Tom Phipps Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

Greater London, England, United Kingdom

London Area, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

- Promoted to Head of Student Experience after demonstrating strong organisational skills as a Studio Assistant and Student Experience Manager- Improved the registers to show an accurate percentage of attendance- Responsible for scheduling of classes and resource management to ensure course, and event, delivery- Key speaker at Open Days to drive interest in new students to study with Escape- Acted as an escalation point for any complaints that couldn't be resolved by the team- Created cost saving, but experience positive, changes such as online info packs- Partnered with multiple departments including Student Services, Marketing, Tutors and Upper Management- Worked closely with the Director of Community Engagement to help organise and run our marquee events such as the End of Year Showcase, Graduation and Freshers Week- Organise and be part of the Student Voice Forums which is a key meeting to gain feedback from the students

London, United Kingdom

- Responsible for enrolling and welcoming new students on our Short Course and MA courses- Writing the information packs that were handed to all new starters- Scheduling and resourcing the MA and Short Courses so they could run - Helping the Head of Student Experience with organising and running key events throughout the year- Being a key point of contact for students and staff for all matters relating to Student Experience or the short courses

London, United Kingdom

Due to the increase in the number of Studio Assistants across two campuses, the role of Studio Supervisor was created. I am the the Studio Assistant Supervisor for the Shepherds Bush campus. This role runs in parallel with my role of Studio Assistant to the 2D Compositing teachers. My additional responsibilities are:- Ensure all registers are kept up to date- Be available to all Studio Assistants should an issue arise that they need someone more senior to help with- Be the first port of call if the Student Experience team require further information about the day to day running of the classes- Registered First Aider (expires 11/07/2020)- Perform welcome introduction presentations to new students

London, United Kingdom

My role at Escape Studios includes the following responsibilities:- Ensuring students in class are supported during lessons- Remaining in class to answer any questions once the lesson is complete- Attending one evening class a week as a studio assistant- Taking notes during Showreel Clinics and then writing up a presentation which will be sent to the student- Setting up of the break out area for talks, presentations, and any other events- Responsibility in closing up the office, and ensuring the security of the facility, after the evening classes- Manning reception during lunch and when our office manager has to leave the desk- Generally being social and helping out students with any problems, compositing or otherwise, that they may be experiencing- Attending Undergraduate taster days where my role was to set up the computers, ensure everyone was able to access the example files, and to ensure all students kept pace in the class and that they felt they had accomplished something at the end of the lesson

London, United Kingdom

I have so far completed shots for two projects:SUN CITY, "CASTAWAY", MUSIC VIDEOhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srO44fZv_4c (shot at 2:31-2:33)Skills employed:- Tracking marker clean up on face and glasses- Tracking of glasses for cartoon placement- Grading of the cartoons to match the scene and sizing to fit the glasses- Placement of reflections on top of the cartoonsRUN RUN AS FAST AS YOU CAN SHORT MOVIEThis was a project presented to us via Escape Studios. It was a short movie which originally had 16 clips which required VFX shots but this was later expanded to 20 shots during the project.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5537468/?ref_=nm_knf_t1VFX SupervisorAs the supervisor, I performed the following tasks:- Coordinated my fellow students so all shots were assigned- Created a document so all students could easily communicate progress and log feedback. The director and editor were also provided access- Provided the main point of contact for the director when any questions arose- Put into place a 1 on 1 meeting, with the director, to ensure prompt feedback and discussion when the shots were making significant progress- Responsible for delivering content to the cloud so the Colourist could download for the next stage of the projectVFX Compositing- Replaced an actress' glance at the camera with a blink- Keyed a foggy image and turned it into a night scene with a matte painting for the background- Rotoscoped areas which were not suitable for keyingODEON COMMERCIALVFX Compositing- Removal of two branding logos (one on shirt/one on hat)- Shot one had flashing lights that changed the colour of the shirt - Shot two had the logos moving from shadow to light repeatedly as the character moved under a treeQUARTZ MASSACRE - Working titleVFX Compositing- Extraction of character from plate using Powermatte in Silhouette- Background replacement to place character on a different planetTURNING TIDEVFX Compositing- Clean up and asset placement

London, United Kingdom

Responsible for QA of all projects to be released by ORM since January 2013. This included apps on iOS, Android, touchscreen table devices, as well as static and responsive websites utilised by multiple browsers.Delivered quality applications, under strict confidentiality until release, for clients such as VISA (Mobile World Congress), RBS (Insight app - iOS), Shine (MIPTV/NAPTE events), VISA Russia (Mobile World Congress - Android), BFI website, Spirit pub chain (Fayre & Square iOS and Android applications), the Channel 4 Sales website and GWR's rebranded website.Supported ORM's own application, Event Check-in (iOS), as both the Product Owner, where I pushed for continuous improvements on the application, and Support, when clients contacted ORM with any issues around their experience.Was the communication hub for our clients with monthly maintenance allowance. Key responsibilities are to know what the clients require, the allowance of each client, tracking usage, scheduling with developers, testing any work completed and responding to any queries from the clients.Key role in presenting applications to senior client stakeholders at the end of each sprint.Managed bug databases in both Plan.io and JIRA for all QA projects. This included raising tickets, verifying fixes, creating acceptance criteria, and ensuring developers had all the information required to recreate issues observed.Creation of test scripts from documentation/discussions with the team. Testing would involve both happy path testing as well as exploratory testing.Utilised Agile methodology to work seamlessly with Designers, UX and Developers from the kick off meeting through to completion and retrospective.

