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Social Casino Portfolio: Acquisition & ASO

Oversaw end-to-end user acquisition content strategy, store compliance, and promotional marketing for social casino titles targeting competitive Tier-1 global markets.

Company
Ruby Seven Studios
My Role
User Acquisition, Creative Strategy & ASO
Headline
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Peak conversion lift
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Baseline CR
Wk 1
First iteration
Wk 2
Hook variants
Wk 3
UGC overlays
Wk 4
LiveOps tie-in
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+40% CR peak
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Impact at a glance

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CR Lift
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Peak Milestone CR
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CAC Reduction
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Organic Visibility
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Store CVR Lift
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Titles Supported
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Creative Concepts Written
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Free Conversions (30d)
The Story

How it actually played out.

Social Casino Portfolio: User Acquisition, Creative Strategy & ASO (Driving Growth Through Creative Systems, LiveOps Alignment, and Storefront Optimization):

During my time in Social Casino, I learned a simple truth: no matter how sophisticated your targeting is, growth eventually becomes a creative problem.

As competition increased across Meta, Google, and other acquisition channels, creative fatigue became one of the biggest constraints to efficient scaling. My focus was to build repeatable systems that could continuously generate, test, and optimize new creative concepts while maintaining acquisition efficiency and supporting LiveOps initiatives across multiple game titles.

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User Acquisition & Creative Strategy+

The Challenge

Traditional mobile advertising often relies on highly polished cinematic assets.

In Social Casino, however, I found that players responded more strongly to authentic gameplay moments, relatable creator-led content, and emotionally driven hooks that reflected actual player experiences.

The challenge was creating enough high-quality creative concepts to consistently feed acquisition channels without sacrificing performance or increasing production bottlenecks.

LiveOps Lifecycle Synchronization Across 14 Casino Titles+

Social Casino monetization relies entirely on the precision of LiveOps events, time-sensitive tournaments, and seasonal sales. If there is a lag between a product drop and marketing assets, active game traffic drops off instantly.

WHAT I DID: I coordinated marketing asset production and release planning across 14 active social casino titles.

This included:

  • Promotional banners
  • Event creatives
  • Push notification campaigns
  • In-game marketing assets
  • Acquisition creatives
  • Storefront updates
  • Tournament promotions
  • Seasonal campaign launches

I translated release notes, game updates, tournament mechanics, and monetization events into player-facing marketing campaigns that aligned with both acquisition and retention objectives.

HOW IT WORKED: I broke down live slot release notes, tournament updates, and ongoing in-game feature mechanics, converting them directly into high-impact app banners, dynamic push notifications, and hyper-targeted advertising hooks. I kept in-app promotional calendars perfectly synchronized with our global ad creative variations so that distinct user cohorts hit the appropriate monetization loops at the exact right hour.

WHAT I ACHIEVED

  • Successfully supported simultaneous campaign execution across 14 active game titles.
  • Improved alignment between product releases and marketing launches through structured planning processes.
  • Contributed to the acquisition of over 1,000 additional conversion opportunities within a 30-day period with zero cost.
  • Reduced dependency on external creative resources by building internal production workflows capable of supporting high-volume campaign requirements.
App Store Optimization (ASO) & Storefront Conversion+

User acquisition does not end with an ad click.

Even high-performing campaigns lose efficiency when storefront experiences fail to convert users into installers.

The objective was to improve both discoverability and conversion rates across major app stores.

WHAT I DID:

I managed storefront optimization initiatives across Google Play Console and App Store Connect, including:

  • Store listing optimization
  • Metadata management
  • Keyword research
  • Creative asset updates
  • Localization support
  • Promotional content deployment
  • Store performance monitoring

To guide optimization efforts, I utilized MobileAction, AppsFlyer, Meta Ads Manager, and platform-native analytics tools to identify opportunities across both acquisition and organic growth.

Optimization Process โ€” Keyword Growth

  • Identified high-intent search opportunities
  • Monitored competitor ranking movements
  • Evaluated search volume trends
  • Expanded visibility for relevant casino and slot-related keywords
Conversion Optimization+
  • Refreshed screenshots and visual assets
  • Improved messaging alignment between advertisements and store pages
  • Tested metadata variations and positioning strategies
User Quality Validation+

Rather than optimizing solely for installs, I evaluated post-install performance indicators to ensure storefront improvements attracted higher-quality users with stronger retention characteristics.

