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· 1 month, 1 week ago • Sophie McEvoy

Jobs roundup: August 2026 | Three new hires at Yogscast Games

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Yogscast Games has expanded its team with three appointments that map neatly onto the parts of publishing most studios feel first: visibility, production flow, and release coordination. Charlotte Willis joins as PR and influencer manager after serving as creator and community director at Diva Agency, while Robin Mawhinney comes in as production coordinator and Charlotte Pang as publishing coordinator.

Mawhinney previously worked as a junior producer at Atelier 11. Pang brings a broader mix of production and creative experience, having worked as producer, animator, and artist for Team Gramps and Queensguard, and also taught game design, animation, and coding at Submarine Art School and The Code Zone. That combination should be useful in a publishing role where communication between dev teams, external partners, and marketing often determines how smoothly a launch lands.

The same jobs roundup also notes a separate AI-focused move at Roblox: Jars AI co-founders Steffen Holm and Chris Kruger have joined Roblox’s Foundation AI team in New Zealand to support the platform’s mobile-first AI creation tool, Build. Holm and Kruger founded Jars AI in 2023 after raising $3.5 million from Google and other investors, so their move signals Roblox continuing to invest in creator-facing AI tooling.

For developers, the broader takeaway is that both publishing and platform teams are still hiring around the edges that matter most to shipping and discovery. Strong PR, production, and publishing coordination can materially affect a game’s launch cadence, while AI tooling hires at Roblox point...

“we're excited to keep pushing the boundaries of AI entertainment in our new roles”

— Steffen Holm · On joining Roblox's Foundation AI team
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Yogscast Games announced three new hires across PR, production, and publishing.
who
Charlotte Willis joined as PR and influencer manager; Robin Mawhinney as production coordinator; Charlotte Pang as publishing coordinator.
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Willis previously worked at Diva Agency; Mawhinney at Atelier 11; Pang at Team Gramps and Queensguard, and as a teacher at Submarine Art School and The Code Zone.
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Roblox hired Jars AI co-founders Steffen Holm and Chris Kruger for its Foundation AI team in New Zealand.
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