London, United Kingdom

Responsible for four large projects simultaneously, within an Agile/scrum environment, managing a team of developers who are based offsite and abroad.Delivered well reviewed applications, under strict confidentiality until release, for Audi (Audi Mediawall), Unibet (Unibet Mobile), Infiniti (Infiniti In Motion), Euromoney (Euromoney) and UPS (an Olympics application for use with 100 delegates, per day, at an Olympics conference).Delivered mobile web solutions for top tier clients such as Audi (m.audi.co.uk) and Yotel (m.yotel.com).Worked on various digital platforms including native applications for iOS, Android and Microsoft Surface. Utilised Agile methodology to ensure timely delivery of projects using daily stand-ups, user story generation, developer estimations combined with Product Owner importance values, and onsite client demonstrations.Operated under extremely tight deadlines and had to work with the clients/product owners closely to maintain realistic expectations and to deliver a quality product within the specified time frame.Maintained excellent relationships with my clients through constant, clear and concise communication.Produced timeline Gantt charts complete with all departments inputs and milestones.Ensured all project documentation was backed up on Steely Eye’s cloud based system and was distributed to all relevant team members.

London, United Kingdom

Responsible for the delivery of high quality iOS applications, and keeping strict confidentiality until release, for top tier brands (including GQ Style Guide, Brides Wedding Planner and a prominent, Middle Eastern news network) on deadline.Managed multiple projects, whilst prioritising, consistently tracking, and regularly updating clients.Client-facing; managed complex relationships with multi-national clients based within the UK and abroad.Created the structure, and lead, a four day workshop, in the Middle East, which provided the strategy and drove the project forward.Brought on to two difficult accounts and was able to rebuild trust and relationships to bring projects back on schedule.Worked closely with multi-disciplinary teams and managed all internal communications within the project.Produced project Gantt charts to estimate workload and tracked profitability utilising Netsuite.Anticipated, identified and proactively managed risks and escalated where appropriate.Utilised attention to detail to ensure company standards and process were followed when creating project documentation.Demonstrated flexibility to adapt within a changing environment when clients altered specification requirements.

Applied team management skills, developed over 5 years, to head the London based team which consisted of ten employees within Embed, Device Resourcing and Deployment teams.Utilised excellent communication and negotiation skills when working with internal managers and teams which were based in London, Sao Paulo, San Mateo, Hong Kong and Australia. Owned responsibility for liaising with licensors, contractors and external software vendors.Reviewed, and followed up on, overall porting and delivery plan including working closely with all cross-functioning teams within Glu.Communicated effectively with multiple internal departments to ensure content was delivered to clients on time.Advised the Device Manager on potential profitability of new technology, the cost to enter the market and liaised with the Sales Team as to determine size of the market.Developed solutions for two issues for Glu with new technology – Blackberry deliveries in COD format & distribution of working Android APKs to EMEA and APAC carriers – resulting in improved client satisfaction.Drove weekly meetings between the Sales team and Deployment team as well as weekly 1 to 1’s with department heads.Responsible for providing data analysis on externally produced titles and communicating this information to the Sales Team.

Employed prioritisation and task scheduling skills to ensure new titles were deployed on their due date & ad-hoc requests had appropriate resources attributed.Responsible for tracking and delivering of 40+ titles per year to over 100 EMEA mobile carriers.Oversaw an increase in members from two to five Coordinators within the London office and also guided the team through large-scale restructuring and redundancies.Improved delivery system by creating documentation to plan and track all on-going projects through to completion.Accountable for the deployment of all Non-Gaming Content.Provided support to the Latin American Deployment team when resources became split across 2 offices.Found innovative solution to resourcing issue and kept specific project work in-house.Employed high attention to detail and solid negotiation skills to discuss why the implementation of a new deployment tool would greatly increase the capacity of Deployment to EMEA carriers.Supervised the implementation of Metaflow (externally licensed deployment tool) when Glu migrated its deployment system away from the previously used internal tools.

Managed and executed the entire submission process for the distribution of J2ME titles to EMEA.Worked with the Territory Managers to ensure their requests are met and deliveries occur on time.Prepared submissions according to the requirements of the customer using internal/external tools.

Managed & coordinated the Embed and QA teams for J2ME, Symbian and N-Gage titles.Proof read bug reports and steps to reproduce before communicating found issues to customers.Scheduled QA testing to ensure all deadlines, previously agreed with customers, are met.Ensuring overtime was conducted when needed to meet deadlines & being responsible for the security of the office when called on.

Was responsible for supporting the Project Managers with their rolesEnsuring any questions the testers had were answeredSet up the testing for big group projects which involved up to 12 testers including 2 in CanadaProof read, and correct when necessary, the bugs before sending off to the clients.

Was responsible, along with one other, for the scheduling of the days testing. This included:- Ensuring the correct game was installed on the correct device.- The correct IMEI number was logged in the system.- The tester knew how long the test was to take.- Any overrun of time was questioned with the tester.- Occassionally had to organise, and oversee, the weekend testing.

Tested to UTC certification, mobile games on devices from all major brands including Nokia, Motorola, Sagem, Sony Ericsson, Alcatel.Tested N-Gage titles to assorted test plans.Was requested, along with one other, to be the tester for the new UTC testing application being rolled out company-wide.Occassionally worked within the Console department when they needed good games players to help the localisation testers move through the game quickly.

Passed, Advanced Compositing For Vfx

Bsc Multimedia And Digital Systems, Technology