Jobs Roundup: March 2024 | Xbox hires Leo Olebe as VP of global partnerships

19.03.2024 - 15:37 / gamesindustry.biz / Phil Spencer / Sarah Bond

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Microsoft has hired Leo Olebe as its new vice president of global partnerships at Xbox.

Olebe has worked at various gaming and tech firms throughout his decades-long career.

He served as senior global director of game partnerships at Facebook. Olebe was with the firm for five years.

Before his new position, he had a two-year stint as global head of gaming for YouTube.

In the announcement of his hiring on social media, Olebe said, "It is with great honor and excitement that I'm happy to share that today I'm starting a new position as Vice President, Global Partnerships, Xbox at Microsoft!

"A huge thank you to Lori Wright, Sarah Bond and Phil Spencer for the opportunity to join such a great team with a fantastic vision for the future of Games."

Skybound Games has hired Chirs Paulson as its new executive vice president and general manager of games publishing.

He will oversee the firm's commercial and marketing efforts for its game offerings.

Before the new role, Paulson was vice president of product management of Diablo at Blizzard Entertainment.

During his tenure at Activision Blizzard, he also served as chief of staff to the CEO.

"I am humbled and excited to join a company with such a rich history of creating fandom through compelling storytelling and world creation…I'm especially excited about the secret project the team has already been working on; I can't wait to help bring this exceptional game to the world!" said Paulson.

Keywords Studios has named Blandine Prost as global business development director.

Prost originally joined the games firm in 2014 as a client partner.

Throughout her career, she was sales director for Europe and Japan at Babel Media. Prost was with the company for fourteen years.

"Having seen the video games industry evolve over the past 25 years, from back when we were faxing bug reports to what it is today, I'm excited to see the potential of where it can go in my new role at Keywords Studios – working with talented and inspiring people along the way," she said.

Griffin Gaming Partners has appointed Aaron Loeb as its operating partner.

Loeb brings with him experience that includes working at Scopely as chief business officer.

Throughout his career he also served as president for Fox Next Games at Disney. He was with the company for two years.

Meanwhile, while at Kabam for two years, he was live services president of studios. Throughout his professional