Darren Arquette Email & Phone Number

Middlesbrough, England, United Kingdom

Middlesbrough, England, United Kingdom

Middlesbrough

• As a QA Tester I have experience using Hansoft, a solution for agile/lean development, and testing using the PlayStation®Vita, PlayStation®4, PlayStation®3, Xbox 360, Xbox One (S & One X), Nintendo Switch™ - all on Dev or Test Kits. As well as Windows 10.• I’ve worked as part of a small team, talking to fellow QA Testers, as well as the Producer, Leads and a number of Programmers, as well as used my own initiative to complete tasks that were assigned to me and took my own initiative when there were no tasks available at a given time.• As a QA Tester at Double Eleven I’ve written: Campaign/Multiplayer Test Runs, a Front End and Multiplayer Test Plan, as well as MSPF Test Runs.

Middlesbrough

I am solely responsible for all the work the company does for any media that is required for any of the rating boards ensuring that they are up to the standards required by each different specification. I also do the video recording and editing of the gameplay trailers that the company releases reporting directly to the Art Manager and Design Manager for my work here.

Middlesbrough

I have taken over the daily running of all of the company's Social media, this involves the use of a Social Media Management System (Sprout Social) which I use to track trends in the market, advertise products and sales, respond to community queries and feedback.

Middlesbrough

With our most recent title it has fallen upon myself to assist the strained Design team by taking a number of the Level Design tasks, this has required me designing, building and tweaking levels from a short brief and the feedback from colleagues and Lead Level Designer.

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Middlesbrough, Uk

• As the Production Director of DDI, I have to do a number of tasks for company as a whole, such as; setting and creating Project Plans; time scales, tasks, resources, deliverables and milestones. On a personal level I also manage four projects, three of which are games currently in development (as of May 2013) and the DDI website.• As a Game Designer for a number of projects I manage a small team to produce a number of things and set time-scales, tasks, resources, deliverables and milestones for the team. As well as set team roles and responsibilities within the project.

Middlesbrough

• As the Company Director; the individual tasks in which I had to do was setting and creating Project Plans; time scales, tasks, resources, deliverables, milestones, critical path. Proposal Documents. Legal and Ethical Issues.• As Creative Director I must manage a small team to produce a number of things; Such as setting time-scales, tasks, resources, deliverables and milestones for the team. As well as set team roles and responsibilities within the project.

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As the UK Office Editor I must manage a small team to produce new and original content for the site, as well as set time-scales, tasks, resources, deliverables and milestones for the team.Working as the UK PR Lead for this site, I had to create and maintain contacts within the industry, attend press and gaming events as well as write features/articles, previews and reviews for upcoming games.I had to have good time keeping and organisation skills to meet deadlines. As well as good communication skills to speak or write to my contacts within the industry as professional as possible. I also had to ensure my news sources were reliable.

• As a Senior Writer I must manage a small team to produce new and original content for the site, as well as set time-scales, tasks, resources, deliverables and milestones for the team. • Working as a journalist for this site, I had to create and maintain contacts within the industry, attend press and gaming events, write features/articles, previews and reviews for upcoming games. • I had to have good time keeping and organisation skills to meet deadlines. As well as good communication skills to speak or write to my contacts within the industry as professional as possible. I also had to ensure my news sources were reliable.

• Working as a journalist for this site, I had to create and maintain contacts within the industry, attend press and gaming events, write features/articles, previews and reviews for upcoming games. • I had to have good time keeping and organisation skills to meet deadlines. As well as good communication skills to speak or write to my contacts within the industry as professional as possible. I also had to ensure my news sources were reliable.

5 Week Placement• I must manage and maintain social media pages for the company, using sites such as Facebook and Twitter.• Create content on a regular bases to keep the page up to date but relevant to the corporate image of the company.• Work to tight deadlines,• Have good communication skills to talk to the rest of the small team but also other contacts out side of the company to maintain potential PR contacts for the companies products

5 Week Placement• I must work to tight deadlines• Work to specific detailed plans to create a 1:1 scale representation of company product using 3D software.• Create corporate images and movies showing areas of the 3D models in detail to potentiality inverters and manufacturers.

• As Project Lead the individual tasks in which I had to was setting and creating Project Plans; time scales, tasks, resources, deliverables, milestones, critical path. Proposal Documents. Legal and Ethical Issues.• As the Lead I must manage a small team to produce a number of things to create a rebranding of the Johnny Condom character.• Such as setting time-scales, tasks, resources, deliverables and milestones for the team.• As well as set team roles and responsibilities within the project

Working as a journalist for this site, I had to create and maintain contacts within the industry, attend press and gaming events, report news and press releases, as well as write features, previews and reviews for up coming games.

Course Representative involved me handling complaints or questions from students, liaising with tutors, lectures, heads of department, school representatives and the students union to solve any problems they may of had. I would also attended monthly meetings to discuss ways of tackling any issues raised to find a solution for students, as a group or as an individual.

• I had to have good time keeping and organisation skills to meet deadlines. As well as good written skills.• I had to learn and develop an appropriate style of writing, I often was asked to adapt my written review in to a short video format, which was great practice for honing my editing skills. • Using skills from the Moving Image course I was able to make informative stimulating videos which added some humour whilst also providing information and a balanced view of the game. • I would create a montage of gaming clips and add the voice over, using graphics, or idents, popping up on the screen.

• Student Representative involved me handling complaints or questions from students, liaising with tutors and the Principal of the college, also attend monthly meetings to discuss any student issues that had arisen.• Student Ambassador I would be asked to welcome guests to the college, such as parents, people interested in enrolling into the college and VIPs, such as the former P.M Tony Blair.• Council Member I attended weekly SCM meetings to discuss ways of tackling any issues raised at representative meetings, and to lobby the Principal. The council also helped to plan fund raising events for various charities, as well as organising social and sporting events, clubs, visits, volunteering opportunities, welfare campaigning and fun activities for students to participate in.

• I had to have good time keeping and organisation skills to meet deadlines. As well as good written skills.• I had to learn and develop an appropriate style of writing, I often was asked to adapt my written review in to a short video format, which was great practice for honing my editing skills.• Using skills from the Moving Image course I was able to make informative stimulating videos which added some humour whilst also providing information and a balanced view of the game.• I would create a montage of gaming clips and add the voice over, using graphics, or idents, popping up on the screen.

Bachelor Of Arts (Hons), Creative Digital Media

Computer Games Design - Sandwich course Focus: • Year 1 - Animation Principles, Concept Design, Drawing and Composition 1, History.

Btec National Diploma, E-Media

The Business and Technology Education Council (BETC) in E-media is a qualification equivalent to three A Levels. Focus: Web design.

Btec National Diploma, Moving Image

The Business and Technology Education Council (BETC) in Moving Image is a qualification equivalent to three A Levels. Focus: Knowledge.

Btec National Diplom, Btec First Diploma In Media

The Business and Technology Education Council (BETC) First Diploma is a Level 2 qualification, roughly equivalent to 4 GCSEs at C-A*..

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