Joe Tilley Email & Phone Number

Twycross, England, United Kingdom

- Onboarded external co-dev (Auroch Digitial). Covered test practices, tools, and development systems, as well as their involvement in production and design. Continued to assist with the transition for both QA and Production teams until I left the studio.- Led test on Sea of Thieves cosmetics storefront (Pirate Emporium), Seasonal cosmetics, and Trials & Deeds refresh, including documenting and iterating on test plans to benefit future team testing.- Assisted in the QA coverage of Golden Sands Outpost to Port Merrick island development.- Represented QA in daily stand-ups, retros, and sprint meetings to feedback test progress, analyse and mitigate risk, and support the sign-off of features and milestones.- Worked with Xbox Studios quality management to react to guideline changes around accessibility testing (Photosensitivity) to ensure all players can enjoy current and future Rare games.- Worked with the Audio team to provide a greater representation of audio issues and testing.Credits:- Sea of Thieves (Xbox, PC)- Adventure 7: The Sirens' Prize- Adventure 9: Return of the Damned- Season 9/10: Cosmetics, Trials & Deeds refresh- Port Merrick- Pirate Emporium - Dec 2022 - Nov 2023

Lincoln, United Kingdom

- Actioned test plans to monitor and analyse build stability, document bugs, and provide feedback for further iteration. Ensuring the quality of multiple projects, through regression testing on pre/post-release games.- Led focus sprint testing in development areas of each project.- Prioritising critical issues for the development team, to fix and/or mitigate bugs that impact the production of features and milestones.- Beta Test Team: Running a back-end monitoring build to scan for code breaks to improve the stability of the RAGE engine.Credits:- Red Dead Redemption 2 (Playstation, Xbox, PC)- GTA: Online (Playstation, Xbox, PC)- GTA V (Playstation, Xbox, PC)- Grand Theft Auto III - The Definitive Edition (Playstation, Xbox, PC, Switch)- Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - The Definitive Edition (Playstation, Xbox, PC, Switch)- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Definitive Edition (Playstation, Xbox, PC, Switch)

Uk

- Coordinating industry professionals to aid in the production of online media and entertainment.- Audio Producer and On-set recordist for web series "Touch of June", guiding a small audio team to provide high-quality dialogue recordings during a 4-day shoot.- Sound Designer/Mixer for comedy sketches and a 15-minute horror film. Co-directed alongside a cinematographer, we wrote and produced the film with a minimal budget.- Consulting and analysis of short films from SAE Oxford Institute and Oxford Brookes students, providing feedback and planning to improve the audio quality within their production.

Audio Production, Ba, Audio Production, Upper Second Class (2.1) With Honors

Continuing my development and understanding of Audio Production to a professional level through real world music production and in depth.

Higher National Diploma, Music Technology, Triple Distinction*

Activities and Societies: Modules Included; Listening Skills Audio Engineering DJ Techniques Music Production Techniques Concert.