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There is, as ever, a new army of people at Sumo Group, starting with SAM JONES (1) who joins as PR & communications manager. Jones previously worked at Fanatical, and was also listed in MCV/ DEVELOP’s 30 under 30 back in 2020.


SEAN OXSPRING (2) meanwhile joins Sumo Sheffield as a senior game designer. Prior to joining Sumo, Oxspring founded his own indie studio, making games for museums and other small projects. Oxspring went on to work at nDreams, before moving to Dambuster Studio.


MATT STOTT (3) also joins Sumo Sheffield, as a lead environment artist. Stott was previously at Codemasters, working on games such as Operation Flashpoint, Dirt and Grid.


Still at Sumo Sheffield, OLIVER KNIGHT (4) joins as a game designer. Knight previously worked at Codemasters on the F1 team, at Big Pixel on a Rick and Morty RPG, and at Bravo Company on Forces of Freedom.


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Finally at Sumo Sheffield, LAURA DILLOWAY (5) has joined as lead environment artist. Dilloway spent ten years at Sony/ Guerrilla Cambridge, before moving to Inkle to make the BAFTA nominated Heaven’s Vault, and then Roll7 to work on OlliOlli World


Over at The Chinese Room, SEB AXEL (6) joins as a senior QA. Axel has previously worked at Creative Assembly and Team 17, with credits including Yooka-Laylee and Overcooked.


MARCUS BAGSHAWE (7) also joins The Chinese Room, as a junior sound designer. Bagshawe has a number of indie game credits under his belt, including Doctor Who: Edge of Time (Maze Theory) and Kingshunt (Vaki Games).


NINA CLIFF (8) has joined Sumo Group as Director of Business Development. Cliff was previously the business development director for Firestoke and head of business development at mobile developer Tag Games.


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GABRIELLE HIBBERD (9) has joined the team at Renaissance PR as a senior account manager, taking this next step in her career after two years working at Heaven Media, joining in 2019 as a publicist, before being promoted to senior publicist in 2020.


Creative marketing agency YRS TRULY has two more additions to the team. First, CHISOM FADEYI (10) has joined as junior campaign manager. Prior to joining YRS TRULY, Fadeyi spent just shy of four years working at Informa Connect.


Also joining YRS TRULY is SIÂN HUTCHINSON (11), who has been hired as their new junior campaign manager. Hutchinson previously spent five years working as an entertainer at Disneyland Paris.


KATHRIN STRANGHELD (12) has been appointed as the new VP of business management and transformation at Thunderful. Strangheld joins the team with 14 years of B2C experience at PlayStation and Sony.


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Women in Games has welcomed three new faces to its organisation. First, the She Plays Games podcast host LAUREN KAYE (13) has joined the team to cover the organisation’s marketing manager while she is away on maternity leave.


MAFALDA DUARTE (14) joins Women in Games as Women in Games ambassador co- ordinator. Duarte is also the managing director and a producer at Nerd Monkeys, an indie game development studio based in Lisbon, Portugal.


Finally, FIDA ZOUROB (15) has joined as the new Women in Games Discord manager. She has previously founded and managed a global community for gamers, and has helped to empower women in technology as branch manager for the She Codes organisation.


No More Robots’ SOPHIE SMART (16) has received a promotion at the indie publisher, and has moved to her new role as production director.


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SAM BISHOP (17) is joining Dead Good as account manager from Heaven Media, having held previous roles as PR & events assistant at Team 17, and staff writer & esports editor at GameReactor. He will be working with a variety of clients, including BAFTA Games Awards and Nacon.


TOM COPELAND (18) also joins Dead Good, as senior account manager, and will be overseeing the likes of THQ Nordic and Larian Studios. Copeland has previously worked at Premier PR and Heaven Media.


JESSICA HYLAND (19) has joined EA/Maxis’s new remote Europe-based Sims team as a senior character artist. Hyland was previously a senior 3D artist at Exient Publishing.


There's promotions in the air over at 505 Games, with CARLY DREW (20) being promoted from senior global brand manager to global brand director. Drew joined the company in 2020, and was previously at nDreams.


Got an appointment you’d like to share with the industry? Email Chris Wallace at chris.wallace@biz-media.co.uk 14 | MCV/DEVELOP March 2022


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