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Nottingham City, England, United Kingdom

Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom

Taking ownership of the QA efforts for an internally developed title I transformed the team from QA Analysts to QA Engineers to enable higher quality testing for the core systems and features at the early stages of development. I was responsible for the smooth functioning of the team and built a QA strategy to work in line with our Stage Gate process for.

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

With a gap in the management structure I had the opportunity to take over the RuneScape QA team for 6 months whilst a replacement was recruited. This role involved steadying the team with strong leadership to get some large projects over the line and transition the team from embedded in the office to a working from home model due to Covid-19.I oversaw a.

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Leading the QA effort for Jagex's Unannounced MMO, I support the team by ensuring the project is being developed to high quality standards through the use of traditional testing services, promoting bug prevention and leveraging automation efforts to enhance testing scope / coverage. I'm responsible for: Line ManagementQA StrategyProject ManagementBuild.

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Line Management of my team to drive quality testing of our products as well as developing and growing their skills.Lead Tester for Jagex's new game, RuneScape ChronicleSupporting the QA Manager by leading the Testing of specific projectsDesigning and implementing QA wide initiatives to drive productivity and efficiencyProvide quality testing with a focus.

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

In TT Games I worked within a small team that tied in closely with the development team to provide a front line testing service for new builds. My role was to assess builds via smoke tests across multiple platforms (PS3, X360, Wii and PC), conduct performance tests and monitor the latest data stream to ensure issues where identified prior to the new builds.

At Realtime Worlds I was part of a large team (50+) testing on the PC title APB: All Points Bulletin. With such a large complex project I performed a full range of testing functions, which include: Functionality, End User Evaluation, Destructive, Localisation, Compatibility, Build Stability, Platform Standards, Usability, 3rd Party software and Web.

Working on a Wii title for Eidos, I tested the title for a range of issues covering basic functionality, design, gameplay evaluation and Wii Compliance (Lotchecks). The project team comprised of 3 teams, each team with 3-5 people who tested the different platforms being developed. By working within the teams I took the role of cross platform liase and we.

I started as a shop floor assistant in the DIY department where I developed a working knowledge of the products as well as developing my sales technique for big ticket items. Within a year, I was promoted to the showroom where I designed and sold kitchens, bathrooms and furniture. Sales side, I generated over £250k in revenue for the company and learned a.

Worked in a team to help sort the Christmas mail in the sorting office, the job required a cool head and flexibility to fulfill other roles within the warehouse which I achieved outstandingly

I worked around George Square, in Glasgow City Centre, where i had to sell city tours to tourists and locals. I learned a lot of sales techniques from the staff as well as how to compete and negotiate on the street level. This was a necessity as there was another firm at the same location in direct competition with the company.

Bachelor Of Arts With Honours (Ba) (Hons), Games Production Management

Computer Games Technology