My Background
I've been very fortunate to work on a huge variety of games during my career, including well known brands and agile indie projects. I've been working with indies for many years, helping them build communications and PR strategies for their games.
I've held senior manager positions at games publisher level, tasked with strategic guidance, hands on execution and brand management, and worked across a variety of platforms.
My current consultancy services include playtesting feedback, content planning, store page optimization, press release writing, localisation and media outreach for press and content creators. I provide mentorship, strategy and direct assistance across different aspects of business.
Previous Titles: The Banner Saga series, Pillars of Eternity II:Deadfire, Lies of P, War Thunder, Mortal Kombat, Chernobylite, Hawken, Vermintide 2, Warhammer 40K:Darktide, Medieval Dynasty and many more.
FAQ
1. Do you charge a fee for the initial consultation?
No, the initial consultation, either in person or via video call is completely free of charge.
2. What's Discussed in the initial meeting with you?
We would discuss what you want to achieve, what support you might need including the goals you want to achieve. Additionally, we'd discuss available assets, what resources you have and what content you might need, and how long you need the content plan to cover. Other things like timescale, budget or brand messaging can also be discussed.
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3. Do you handle things like video and motion graphic work?
My primary service is communications, content planning and writing. I have some basic editing skills with Canva for short form clips on social media - but professional video editing, motion graphics and filming for large complex productions is not part of the service I offer.
4. How do you help with the content creation side of things?
There are a couple of options, you can create the actual content yourself from the plan I put together, so blog posts will be written by you, photo content for social media content will be generated or supplied by you - all at your own pace - Or I can write and provide these and assist with the actual asset generation in a direct hands on way and work alongside you, building up a pool of assets for you to utilize across your content.
5. I need translations done for documents and press releases. Can you handle those?
Yes, I can assist on localization work for most international languages including French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, simplified Chinese and others - these require at least 72 hours notice.
6. Do you handle SEO?
It's not a primary focus of my services but my writing will be optimised to take into account a balance of being authentic and compliant for optimizing across the web.
7. I only need support in specific areas, can you provide assistance on a smaller much more tailored scale?
Yes absolutely, for example, if you only needed help with a press release or just wanted some content for a newsletter you're putting together I can help on a smaller more tailored scale .
8. Do you undertake ghost writing services?
Yes, if you need help with thought leadership content for platforms like LinkedIn I can help. Additionally if you need someone to handle newsletter or blog content I can ghost write those for you as well.
9. Do you use A.I?
Like many modern businesses I do incorporate A.I tools to help streamline the way I work but I don't sacrifice originality and creativity and I'll always be transparent about the use of A.I.
10. What is the best movie in the Star Wars franchise?
The Empire Strikes Back without question, it creates one of the most definitive story arcs in sci-fi ever created.