James Nowlan

• 5 years of game development as a Games Producer. 5 years in higher education as a Exam Coordinator. Project management skills a major focus across all roles undertaken.
• Line manager and Team Leader for 2.5 years. Coordinated cross-disciplinary teams that vary from 5-20+. Provided mentorship of Game Designers and Quality Assurance Technicians.
• Project management software specialisation: JIRA, Confluence, Trello, Roadmaps, Testrail, Google Suite, Excel, Scrumwise.
• Adaptable applications of management methodologies: Scrum, Agile, Lean.
• Years of experience working with software development: Game Engines, Asset Creation Software, Editing Software.

In my half-decade games industry career I have successfully shipped two full commercial titles as a Producer: THE DARK PICTURES ANTHOLOGY: THE DEVIL IN ME and Total War: ROME REMASTERED. I have also helped deliver over 30 ports and 16 DLCs/game updates as a QA Lead/Technician.

• As a Team Leader I have coordinated cross-disciplinary teams that vary from 5-20+ approx. specialising in leading Designers and QA Technicians.
• I have developed advanced skills in game development on a variety of releases on all platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, Nintendo Switch, PS4 & PS5, Xbox One & Xbox Series X/S.

Education

Games Design BA – 1st Class Honours (2016 – 2019) Brunel University London 

• Producer in group projects in every semester of study: successful deliveries achieving high grades every time.
• Brunel Game Design Course Year representative. Organised game jams for course: Tabletop & Interactive Fiction themes. University societies - The Tabletop Society. 

Certificate of Higher Education - Film Studies (2007 – 2008) Queen Mary College, University of London

3 A Levels (2005 – 2007) Wanstead High School, Sixth Form College 

8 GCSEs (A-C Grade, Includ. Maths/English) (2003 – 2005) Wanstead High School