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Sandton, Gauteng, South Africa

- Manage company communications strategy. - Manage communications alignment with overall business strategy. - Manage media relations, content creation and strategic messaging.- Manage company internal communications, business and technical documentation.

Sandton, Gauteng, South Africa

- Develop platforms to deliver specialist AI technologies to a highly professional userbase. - Develop and design UX for AI platforms to drive meaningful user engagement. - Innovate UX design for niche AI training flows to maximize user enjoyment and training quality.

George, Western Cape, South Africa

- Manage teams and all projects. - Manage and develop technical pipelines. - Architect all software for the engineering team.- Lead development, including hands-on game and graphics programming. - Manage and maintain proprietary submodules, plugins and engines.- Develop the business and maintain B2B relationships.

George, Western Cape, South Africa

- Wrote and maintained code for use in cross-platform mobile gaming software.- Wrote and maintained code for use in visually rich AR & VR experiences for large enterprises.- Wrote and maintained code used in tools and frameworks to increase team efficiency.- Wrote and maintained technical and design documentation.- Managed, implemented and maintained technical art pipeline development.

City Of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

- Wrote gameplay code and tools for gameplay projects specific projects. - Wrote gameplay and tools for the UE4 and Unity game engines on a contract basis.- Designed gameplay around client requirements for enterprises and corporate entities on a contract basis. - Consulted with businesses requiring guidance in incorporating game engine tech & game design training approaches into their structures.

City Of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

- Lead development on content driven projects and audio plugins. - Developed R&D projects covering real-time animation workflows and pipelines.- Developed game prototypes targeting early VR hardware.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

While actively filling this role, I was responsible for workflow development and handling of administration. This includes hands on developments in all workflows from AI Programming, through 3D Art, to Concept Development, Writing, and Audio/Music. If Solastalgia Studios developed it, I was involved in every aspect of the process, hands on.I also handled marketing (a bonus to having grown up through the entertainment and advertising industry) for the studio and all projects it represents.The studio also handled work on a contract basis, including game, front end and AI based development for corporate structures and representations.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

2D and 3D Motion Graphics Animator for BFX as a part of Blade Post Production, including 3D product renderings, 2D and 3D animation, compositing, rotoscoping, copy writing and software development work (Web and iOS/Xcode oriented), including UI and UX development.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

I wrote and performed musical elements ranging from vocals, through percussion and acoustic & electric guitar. My performances were used on tracks for a number of companies and projects throughout the South African film and advertising industries.

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Game And Interactive Media Design, Degree (Bcis)

Activities and Societies: A lesson focus on Virtual Reality development, with a personal focus on Artificial Intelligence (Neural.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Film And Television, 1St And 2Nd Year

Activities and Societies: Work outside of college including voice over, instrumentation and vocal recordings in advertisements and film..

Matriculation Certificate, High School/Secondary Diplomas And Certificates (Art And Culture Oriented Subject Choices), 10 - 12 (Grading System)

Activities and Societies: School bands, Soirees Completed my final three high school years in Crawford Sandton.