RECRUITMENT Ins and Outs: Industry hires and moves
ANA RIZOPOL has joined AdLiven as their new creative director, where she will be responsible for creating, planning and executing a new creative strategy vision for AdLiven.
She brings with her a wealth of experience, having worked for over 16 years in the creative industries at places like Voodoo, Social Point, and Gameloft.
VIVIAN TIAN has joined Technicolor Games as vice president of operations. She’s a games industry veteran, having held previous management roles at Unity Technologies and
Virtuos studios. She also holds a PhD from the Chinese Academy of Science’s Institute of Computing Technologies and is a published book author.
Also at Technicolor, HANNAH RAMSEY is the new vice president of human resources, and joins them after nearly seven years at Pearson learning services. Before that she
worked at BT Telecommunications. She has a lot of experience in working with global businesses, and a history of ensuring that top tier talent is recruited and retained for her employers.
SOPHIE DE CHAMPLAIN has signed on as Technicolor’s senior legal counsel, and joins them after just over four years at Wildbrain Studios, who you might know for
having worked on Peanuts and Teletubbies. Sophie loves both art and the legal system, and has been a member of the Barreau du Québec since 2012. She is also on the board of directors for Eastern Bloc and Western Front.
LISA NOLLER is Technicolor’s latest finance manager, and comes to them from the London Stock Exchange Group. She also has a masters degree, having received a
distinction grade for her studies of accounting and finance at The London School of Economics and Political Science in 2018.
ANIKA NEGI was also promoted from her producer role within Technicolor Games, and is now the account management director after 10 years working for the
company. She previously worked at a large animation studio called Xentrix Studios as a production assistant and coordinator back in 2011.
JAY CHO has left Jagex to join Lockwood Publishing. He was previously the lead producer on Old School Runescape, but will now take charge of Lockwood’s development teams and
metaverse mobile game Avakin Life, among other projects.
IVEE FERIA-PADUA has also joined Lockwood, as their product director. In the past she has worked at Jagex, Playdeo, King and Ubisoft on games that have spanned many platforms
and varied revenue models. She also volunteers her time as a mentor for the group Media Trust.
KETAN VACHHANI has also been recruited to Lockwood as director of cyber security. He previously worked at Investis Digital, and will now lead the LKWD product
security team with his experience from over 20 years of work in web, enterprise IT & cloud security and information governance.
RAY WILLMOTT is starting a new job at Raw Fury this December as a brand manager for some of their new and upcoming game releases. He worked at Coatsink and Thunderful
for the last two years, where he worked on The Last Hero of Nostalgaia, REPLACED, and the Jurassic World Aftermath Collection.
MATT SAUNDERS is now at Jagex, as its new vice president of marketing. He will oversee their marketing efforts going forward, supporting their portfolio of live-service game
worlds like RuneScape. He has worked in the video game industry since 2013, primarily at companies focused on creating titles for the internet and mobile phones.
FREELAND COSTIN has joined Bastion as an account executive, leaving behind the world of tabletop marketing to market video games instead. In the past she’s worked with Corvus
Belli, Free League Publishing and Wyrd Games, as well as putting her journalism skills to good use at OnTableTop.
RICARDO AGUIAR has also joined the team at Bastion, becoming one of their account executives after an internship at THREESIXTY, where he worked with brands like
GoHenry and Avanti. He also recently achieved a BA in communication and media studies from the University of Chichester.
ALICE JOHNSON completes the trio of new account executives at Bastion, coming to them after an internship at Tiktok. She is also a full-time content creator, having
worked with brands such as Disney, Marvel, Amazon before joining the marketing firm.
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