Lead Designer on many of Team17’s most valuable IP’s, notably the commercially successful, critically acclaimed, and award-winning Overcooked 2. Trusted to drive the creative vision from concept to completion for multiple titles, such as The Survivalists – delivering the best player experience whilst satisfying business goals of delivering on time and in full.

Over a career spanning two decades, I’ve gained valuable knowledge in multiple areas of development with numerous, demonstrable examples of system and game design, documentation, content creation, scheduling, and mentoring.

Team17 Ltd

04-Present - Game Designer/Lead Designer

Played a pivotal role in Team17’s commercial output over the last 10+ years across many games and franchises such as Worms and Escapists, notably Leading design for Overcooked 2, a hugely successful title for the business both critically and commercially, recently taking lead duties on The Survivalists. Guiding that game from concept, through pitches, prototypes and into full development, creatively driving the core design, systems and mechanics.

Rare Ltd

95-03 - QA/Game Designer

Joined Rare as part of a design team working on Killer Instinct 2, creating move sets and balancing combat, before moving onto the Conkers Bad Fur Day team as a level and gameplay designer.

Later playing a key role in the in-house handheld development team working on hugely successful IP’s such as Donkey Kong Country and licensed properties from companies like Disney.

Game Documentation

Creation of full spec GDD’s, full system and mechanical breakdowns

Level Design

Inception, layout, and white box of levels for stages and large play areas

Systems & Game Design

Design, implementation, and balance of systems and mechanics

Scheduling

Time and task breakdowns across multiple projects

User Interface Design

Design, wireframe and interface flow creation experience

Presentation & Pitching

Experienced with Team, management, and commercial presentations

Time Management

Proven record of managing and factoring time to game feature importance

C# Scripting

Unity prototypes, training projects and game jams

Leadership Skills

Lead on several projects, Mentored and nurtured other designers

Project Management Processes

Experienced utilizing management processes, works closely with production

Microsoft Office Suite

Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and SharePoint etc.

Adobe Photoshop

Experienced in using Photoshop for systems & UI Mockups etc.

Unity

All aspects of the Unity engine across multiple project types

Industry Software

Perforce source control, bug trackers (Redmine), and task management (Trello). Multiple in-house engines & tools