Results

  • Increased organic search visibility by 28% across target markets.
  • Improved store listing conversion rates by 3.5% from page view to install.
  • Strengthened alignment between paid acquisition campaigns and storefront experiences, reducing friction within the user acquisition funnel.

When I first entered the social casino space, I realized that I couldn't effectively optimize campaigns if I didn't truly understand the product. I didn't just want to manage ads; I wanted to understand why players kept spinning, betting, and returning.

  • Learning the Loop: I took the time to personally learn and play Slots, Poker, Keno, and other core genres to understand the specific "rush" each game provided.
  • Correcting the Approach: Through hands-on experience, I identified several structural mistakes in our early creative strategies that were disconnected from how the games actually played.
  • The Result: By bridging the gap between my marketing knowledge and real, player-level game mechanics, I was able to refine our creative messaging so it felt authentic to the player experience rather than just a generic advertisement.
Why Raw Campaign Assets Are Not Included+

Due to company confidentiality agreements and proprietary marketing policies, specific campaign assets, performance dashboards, and internal creative materials cannot be publicly shared.

This portfolio focuses on the methodologies, systems, processes, and measurable outcomes behind my work.

Additional case studies and creative walkthroughs can be discussed during interviews or private portfolio reviews.

WHAT I ACHIEVED

  • +35% to +40% Conversion Rate (CR) Lift: Tight asset restructuring and pacing adjustments significantly increased raw installation lead velocities across major ad networks.
  • +55% Peak Milestone CR: Achieved maximum registration efficiency spikes during regional slot rollout variants.
  • -22% Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) Reduction: Lowered blended acquisition costs through rigorous, data-driven systemized A/B loop testing.
Understanding the Player Experience+

One of the most valuable lessons I learned in Social Casino was that effective marketing requires a deep understanding of the product itself.

To better understand player motivations, I spent time actively engaging with core casino genres including:

  • Slots
  • Poker
  • Keno
  • Tournament-based events
  • Progression systems
  • Reward mechanics

This hands-on experience helped me identify gaps between how games were being marketed and how players actually experienced them.

As a result, I was able to create more authentic creative concepts, stronger messaging frameworks, and acquisition strategies that better reflected genuine player motivations.

WHAT I DID: I personally developed and wrote over 100 unique acquisition concepts, scripts, and creative frameworks across multiple social casino titles.

My process focused heavily on the first three seconds of every advertisement, where the majority of user attention is either won or lost.

Creative concepts included

  • Near-miss jackpot scenarios
  • Gameplay progression journeys
  • Creator-style UGC advertisements
  • Split-screen transformation concepts
  • Reward reveal mechanics
  • Win-streak storytelling formats
  • Social proof-based concepts
  • Competitive tournament narratives
  • Daily reward and retention-focused hooks
  • Feature-specific gameplay showcases

Rather than relying solely on traditional creative production pipelines, I implemented AI-assisted workflows to accelerate asset generation, storyboard development, copy variation creation, and localization support.

AI served as a production accelerator and not a creative replacement therefore allowing ideas to move from concept to testing significantly faster.

Creative Testing Framework+

Every asset followed a structured production and optimization loop:

  • Research & Player Insights
  • โ†“ Script Development
  • โ†“ Storyboard Creation
  • โ†“ Creative Production
  • โ†“ A/B Testing
  • โ†“ Performance Analysis
  • โ†“ Iteration & Scaling

This framework allowed us to rapidly identify winning concepts while continuously refreshing underperforming creatives.

Stack

Tools & Platforms

User Acquisition
Meta Ads ManagerGoogle AdsMobile App CampaignsCreative Testing Frameworks
Attribution & Analytics
AppsFlyerFirebase AnalyticsPlatform Reporting ToolsMeta Ads ManagerMobile Action
ASO
MobileActionGoogle Play ConsoleApp Store ConnectAmazon StoreFacebook App Developer Console
Creative Development
AI-Assisted Production WorkflowsScript WritingStoryboardingUGC DevelopmentGameplay Creative StrategyBehanceMagnificMidjourney
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