Richard Naughton Email & Phone Number

Ireland

I provide a range of services, including:• Conceptualizing, designing, and refining gameplay features, systems and level designs to ensure a cohesive and engaging player experience.• Developing monetisation strategies that balance revenue potential with player satisfaction.• Collaborating with internal development teams to implement design changes, providing clarifications and guidance where needed.• Producing and maintaining comprehensive documentation of all design decisions and changes.• Optimizing workflows and triaging tasks for Game Design departments.• Mentoring Junior Game Designers.Previous clients include:• Black Pug Studio

Ireland

• I produce and lead in-person workshops about making games for young people. • I also act as the emcee and a facilitator for virtual workshops where I am responsible for troubleshooting technical issues and moderating the live event.

Galway, County Galway, Ireland

• I led an international Quality Assurance team that worked on feature development for EA's websites.• Our team had members in Ireland, Canada and China and also worked with other USA and European teams.• My responsibility was to ensure the quality of our test plans, and my involvement started the moment our engineering teams received a feature request. I was also responsible for deploying updates to the websites.• It was a fast-paced environment, so maintaining strong communication and reducing complexity was key to our success. As such, I always had an eye towards automating our active processes.• I was the Subject Matter Expert for supporting The Sims teams, routinely worked closely with the Madden and FIFA teams, and have credits in several one-off titles, such as the Dead Space remaster.• I established a standard for documenting new features and processes. I am credited for writing most documentation related to the now older but still in-use parts of the website infrastructure. Used by QA, the engineers who maintained the features and the content teams that used the features to create the end-user experience.• I trained many new AQDs and contractors in their roles and supervised the contractors in my domain.

Galway, Ireland

County Tipperary, Ireland

County Dublin, Ireland

• I was a 2D character artist for mobile apps and print. I also assisted the lead artist by providing guidance and critique for external artists.• I worked on Disney Colouring World.• I also programmed interactive UI prototypes.

Bachelor Of Science (Honours), Game Art & Design, Second Class Honours Grade 1

Activities and Societies: Chair & Founder : Media Production Society (Bantar Box)

Qqi Level 5 Major, Fine/Studio Arts, General

Leaving Certificate, Variety

Activities and Societies: Rugby, Peer MinistryStudied English, Irish, Mathematics, French, Physics, Geography and Art.