-three-new-hires-at-yogscast-games.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/jobs-roundup-august-2026-three-new-hires-at-yogscast-games.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/jobs-roundup-august-2026-three-new-hires-at-yogscast-games.jsonld"}}