Work experience

 

Owner, Developer, Aether Alchemist

November 2014 - present

 

• Developing small independent game and app projects 

 

Senior Lecturer, Games Department, SAE Qantm Creative Media College

November 2018 - Present

• Lecturing and tutoring units, currently focused on Prototyping, Level Design, Art Direction and Asset Creation, and Pipelines and Processes.

• Assisting in the running of the games department, managing lecturing staff, and working with Department and Academic Coordinators to manage workloads and scheduling.

• Assisting the Department Coordinator and management with the hiring and training of new staff.

• Working with students on support plans and academic probation.

• Working with the national Program Committee to refine and develop course content and develop new units and programs.

 

Lecturer in Game Design, SAEQ Creative Media College

May 2012 - November 2018

 

• Lecturing and tutoring in units focused on introductory scripting, rapid prototyping and game design theory

• Involves the preparation and delivery of content at a higher education level

• Involves the supervision of both final collaborative projects and independent research projects

 

Sessional Lecturer, AIM Studio - RMIT University

March - May 2013

 

• Worked as sessional lecturing staff fulfilling the role of Executive Producer on the major collaborative project component of the Master of Creative Media degree.

• The project was made in Unity3d.

 

Engine Lead, AIM Collaborative Studio

March - May 2012

 

• Worked as Engine Lead on the semester-long major collaborative project.

• In charge of core development and scripting on the project and the management of team members.

• The project was made in Unity3d.

 

Team BLIP/Blip Games Studios

Jan 2012-December 2013

 

• Worked on the development of a small scale game using Unity3d over the course of 48 hour challenge, Global Game Jam.

• Instructed the team programmers in the use of the Unity3d engine and served as an intermediary between tech and design.

• The project achieved the local ‘most fun’ award.

• Revived the project the following year as the project manager with a smaller team.

• The project was released on Android as ‘Streams’ and currently has 100+ downloads and an average 4.9 user review rating.

 

Frameworks

 

C#​

Unity3d

Unreal Engine 4

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Skills

 

Game Design

Game Programming

Maya

Photoshop​

Project Management​

2010 - present

2010 - present

Education

 

Masters in Creative Media, Animation and Interactive Media

2012 - 2013

RMIT-AIM Studio, Melbourne.

 

Bachelor in Interactive Entertainment, Games Design

2009 - 2011

Qantm College, Melbourne.

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