Mark Mainey Email & Phone Number

Stratford-Upon-Avon, Gb

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Transferring from game development to publishing, at 505 I work as part of a team responsible for game submissions to 1st parties (Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, Apple, Google, Amazon, Steam, Epic, GOG) for all their premium and F2P titles worldwide.Collaborating with Developers, Producers and QA teams I support new titles during the development process, from their initial concept approval and obtaining ratings, right through to being live to the public.Internally I serve as the… Show more Transferring from game development to publishing, at 505 I work as part of a team responsible for game submissions to 1st parties (Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, Apple, Google, Amazon, Steam, Epic, GOG) for all their premium and F2P titles worldwide.Collaborating with Developers, Producers and QA teams I support new titles during the development process, from their initial concept approval and obtaining ratings, right through to being live to the public.Internally I serve as the point of contact and knowledge source for all departments with regards to submissions. Show less

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

At DRS I was employed as the Producer of their best-selling free-to play live title and worked alongside the department leads in planning the annual road-map and overseeing development. Working with Jira in an agile environment, I was responsible for weekly planning meetings, the organization of sprints, reviews and backlogs.Working on a live title with 100k DAU gave me great insight in all aspects of ‘games as a service’ being involved in such things as the design of new content, KPI… Show more At DRS I was employed as the Producer of their best-selling free-to play live title and worked alongside the department leads in planning the annual road-map and overseeing development. Working with Jira in an agile environment, I was responsible for weekly planning meetings, the organization of sprints, reviews and backlogs.Working on a live title with 100k DAU gave me great insight in all aspects of ‘games as a service’ being involved in such things as the design of new content, KPI analysis, monetization and community feedback. As Producer I was required to provide a coherent summary of the state and progress of the title to the publisher and other key stakeholdersDuring my time there I was also involved in concept, to global launch, of two further titles, drawing up development schedules, employing new staff and allocating resources. Show less

Alcester

After the closure of Gusto a group of ex-employees founded Fairplay Media with the vision to create AAA mobile games. As the Production Manager I was accountable for all aspects of the production life-cycle from initial design concept and development, through to release. As the primary point of contact for clients, managing change and stakeholder expectations through the project timeline was an important aspect of my job. I also took on the responsibility of user acquisition campaigns… Show more After the closure of Gusto a group of ex-employees founded Fairplay Media with the vision to create AAA mobile games. As the Production Manager I was accountable for all aspects of the production life-cycle from initial design concept and development, through to release. As the primary point of contact for clients, managing change and stakeholder expectations through the project timeline was an important aspect of my job. I also took on the responsibility of user acquisition campaigns, developing and maintaining revenue streams from in-game advertising, plus ASO duties.During our time we founded a company in China in order to publish or own, plus selected third party games. During this time my role focused on being an External Producer, managing the production of overseas developers’ titles. In all we successfully released 12 diverse titles ranging from multiplayer and premium licensed products, to IAP and ad-driven games. Beyond China we located more partners and further distributed the titles to network operators in Indonesia, Korea & Thailand. Show less

Banbury

As a Producer I gained experience of many aspects of game production including scheduling, bug databases, coordination with external QA teams, localisation and preparation of documentation required to pass development gateways. In addition Team management, analysis of sales trends and importantly, relationships with publishing partners. Strong management skills based on agile principles were required to work under rapid development cycles. In my first two years I was employed as the… Show more As a Producer I gained experience of many aspects of game production including scheduling, bug databases, coordination with external QA teams, localisation and preparation of documentation required to pass development gateways. In addition Team management, analysis of sales trends and importantly, relationships with publishing partners. Strong management skills based on agile principles were required to work under rapid development cycles. In my first two years I was employed as the Senior Designer where I had design input in all titles and concepts in development being credited on 10 titles on a variety of platforms including PS3, XB360, Wii, PC and NDS. Show less

Solihull

As the first Designer to join the company I worked alone in the pre-production period conducting market research while concepting and specifying SEGA Rally. During the second year I recruited a further 3 Designers who I led on a day-to-day basis during the production phase.After SEGA Rally I led the concept and pre-production phase on 3 consecutive projects, none of which got production approval due to company consolidation.

Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

During my 5 years at Reflections I was promoted from Designer to Lead Designer, ultimately heading a team of 15 Scripters and Designers. The lead role gave me final word on all creative content within two blockbuster No.1 selling titles each with multi-million dollar development budgets.

Cheltenham

My employment began in the drawing office using CAD. I then transferred to their design office where my role was 3D geometrical design of communication structures and creator of detail specifications. Later I was drafted into the sales and marketing team and specialised in putting together bids for new contracts.

Hnd, Mech Eng

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