RECRUITMENT Ins and Outs: Industry hires and moves
MAX DANIELS is now an account director at Big Games Machine. He has a background in communications, and was previously head of gaming at FieldHouse Associates.
HANS VAN BRAKEL is now the director of sales and monetization strategy for the Thunderful Group, having previously been at Crytek and SOEDESCO.
Keen gamer JEMMA LOWMAN has also joined Big Games Machine, as an account manager. She was previously engaged in technology PR at Clarity and Cohesive.
KIRSTI HOOPER consultant to join the team at Dead Good Media. She comes to the role after spending time as a freelance community manager and content creator.
ERICH SCHAEFER is joining the team at Moon He’ll be working on their as-yet-unrevealed action RPG game. He is perhaps most well known for working on Diablo, and would rather everyone forgot about Hellgate: London.
GARETH HARWOOD has co-founded Maverick Games, where he’ll serve as content director. He was previously the technical art director at Playground Games.
JOHN CHALKLEY is now the director of talent acquisition at recent start-up Lighthouse Games. He was most recently at Jagex, as its head of talent.
MARK O’LEARY has become a junior account manager at Raptor PR. He works on web2 gaming, web3 and media for accounts like Xsolla Europe, Bidstack, and Tiny Digital Factory.
FRASER STRACHAN has also parked up at Maverick Games as audio director. He also used to work at Playground Games, but as an audio director and designer. A sound move, clearly!
CRAIG CHAPPLE has also joined the Raptor PR team, leaving behind roles at Sensor Tower and
PocketGamer.Biz. He previously worked on Develop magazine, so he obviously knows what he’s talking about.
GINA JOSEPH is now VentureBeat and previously its executive vice president of strategy, and built up VentureBeat’s brand and reputation. She’s also a Harvard Business School graduate.
PIETRO FACCIO has joined PTW as its senior director of business development. Pietro was previously at GlobalStep and Testronic in similar roles.
BERNARDO DELGADO is now at British Esports as its full-time head of marketing. He used to work
AARON ROOK has also joined British Esports in the role of social media and community manager. Reach, and Motorsport Network.
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