// FREELANCE

Creative Director/Design Lead  - Syncreality GmbH,
XR Developer Tool - Ongoing Development
November 2020 - February 2023
- Guided core creative and product vision for an ongoing innovative R&D project within the XR landscape.
- Detailed work on pitch deck and trailers. Formulated business and product strategy.
- Directed a proof of concept prototype with a focus on design best practise/priorities, UX experience, and solutions to novel technical challenges.
- Rapidly assembled a multi talented team.
- Drove content and art development.
- Built company culture and work practises.

Writer/Game Designer/Creative Co-Director  - NEEEU Spaces GmbH,
Purple Friday (March 2023)
March 2020 - August 2020
- Designed mechanics and content focused on accessibilty and novel experiences for sightless/visually impaired players.
- Creatively directed game narrative - setting and story, world building, character profiles and arcs, and overall plot.
- Wrote detailed voice and interactivity scripts for each level, and directed voice over recordings.

Art Direction/3D Art/VR Developer/Game Designer  - NEEEU Spaces GmbH,
VVITA - Click to visit client page!
November 2019 - February 2020
- Ideated on interaction and experience design pillars, steered project towars playful, colorful design.
- Owned the creation of a compelling VR game environment as art director, producing 3D assets, lighting, and VFX.
- Mentored more junior artists on the team, researched and implemented on the fly solutions to project requirements.
- Prototyped game mechanics for VR in Unity 3D.

// STUDIO

Co Creative Director/Game Designer  - Guerrilla Games Amsterdam,
Horizon: Call of the Mountain (February 2023, PSVR2)
November 2017 - September 2019
- Developed original game concept for the Horizon IP.
- Produced concept and pitch deck materials, including sizzler trailer.
- Pitched to studio and Sony executives.
- Worked with external studio on the game into early production in a creative direction and game design role.

Jr Systems Designer  - Guerrilla Games Amsterdam,
Horizon 2: Forbidden West (February 2022, PS4/PS5)
May 2018 - September 2019
- Owned overall game economy and progression structure, responsible for core design pillars and player economy experience.
- Conceptualised, prototyped, and internally launched new game systems and experimental features.
- Built close working relationships with developers across disciplines.
- Worked in small, multi-disciplinary feature teams, and created a next-gen design language for HZD2.

Jr Combat Designer  - Guerrilla Games Amsterdam,
Horizon 2: Forbidden West (February 2022, PS4/PS5)
September 2017 - May 2018
- Conceptualised new combat gameplay features with an eye towards fitting into greater game direction.
- Created deep functional and technical documentation for use in other teams.
- Critically Examined combat gameplay to improve player experience and provide new challenges
- Gained familiarity with the designer facing technical scripting governing combat behaviour and enemy setup.

Game Designer  - Guerrilla Cambridge,
RIGS: Mechanised Combat League (2016, PS4/PS-VR)
September 2014 - February 2015
- Worked in the level and systems design teams on multiplayer content
- Prototyped and iterated on experimental game modes
- Fronted interdisciplinary work on interactive front end UI and functional mock ups
- Gained an understanding of in house scripting and middleware
- Co-developed tutorialisation sequence and content

// PERSONAL

Project Lead / Game Designer - Team Prullaria,
SnowDown(2015, Android / Mobile Devices)
March 2015 - August 2015
- Concepted and prototyped core game for the Dare To Be Digital Competition
- Assembled and managed production team / deadlines and milestones
- Maintained project vision and worked in multiple roles during development
- Created marketing assets and pitches, curated social media presence
- Contact point for event organisation, planned team trip to DTBD finals in Dundee, Scotland
- Represented the team and game during four day live demo on the show floor at DTBD
- Documented experimental game mechanics.