My Current Role
SENIOR DESIGNER - LEVEL DESIGNER/DIRECTOR
Latest Project: Major IP based LEGO game built in Unreal
About Me
Passionate and enthusiastic about the games industry. I'm always looking improve my skills and help develop high quality video games, working with the biggest IPs in the world. Graduating from The University of Salford in 2009 studying BSc. Computer & Video Games, with a specialty focus of Level Design and Documentation.
Early Days - QA (2010-18)
Starting my games industry career at Tt Games as a QA Tester was a great way to get some experience, working on games such as LEGO® Star Wars™ III - The Clone Wars™ and LEGO® Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game.
Over the years I gained experience in QA working on many more LEGO games at Tt Games. I also worked on many other titles during my time at Sony Liverpool’s FPQA Department, most notably Tearaway by the team at Media Molecule as one of the core functionality testers, heading up creating test cases, managing full game playthroughs during the submission process. I also helped capture gameplay trailer footage which I managed to make a minor cameo in, which was a lot of fun.
I’d eventually earn a full-time permanent position at Tt Games and worked my way up through the ranks in QA, from Tester, to Shift Lead and finally Project Lead/Senior Tester, utilizing my lengthy experience in more of a managerial position to oversee the testing process of the projects I was assigned to.
Today - Design (2018 - Present)
While I very much enjoyed my experience in QA, gaining highly valuable working industry knowledge, I felt it was time to move on and scratch that creative itch I had since my university days.
My goal within the industry was always to become a designer based on my specialty focus during my university studies. I eventually got my opportunity starting out as a Junior Designer on a secondment contract, which very quickly became a full-time permanent position, which I happily accepted.
Now I have over seven years of experience, I’m a Senior Designer, specializing as a Level Designer/Director from early pre-production, right through towards the later stages of development and beyond release
I’ll always strive to learn more as I work from project to project, to help me improve and continue on my career path from Senior and beyond.
SKILLS & EXPERTISE
LEVEL DESIGN
UNREAL ENGINE 5 / NTT (Tt GAMES IN-HOUSE ENGINE) - LEVEL DESIGN BLOCKOUTS
MICROSOFT OFFICE (WORD, EXCEL, POWERPOINT) - LEVEL DESIGN DOCUMENTS, MAINTAIN DESIGN SPREADSHEETS
ADOBE (PHOTOSHOP, ILLUSTRATOR) - VISUALISATION FOR LEVEL DESIGN DOCUMENTATION / STORYBOARDING
TOOLS
VARIOUS CONSOLE / PLATFORM DEVKITS / DEVTOOLS
(PLAYSTATION / XBOX / NINTENDO)
JIRA / DEVTRACK - BUG TRACKING DATABASES
TEAMCITY - BUILD MANAGEMENT
IN HOUSE TEXT STRING/TRANSLATION TOOLS