Sandy Whittem Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

www.medusarpg.comThrough my work at Medusa, I create immersive events, managing every aspect from concept design to delivery. I create deeply immersive environments, through staging and the design and creation of props, to ensure unforgettable experiences. I coordinate event volunteers, performers, and subcontractors. I collaborate with VFX artists, photographers, set designers, and directors to produce compelling marketing material. For each of these events, I create an integrated marketing strategy on a six-week schedule, recently incorporating interactive alternate-reality game and puzzle elements into my promotions. I am excited to apply these skills to larger and more ambitious projects in the future, collaborating with established companies.Medusa Events: The Wake (May 2022)Confessional (November 2022)A Midsummer Night's Dream (February 2023Pantheonea (April 2023)Vendetta (July 2023)Overtime (May 2024)Mysterion (July 2024 - Collaboration with the Hellenic Museum)Culture Jam (Freelance Experience Designer):Working within a small team of designers, I played a key role in creating immersive interactive experiences. I crafted engaging quest lines and mega-games, collaborating with prop, sound, and lighting designers to create a highly successful event. I moreover performed as a character at the event, running the mega games for festival-goers.Culture Jam Events:Questival (June 2023)Questival (April 2024)

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

In my position at Ukiyo, I seamlessly move between several different roles. As a Senior Host, I provide exceptional customer service in person, over the phone, via email and through our booking website. As an Educator, I have designed and executed game design workshops for youth. Additionally, as a Game Writer, I have been able to flex my creative muscles to come up with solutions for complex design problems.I have liaised with external stakeholders such as the conventions PAX Aus and Oz Comic Con, and helped to craft and execute a successful Kickstarter Campaign that raised over $40 000 for our card game, Kitsunedo. In service of these projects, I have also designed and executed email marketing campaigns, created immersive online experiences, and coordinated with playtesters. I handled many of these responsibilities simultaneously and successfully prioritized workloads to ensure the timely delivery of goals.

Waurn Ponds, Australia

I tutored and facilitated discussion between Deakin students, in unit ALL255. I familiarised students with research strategies and resources available to them at Deakin University. I created lesson plans, dealt with student queries, and helped students understand how to interpret academic expectations. I marked students' essays.

Master Of Arts (Thesis Only), History Of Emotions

Activities and Societies: Melbourne University Comedy Revue Board | Equity and Welfare Officer (2018); Artistic Director of Fringe.

Bachelor Of Arts (Honours), English Literature (British And Commonwealth), H1

Activities and Societies: Deakin University Historians' Society | Founder & Secretary (2015)Thesis Title | "You'd Think The Devil Were.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), History And Literature, Graduated In 2013 With Distinction