I’m a B2C and B2B writer and communications consultant with experience across PR, marketing, social media and community management, business development, talent management, podcasting and live events.I currently work at the intersection of video games and music with video game soundtrack record label Laced Records, a Keywords Studios company. Responsibilities include: marketing, A&R and product consultation, press release and newsletter copywriting, visual assets creation (image and video) and editing the ecommerce blog (lacedrecords.com/blogs/news). I've worked on official releases for AAA gaming brands, including DOOM, Sekiro, Bloodborne, Ace Attorney, Mario + Rabbids, Borderlands, Tiny Tina's Wonderlands, Far Cry 6, Deathloop, Gears of War, Resident Evil, Devil May Cry, Mega Man, TEKKEN, Dishonored, No Man's Sky, Ghost Recon, Wolfenstein, Warhammer and Runescape. I co-host and edit the podcast GXM (Games X Music) – available on major podcast platforms.Published articles include:• "Takeshi Furukawa bet big on bold melodies for Planet of Lana" 6 Jul 2023 - bit.ly/furukawa_lana• "How Jesper Kyd forged the grimdark rustpunk of Warhammer 40,000: Darktide" 22 Dec 2022 - bit.ly/jesper_kyd_darktide• “Virtual photographers prove that video games are art”, 18 May 2021 - bit.ly/LacedVPblog• “PlayStation’s UK music team on the cinematic grime of Blood & Truth’s London” 5 Jul 2019 - bit.ly/BloodandTruthVGM• “Video game music is a wonderful gateway to classical” – interviewees include Jessica Curry, Austin Wintory, and Lloyd Coleman, 4 Jul 2018 – bit.ly/VGMclassical• “Think clever colleague, not Skynet says IBM boffin on cognitive computing for marketing” 1 Jun 2016————————I have worked on numerous B2B and corporate music industry PR accounts including streaming rights agency Merlin, Cooking Vinyl and Kobalt.Press release writing:• Return to the sonic roots of survival horror with the Resident Evil™️ (1996) vinyl box set - bit.ly/RE96_press-release• A Total War Saga: TROY soundtrack comes to vinyl and CD – bit.ly/3zPhiop• Samsung’s VidZone app launch – bit.ly/1tuZhFuI’ve sold in stories to the likes of WSJ, NYT, FT, The Guardian, The Independent, Bloomberg Businessweek, Forbes, BBC News Online, Quartz, CNet, TechCrunch, Re/Code and The Verge.I’ve led small teams on numerous client projects, including organising an 11.7 million-reach Thunderclap for Omid Djalili’s England World Cup charity single – bit.ly/1fd6qrE
Listed skills include Music Industry, Music, Digital Media, A&R, and 36 others.