Ivan Nixon

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Production & Talent @ Alta | Building amazing teams | Making awesome games @ Alta
United States
About Ivan Nixon

Games industry start-up specialist, building and supporting amazing teams to develop the very best video games.Previously Head of Talent at Darewise Entertainment from pre-seed stage through to the successful acquisition by Animoca Brands. Passionate indie dev, skilled in narrative and systems design, previously one half of Fight Brothers, developers of Far Tin Bandits for mobile, making 5th on iTunes and a top 10 on Hatch, and an official title of the Razer Phone.

Ivan Nixon's Current Company Details
Alta

Alta

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Production & Talent @ Alta | Building amazing teams | Making awesome games
United States
Ivan Nixon Work Experience Details
  • Alta
    Principal Producer - Project 2
    Alta Jan 2024 - Present
    Sydney, Au
    Working alongside Leadership to establish the fun, and to find the core look and feel, of a new Dark Fantasy PvPvE VR game developed in partnership with Meta.
  • Alta
    Head Of Talent
    Alta Jul 2022 - Present
    Sydney, Au
    Supporting the growth and success of the wonderful team at Alta, developers of the chart topping VR MMO RPG, A Township Tale. In 2022 Alta raised a $12.4 million seed round from amazing investors co-led by Makers Fund and Andreessen Horowitz.We're expanding the team to work on A Township Tale and on new and incredible secret projects, and offer full-remote working, with a bunch of excellent benefits and opportunities.
  • Darewise
    Head Of Talent
    Darewise Apr 2021 - Jul 2022
    Paris, Ile-De-France, Fr
    Responsible for HR & Talent Acquisition and a member of the executive team at one of the most exciting startups in the video games industry, developing our open-world cooperative MMO, Life Beyond.
  • Darewise
    Talent Acquisition Lead
    Darewise Jun 2019 - Apr 2021
    Paris, Ile-De-France, Fr
    Darewise Entertainment is a forward-thinking game development studio formed of industry veterans from major AAA studios such as Ubisoft, Bungie, Guerrilla, Rockstar, Valve and others, who are passionate about pushing the boundaries of online gaming. We look to forge fresh IP that challenges genre conventions and goes beyond expected norms, exploring all-new spaces in dynamic virtual worlds and the team is currently working on a massively ambitious open-world online game, Life Beyond
  • We Fuel Rockets
    Co-Founder
    We Fuel Rockets Mar 2018 - Apr 2020
    Sheffield, Yorkshire, Gb
    We Fuel Rockets is a specialist talent partner to the most exciting games and tech start-ups and scale-ups in Europe. Our teams are embedded into our client operations and work as part of their teams, providing the best techniques and methodologies from both in-house and vendor-side recruitment, giving a plug-in solution to the pains of growing a technical and creative business.Our approach is built around our clients' production and staffing plans so that we integrate the right support at the right time, and we work closely with founders and leads to give them the intel and talent they need in order to achieve their objectives on time and on budget.
  • Fight Brothers
    Co-Founder
    Fight Brothers Sep 2016 - Oct 2019
    Indie game developers of the highest quality mobile games.The studio's debut title, The Far Tin Bandits, was launched for Android and Apple devices in October 2017 on Google Play Store and iTunes, and launched on the streaming service Hatch in July 2018.The game can also be experienced at up to 120 FPS as one of the officially supported titles of the gamer focused Razer Phone.
  • Virtual Reality Project - Operating In Stealth Mode
    Co-Founder
    Virtual Reality Project - Operating In Stealth Mode Jun 2016 - Jan 2019
    Development of telepresence technologies using VR for the remote operation of automotive technology in partnership with academic and commercial partners.Project currently on pause pending further funding.
  • Team Gray Matter
    Founder
    Team Gray Matter Oct 2014 - Dec 2018
    Team Gray Matter is a non-profit, independent team which partook in Cybathlon 2016, the World's first Championships for Robotic and Technology assisted “parathletes”, participating in the first ever Brain Computer Interface (BCI) Race at Kolping Arena, Zurich, Switzerland.The team's race “Pilot”, Peter Gray of Doncaster, England, has been paralysed from the neck down since suffering severe spinal trauma from a freak accident whilst on holiday overseas in 2008. In October 2016 he will race against “Pilots” from University teams and Research Institutions from around the World using only his brain signals in order to become the World's first Cybathlon BCI Race Champion.www.tgm-cybathlon.com
  • Aardvark Swift - Games & Tech
    Graduate Talent Specialist
    Aardvark Swift - Games & Tech Apr 2015 - Apr 2016
    Rotherham, South Yorkshire, Gb
    Established in 1989, Aardvark Swift is an award winning specialist video games and technology recruitment agency. Within the games space we work in console, mobile, online, digital - in fact every area of the industry! Recruiting at all levels, across all disciplines, in the UK and globally, we pride ourselves on maintaining strong, lasting relationships with our clients and candidates. We work with companies of all sizes including the largest players like Microsoft, Sony and Ubisoft right through to Indie studios.
  • Everyone Everywhere Ltd
    Head Of Future Talent
    Everyone Everywhere Ltd Jun 2014 - Feb 2015
    The purpose of the role was to develop a new recruitment product focused on delivering a valuable and practicable graduate recruitment service to the organisation's expanding list of clients. On roll-out, the new Future Talent offering was credited with bridging a gap with it's approach to candidate support and management by numerous UK Universities, and requests to host workshops and careers events arrived very quickly. For clients, a bespoke approach to graduate recruitment was available that would offer them support with measuring for talent gaps and succession planning, as well as providing them with tools that would ensure they could capture and nurture the best talent for their business.
  • Everyone Everywhere Ltd
    Recruitment Specialist
    Everyone Everywhere Ltd Feb 2013 - Jun 2014
    Everyone Everywhere is a multi-disciplined provider of specialist recruitment solutions including apprenticeships and graduate recruitment. Everyone Everywhere focuses on providing affordable recruitment solutions to local and national organisations, utilising the skills and experiences of professionals in every area of our business. We are true market leaders and are committed to the continuous improvement and development of our market offering, instilling confidence in our clients, candidates, learners and graduates alike. Our ethos is – if you have the position we will find the candidate – ANY position within ANY industry. We really make it our business to get to know our clients business, and are focused on building efficient and effective working relationships to ensure that the career aspirations of our candidates, learners and graduates are attained.

Ivan Nixon Skills

Recruiting Recruitment Advertising Business Development Contract Recruitment Sales Graduate Recruitment Temporary Staffing Sourcing Executive Search Screening Resumes Interviews Candidate Generation Account Management Technical Recruiting Talent Management Business Relationship Management Talent Acquisition Permanent Placement Contract Management Sponsorship Preferred Supplier Entrepreneurship Biotechnology Non Profit Leadership Brain Computer Interfaces Sports Management Video Game Production Game Design Game Publishing Game Theory Mobile Applications Mobile Games Games Marketing Mobile Marketing Mobile Game Development User Acquisition Product Management Product Marketing Global Talent Acquisition Screening Full Life Cycle Recruiting Employer Branding Recruitment Marketing Attraction Strategies Human Resources Advertising Unreal Engine 4 Narrative Game Development Video Games

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Ivan Nixon works for Alta

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Ivan Nixon's current role is Production & Talent @ Alta | Building amazing teams | Making awesome games.

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Ivan Nixon has skills like Recruiting, Recruitment Advertising, Business Development, Contract Recruitment, Sales, Graduate Recruitment, Temporary Staffing, Sourcing, Executive Search, Screening Resumes, Interviews, Candidate Generation.

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