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Marina Dögg Jónsdóttir

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Head of People Experiences at Starbreeze Entertainment
📍 Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden

Marina Dögg Jónsdóttir is the Head of People Experiences at Starbreeze Entertainment, bringing over a decade of talent and people leadership from the gaming industry, including roles at Epic Games and Wargaming. She holds an M. Sc. in Human Resource Management and is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach, specializing in building processes, talent development, and leadership. Colleagues describe her as kind, caring, and passionate.

Of Icelandic and French heritage, Marina is a passionate gamer who has lived in five different countries. This multicultural background has shaped her expertise in leading distributed and diverse teams within the Free-to-Play gaming environment. She also runs her own business, Unlock Potential Coaching, providing executive and career coaching.

She built a new gaming studio team from scratch, successfully hiring 120 people.

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Experience
7 Years
Current Role
Head of People Experiences
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
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People & Culture
As Head of People Experiences and a certified coach, she focuses on culture building, engagement, talent development, and fostering a thriving workplace environment in the gaming industry.
Talent Acquisition
Her career includes senior and lead recruiting roles at Epic Games and Wargaming, where she designed recruitment strategies and built entire teams from the ground up.
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Career

Work history

9-2025
Head of People Experiences
Starbreeze Entertainment
1-2024
Business Owner
Unlock Potential Coaching
3-2024 - 8-2025
Head of Talent
Cult of the North
4-2021 - 12-2023
Senior Technical Recruiter
Epic Games
3-2018 - 4-2021
Lead Recruiter
Wargaming
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Marina Dögg Jónsdóttir Appointed as Head of People Experiences at Starbreeze Entertainment. Featured in HR Today India
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Education
2008 - 2010
Master of Science (M.Sc.)
Háskóli Íslands
2000 - 2004
Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.)
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