Experience

Mediatonic Games

• United Kingdom
• Computer Games
• 200 - 300 Employee

• QA Manager

  • Dec 2022 - Present

• QA Lead

  • Nov 2021 - Dec 2022

• Principal QA

  • Jun 2018 - Oct 2021

  London, United Kingdom As Principal QA, I have been tasked with overseeing all QA responsibilities on a single project on a small team through my tenure with Mediatonic and coordinating teams of both internal and external testers to ensure product quality is delivered on time and on budget. During this time, I have worked on the Gears POP! project, Fall Guys, as well as an unannounced project. The following responsibilities have been a core part of this role: - Direct line management including… Show more As Principal QA, I have been tasked with overseeing all QA responsibilities on a single project on a small team through my tenure with Mediatonic and coordinating teams of both internal and external testers to ensure product quality is delivered on time and on budget. During this time, I have worked on the Gears POP! project, Fall Guys, as well as an unannounced project. The following responsibilities have been a core part of this role: - Direct line management including training and mentoring a team of internal testers across all experience levels; both to ensure effective testing on the project and to strengthen and empower the QA department. - Working with the production team to plan efficient use of external and internal QA resource to maintain a high standard of quality on the project. - Working with the design and engineering teams to review documentation, create more accurate and efficient test plans, and share knowledge across the team by becoming an expert on product knowledge. - Creating and maintaining test plans (including scheduling as well as test case generation and test charter generation). - Maintaining bug databases to ensure clear and comprehensive understanding of issues and at-a-glance reporting options for stakeholders. - Generate detailed analytical test reports such as test coverage, feature stability, regression rate, bug projection, hardening requirements, risk assessments, and so on based on the project's needs at a given stage of development. - Evaluating existing and new QA partners to ensure that the company is getting the best possible service from external test vendors. - Liaise with specialized SDETs to build an automated testing process and reduce the need to expend internal and external test resource on tests which exhaust huge numbers of man hours or allow for little to no creative input in their approach. - Assisting with internal testing of titles at key development stages to provide feedback to stakeholders.



NaturalMotion

• United Kingdom
• Mobile Gaming Apps
• 100 - 200 Employee

• QA Lead

  • Dec 2014 - Jul 2017

  Oxford, United Kingdom

• Senior QA Games Tester

  • Aug 2014 - Dec 2014

  Oxford, United Kingdom From this date, I was promoted to the role of Senior Tester, but was immediately placed into the role of Acting Project Lead on the Clumsy Ninja project. I developed the following responsibilities: - Direct line management of an entire test team, including other Senior Testers. - Handling risk management and communicating this to stakeholders. - Take ownership and responsibility of software quality control. - Adapt the QA process to improve efficiency in testing the product… Show more From this date, I was promoted to the role of Senior Tester, but was immediately placed into the role of Acting Project Lead on the Clumsy Ninja project. I developed the following responsibilities: - Direct line management of an entire test team, including other Senior Testers. - Handling risk management and communicating this to stakeholders. - Take ownership and responsibility of software quality control. - Adapt the QA process to improve efficiency in testing the product lifecycle. - Take full charge of test planning and test case management.

• QA Games Tester

  • Sep 2012 - Aug 2014

  Oxford, United Kingdom Worked both as an external tester and eventually as an embedded tester on three core projects (My Horse, CSR Racing, and Clumsy Ninja). During this time I fulfilled the following responsibilities: - Deliver high quality scripted and exploratory testing. - Deliver compliance and compatibility testing on iOS, Android and Amazon platforms. - Creation of high quality bug tickets and test reports. - Take ownership of creating a JIRA knowledge base and delivering training for these… Show more Worked both as an external tester and eventually as an embedded tester on three core projects (My Horse, CSR Racing, and Clumsy Ninja). During this time I fulfilled the following responsibilities: - Deliver high quality scripted and exploratory testing. - Deliver compliance and compatibility testing on iOS, Android and Amazon platforms. - Creation of high quality bug tickets and test reports. - Take ownership of creating a JIRA knowledge base and delivering training for these skills. - Taking ownership of entire sections of game testing, responsibly leading and organizing any test requirements for these sections. - Creation and maintenance of test cases and test plans as necessary to support the entire test team. - Act in a senior capacity by filling in for the project Lead during absences.

• QA Games Tester

  • Apr 2009 - Dec 2009

  Worked as an embedded tester on the Backbreaker project. This role involved: - Delivery of quality exploratory testing. - Test case generation and execution. - Bug data analysis. - Creating and delivering reports on the state of the project as a whole. - Testing the product on both Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. - Served for 4 months as an acting Senior Tester, during which time I was responsible for: - Training new team members. - Compliance testing and quality control… Show more Worked as an embedded tester on the Backbreaker project. This role involved: - Delivery of quality exploratory testing. - Test case generation and execution. - Bug data analysis. - Creating and delivering reports on the state of the project as a whole. - Testing the product on both Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. - Served for 4 months as an acting Senior Tester, during which time I was responsible for: - Training new team members. - Compliance testing and quality control on the Xbox 360. - Organization of daily tasks related to Xbox 360 testing. - Specialist testing focussed on physics and animation behaviour. Show less