Source: www.mcvuk.com --- Thursday, June 02, 2016
Etemad and Jago join Microsoft, Sumo hires Lionhead art director and KamaGames opens a UK office. Microsoft strengthens Xbox comms team The Xbox UK communications team has two new members. Roxana Etemad has been appointed as communications manager, reporting to head of communications for devices Paul Almond. Etemad spent five years at Square Enix, where she was UK PR manager working on campaigns for titles including Final Fantasy, Batman: Arkham Asylum and Tomb Raider. Prior to that, she held various leading positions at Atari, Sony and Ubisoft. Rod Jago has also joined the Xbox UK PR team at Assembly, Edelman’s integrated team for servicing Microsoft. He will assist in the development and execution of integrated communications campaigns. Jago joins from PPR in Sydney where he managed campaigns for Dell, Alienware, Microsoft, 2K Games and Wargaming. During his time at PPR, Rod oversaw a number of hardware and software launches including key triple-A console titles, MMOs and new hardware. Sumo hires new art director Former Lionhead art director Kelvin Tuite has joined Sumo Digital’s Nottingham studio in the same position. Prior to Lionhead, Tuite worked for the likes of DeepMind, EA and Bullfrog. He commented: “It’s great to be working with another company that’s full of such talented and creative people. I look forward to making our exciting line up of games look amazing.” Studio director Karl Hilton added: “It’s a great oppo ...
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