RECRUITMENT Ins and Outs: Industry hires and moves


BRETT CLAXTON has left Social Chain, where he was head of gaming for sites like GameByte and FragHero. He worked at the company for over five years, and held roles


like creative and partnerships manager and senior brand manager. He is currently looking for a new role.


TOM DOBSON-GUNN has joined Wizards of the Coast as its new marketing director for the EMEA regions. He comes to them from Games Workshop, where


he headed up the global licensed marketing team for the Warhammer IP. Before that he worked in consumer products marketing on brands owned by companies like Disney and Paramount.


DANIEL ROGERS is also joining Wizards of the Coast, as director of business operations, leaving his role at NBC Universal as head of UK operations. Before


joining the media industry, Dan was part of the telecoms industry where he managed business operations functions across EMEA & APAC.


CALLUM WALKER joins Airship Interactive as business development manager, having previously worked in director-level international sales within the automotive


sector. Before working in sales, he also worked in communications and as a news writer.


GRACE SHIN joins BAFTA as its new games programme manager, where she will be designing year-round programme of games activities and events


aimed at elevating the craft of video games and supporting games talent. Previously she worked at Ukie as policy and public affairs manager.


JENNIFER MOSELEY is joining Airship Interactive’s growing team as marketing manager. She has worked in PR and marketing for over ten years, and has worked


with blue-chip clients including The North Face., Dr. Oetker, Vileda, and Hasbro Games.


HANNAH WRIGHT is Airship Interactive’s new talent acquisition partner. She joins the team from Universally Speaking, having previously worked within the energy


sector before joining the gaming industry.


MICHAEL MCDONALD is Airship Interactive’s new senior character artist, having joined from Sumo Digital. Michael is passionate about all things art and video


games. Before Airship and Sumo, Michael spent time at Playground and BillyGoat Entertainment.


JUDE O’CONNOR has joined in-game advertising and video game monetization company Bidstack as its new chief revenue officer. Jude has spent the last seven


years of his career at AdColony, but has 20 years of experience in ad-tech. He will lead the US team across sales, publishing, marketing, and strategy.


SULAIMAN SARWAR has joined By Gamers, For Gamers as a full time member of staff, after excelling during his internship. Sully, who


has recently graduated from Manchester Metropolitan University, is now part of the BGFG Digital Team and will be working on SEO.


JOE SHELTON has become a project office analyst at Sumo Digital. His role will see him help to facilitate end-to- end project delivery; from processes to technology. He


previously worked at the Prometheus Group, coaching and mentoring their configuration team whilst managing their resources and project timelines.


DANIEL STEVENSON has taken on a new role at Sumo Digital, as a project development tools lead. He has been a member of Sumo since 2013, and before that


was part of the Sheffield production team as a project manager.


SHAUN DOYLE has become a production assistant at Sumo Sheffield. He worked in public libraries for the last six and a half years, usually doing


youth work volunteering, pantomime acting, podcasting, home DIY or just getting involved with his local community as much as possible.


WILL ROSE is now a Junior Programmer at Sumo Nottingham, having recently graduated University with several independent video game projects to his name.


He joins the team following a placement developing computer games.


ALEXANDRU-IONUT MOCONOI has also joined the team at Sumo Nottingham as a producer. Before joining Sumo, he worked on projects


at Ubisoft, Amber Studio, GoDaddy and Matchingham Games. He is also a graduate from the Academia de Studii Economice din București.


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