Ed Blincoe Email & Phone Number

Rugby, GB

Leamington Spa, GB

Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, GB

Studio Director of Lab42, a game development studio with extensive experience of original game development on PC, Console and Mobile, as well as remasters, conversions & ports of AAA games.Based in Leamington Spa, UK our team is run by senior staff that previously served in Director and Lead Level roles at some of the largest game development studios in.

App Generation is an independent developer of social and casual games for mobile and tablet devices along with web browsers and social networks.App Generation also provides marketing and business development consultancy to some of the leading players in the Free to Play gaming space.

Atlanta, Georgia, US

Leading the production and development of You42.com, a content creator friendly social entertainment space for the distribution of all types of media (music, games, videos, news, etc) with a gamified token economy driven by the Etherium blockchain.

Southam, Warwickshire, GB

- Ownership of the Digital Publishing team with global responsibility for Codemasters digital portfolio of games / services across Console (XBox, PlayStation, WiiU), PC (including Steam) and Mobile (iOS and Android).- Development, direction and implementation of the company's User Acquisition strategy along with the selection and management of third party.

- The set up, running and management of a small mobile game development team- Oversaw the acquisition of Slam Productions and it's game development technology- Managed the creation, distribution and marketing of 6 branded and non-branded titles over a 2 year period- Titles included The Naked Gun, Dizzy, Skillz: The DJ Game and Warheads: Battle- Negotiated.

- Reported to the EMEAA Managing Director with marketing responsibility for PAL territories (EMEAA, Russia and Japan) for SouthPeak’s titles across major platforms (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS, Sony PSP and iPhone)- Ran a team of five covering Product and Brand management along with PR and partner management- Directed marketing.

- Reported directly into the CEO, I had marketing responsibility for the entire Gametribe operation- Direct responsibility for the Marketing team along with Marketing & PR agencies spread across 4 countries- Oversaw the implemented Marketing and Brand Planning for all games, formalized campaign and media planning, set up and execution of a Q3/4 marketing.

Southam, Warwickshire, GB

- Reported to the Director of Marketing; managed overall responsibility for the entire Global Product Marketing team for all global consumer brands, products & services.- Overall responsibility of the entire Global Product Marketing team within Codemasters Online consisting of Product / Brand Management teams structured to maximize the acquisition and.

- Working on a short term contract with Typhoon Games I was charged with bringing a number of their games and services to Europe.- Sourcing of European distribution partners or a network of partners for several self funded new titles - Tasked with looking at the demand and to find partners for Typhoons MMO and Online games and franchises specifically.

- Focused on the acquisition and retention of subscribers to Time of Defiance, an MMO RTS developed in-house.- Execution of several small scale Above the Line and Through the Line marketing campaigns for the digital download of the games skinny client- Responsible for game and corporate PR activities including press relations, writing press releases, etc.

- Covered all major formats and represented developers in Europe and the US.- The acquirement of developers in need of help finding publishing and licensing contracts for their games, the creating and writing presentation and pitch documentation, meeting, pitching and demo’ing of games to publishers- Sourcing licenses and intellectual properties and.