GEORGIA DAWSON Account Manager at Indigo Pearl
GEORGINA CORNELIUS Talent Acquisition Manager at Sumo Group
GEORGINA stands out in her particular field within the games industry, having joined Sumo in the middle of lockdown as a campus coordinator and having received a promotion to talent acquisition manager for the company within less than two years. Despite her role typically being about workshops and in-person visits from game developers at schools and universities, she, through a combined a mix of innovation and hard work, has managed to help teachers and their students to stay in touch with the Sumo Group remotely through the pandemic, one of the most difficult periods for education in recent memory. She is also a regular contributor to Women in Games events and panels and an advocate for diversity in video game development.
GEORGIA has worked in gaming PR for the last six or so years, and in that time has worked on huge campaigns for well-known brands including Pokémon GO, Google Stadia and Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout. She’s considered a bit of a star at the Indigo Pearl office, showing cool-headed determination as she puts in the hard work to support the entire team whenever and wherever they might need it. She also regularly represents both her company and its clients at big industry events like EGX, gamescom and London Games Festival, bringing with her a can-do attitude, infectious enthusiasm and a wealth of industry knowledge.
GRACE has spent lots of time fighting for the games industry on the UK policymaking stage, and even took on the gargantuan task as head of policy and public affairs at Ukie when the government was asking for evidence on loot box mechanics earlier this year, helping it to come to the only reasonable conclusion. She is an exceptionally clever person, and has also taken part in other major discussions about UK games industry policy in recent history, creating positive changes including changing the number of gaming roles on the Shortage Occupation List, helping the industry to roll out the Age Appropriate Design Code alongside the Information Commissioner’s Office, and running an All Party Parliamentary Group for Video Games and Esports. She has recently moved on to BAFTA, and we’re sure she will succeed just as much over there.
GRACE SHIN Games Programme Manager at BAFTA
JAKE PARROTT 3D Artist at Ripstone
JAKE has an immeasurable love for video games, and endeavours to pay his successes forward and share his expertise and opportunities with underrepresented groups whenever possible. He spends his personal time outside of work collaborating with Oldham College, an education provider whose catchment area has the
highest rate of child poverty in the country, helping students to improve both their skills and their portfolios. Within Ripstone, he not only takes new hires under his wing, but serves as the company’s internal ambassador for Ukie ‘Raise the Game’ pledge initiative, often advocating for first-generation university applicants and overlooked groups.
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