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Paris, Fr

I collate the data that makes up the UK Games Industry monthly job report. I draw conclusions based on the current market trends and write up both a Premium and Summary report.

Worked on two major DLC expansions for Stellaris DLC: Astral Planes (released Nov 2023) and The Grand Archive (Q4 2024). For Astral Planes, I wrote and designed a variety of Astral Rifts narrative adventures. These branching storylines have multiple outcomes and are the primary feature in the first Narrative Expansion for Stellaris. This involved pitching, writing and editing these adventures, designing rewards and creating art briefs. I worked closely with Paradox Interactive staff to match the tone of Stellaris and create content that fits the game while elevating its non-emergent storytelling.I have worked on other unannounced projects with Abrakam, contributing to design specifications and narrative documentation.

I worked with game studios to create custom PR campaigns within the video games industry.I wrote Press Releases, Coverage Reports, Proposals and Campaign Reports.I also liaised with Media and Influencers and managed sponsorships across a variety of titles.

Remote

I worked on a narrative-driven sports management "Seasons: Football Manager" as part of the core team of designers.Duties included writing character sheets, pitching story concepts, designing branching dialogue, managing narrative documentation and implementing and testing all new content in-engine. I used the Yarn Spinner tool and the game was made in Unity for mobile. The project was managed using Notion and JIRA.

I worked as a writer and contributor for GameRVW. I wrote articles, reviews and news pieces on the site under the editor. I pitched ideas for articles as well as taking prompts from the editor. Additionally, I contacted game developers and worked with them to raise awareness of their game through articles and reviews.

Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte D’Azur, France

I worked as a writer for Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem, focusing on lore text, world-building and characterization. I wrote lore texts and descriptive flavour texts for Wolcen, including descriptions for Active Skills, Passive Skills and Unique Items, as well as maintaining functional gameplay text. I edited the English for press releases and dialogue and have updated all text in the game to native-level English. Other duties include creating and maintaining the internal lore wiki, implementing minor code and miscellaneous translation/localization. My work was primarily carried out in English in a predominantly French-speaking work environment.

Nantes, Pays De La Loire, France

I worked as the Community Manager for Wako Factory as an intern in an exclusively French-speaking work environment. I contributed to other areas, including quality assurance, marketing and translation.My duties included: Managing and updating social media accounts using creative ideas to improve the company's reachContacting influencers and journalists and managing the Wako Factory newsletterManaging and assisting beta testers for update 1.3, testing the game and reporting bugsEditing and updating English content including the English version of Samurai Riot and the company siteCollecting analytical data from Steam and social media and updating related marketing documentation

Paris, France

I worked between two French high schools as a language assistant, Lycée d'Alembert and Lycée Jacquard. I prepared lessons for small groups of French students based on topics in current events and English culture, including such topics as politics, the North-South divide, new media and esports. I was constantly switching between French and English so that the students understood the activity as well as working on their oral/aural comprehension.

I was an assistant tutor for an 11+ refresher Summer course. Worked on 8 courses over 6 years ran by the ETC during the Summer. Duties included marking and correcting work, explaining errors, essay workshops and reporting performance to parents.

Paris Area, France

I worked as a translation intern under Joel Daguerre. I translated both from French-English and from English-French. I mainly translated pilot episodes of TV series such as The Leftovers, Six Feet Under and Sense8 but during my time I also dealt with CVs, memoirs and résumés of TV shows. I worked independently as if I were a freelance translator.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), French And Linguistics

Activities and Societies: French Film Society Edinburgh University Rugby Union Game Dev Society Badminton Club Jewish Society

Education record

Activities and Societies: Scrabble Club (founder) Rugby Team French Literature Society