About Me
Specialty in Level, Systems and Content Design
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Award-winning Designer with experience in Unity for PC/Console and mobile development.
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Established design processes used across projects for developing level design plans used to get buy-in from stakeholders.
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Owned the design, implementation and iteration of levels, features and mechanics throughout the full development cycle of multiple game projects.
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Rapidly iterated on designs using a plethora of in-engine tooling, including ProBuilder, tilemaps, timelines and spline tools.
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Created and upkept documentation and spreadsheets used as the source-of-truth for all disciplines across projects.
Adaptable team player with leadership experience
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Led feature teams to co-ordinate multiple disciplines in the development of core gameplay features.
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Ran different ceremonies to ensure alignment and buy-in across the team, including stand-ups, sprint planning and feature kick-offs.
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Championed both aspiring and junior designers, having mentored them in game design and working to upskill them.
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Organised Jira epics and user stories, delegated tasks to junior designers
Passion for accessibility and data-driven design
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Advocate for implementing accessibility features into the designs of games where possible, particularly as someone with red-green colourblindness who can speak from experience.
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Worked with UX to organise and facilitate playtests, recording data against previously established hypotheses and using the findings to inform future design decisions.
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Exhibited games in-person at various conventions (including PAX Australia and Supanova), ​ ensuring all players leave having had a positive experience.
Experience
​PlaySide Studios (2023 - ongoing)
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Dumb Ways To Survive (Netflix Mobile, 2023 - 2024)
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Winner of the 2024 AGDA for Excellence in Mobile​
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Mighty Kingdom (2021 - 2023)
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Star Trek Lower Decks (Mobile, 2023)
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Serenity's Spa (Mobile, 2022)
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Hyper Rush (PC/Console, 2021 - 2022)
Contracting Work (2016 - 2020)​
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Brand Ambassador (Magnificent Nerds, 2019 - 2020)
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Ardent Roleplay (Ardacious Pty Ltd, PC/Mobile, 2019 - 2020)
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Putty Pals (Harmonious Games, PC/Switch, 2015 - 2016)
Other Work
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AGDAs Judge (2023 - 2025)
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Industry Pathways Panelist (PAX Australia 2023)
Software Skills
Unity
Jira
Confluence
Miro
Slack
Google Suite
Adobe Photoshop
Gitlab
Get In Contact!
I'm always keen to meet new people and chat all things game dev, so if you'd like to get in contact you can reach me via any of the social links below:
