joshua hood

Led and assisted leading team at Rockstar North contributing to test on Red Dead Online (multiplayer component of Red Dead Redemption 2 for PS4 and XB1). Constructed and contributed to test plans and documentation; assisted with co-ordinating test between multiple teams and studios. Targeted test for milestone and playthrough builds, contributed to build and dev support, performance testing, reporting feature status, and other key components of project. Bug entry, revision, triage and information gathering.

Head of marketing and promotion for small company created as part of the Young Enterprise scheme, producing educational children's books and related materials. Planned promotional events, and designed and developed main website and online customer portal.

Regular news writer, as well as contributing opinion pieces, features, previews and reviews. Wrote/edited/produced weekly videogame news video show TSAtv Newsdesk for six months in 2013.

* Casual umbrella for a number of personal and professional video projects. * “The Making of Oddworld Abe’s Oddysee New ‘n’ Tasty” (behind-the-scenes documentary, * 2012) * co-directed and edited episode one for Oddworld Inhabitants/Just Add Water * Copmanthorpe Carnival" (promotional video, 2011) * co-directed and co-edited for Minster FM * Speedy Primary School Shakespeare" (animated short, 2010) * co-writer and voice actor for winner of group award at Animation10 * Keybrood TV" (web series, 2009-10) * director, camera, editor

* Exploratory and targeted destructive testing across a number of PS3 and PS4 titles, including targeted testing of trade show builds. * Credited shipped titles: * "Beyond: Two Souls" (Quantic Dream, PS3, 2013) (also credited on 2015 PS4 release) * Other titles worked on: * "Wonderbook: Book of Potions" (Climax/SCE London, PS3, 2013) * "Driveclub" (Evolution, PS4, 2014) * "Wonderbook: Walking with Dinosaurs" (Supermassive/SCE London, PS3, 2013) * "Flower" (Bluepoint/thatgamecompany, PS4, 2013)

Very excited to be joining the QA team on Dauntless!

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Studied at AS and A2 level (Summer 2010). Previously completed GCSE level English Language, English Literature, Mathematics, Double Science, German, French, History and ICT at grade B or above (Summer 2008). Activities and Societies: David Starkey Debating Competition, Young Enterprise Scheme, School Prefect, German Area Prefect.

First Year: - "3B" (short film, 2010); gallery sound mixer - "Shaking News" (short film, 2010); actor - "Pantomime" (short doc, 2010); interviewer, co-editor - "Tom" (short film script, 2010-11); writer (treatment, first draft) - "The Gents" (short film, 2011); editor, actor - "Behind the Microphone" (short doc, 2011); director, co-editor Second Year: - "Martha" (short film, 2011); director, voice-over - "Dreams Don't Turn To Dust" (short doc, 2011); editor - "Eden, Elvesham, and Extenuating Circumstances" (short film script, 2011); writer - "S.A.N.T.A." (short film, 2012); 1st AD - "The Church" (short doc, 2012); producer Third Year: - "Mysteries of Oaksdene High" (27-min television script, 2012-13); writer - "Torn" (web series with transmedia elements, 2012-13); co-writer, transmedia writer and designer Dissertation: - "'Kinoautomat', the Infinite Streams Impossibility, and why the key to true interactive cinema lies with video games" (2013) Activities and Societies: Debating Society, Sci-Fi and Fantasy Society