Zsombor Pirok Hughes

Co-Founder - Managing Director @ Space Rock Games

About

I'm a Game Programmer turned studio founder who loves working on video games both as a job and as a hobby. I would love to connect with people who share this passion - so send me an invite!

Country

New Zealand

City

Kerikeri

Industry

Computer Games

Skill

Entrepreneurship, Game Development, Game Design, Business Strategy, Start-ups, Online Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Content Marketing, Marketing, Rapid Prototyping, Agile Methodologies, Scrum, Google Analytics, Microsoft Office, C++, C#, Swift (Programming Language), Prototyping, JavaScript, Node.js

Experience

Co-Founder - Managing Director

Space Rock Games

2019-11 - Present · 6 yrs 11 mos

New Zealand

Helping studios deliver games made with the Unreal Engine.

Advisory Committee Member

Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (NMIT)

2024-11 - Present · 1 yr 11 mos

Advising the instititue on gaming industry trends and latest technologies

Co-Founder

Media Design School Entrepreneurship Society

2018-2 - 2020-4 · 2 yrs 3 mos

Auckland, New Zealand

The Media Design School Entrepreneurship Society (MDS ES) is a platform that connects students to individuals who are currently working in digital media industries via on-campus talks, discussions and student panels. The goal of the organization is to enable students start their own businesses.

Growth Marketer

2014-9 - 2018-11 · 4 yrs 3 mos

Working with technology companies that are open-minded for new methods and have the potential to grow quickly. I help in setting up growth teams, providing a sales process that actually converts and implement growth and measurement methods to maximize the efficiency of sales and marketing.

Co-Founder

InCube Hungary

2014 - 2016-7 · 2 yrs

Budapest

Took part in the creation of the largest student enterprise organization in Hungary, aiming to connect students who wished to work on their own business.

Marketing Intern

Chemaxon

2015-6 - 2015-9 · 4 mos

Budapest

I joined the company as a marketing intern and worked on several marketing campaigns, analyzed the lead generation methods, maintained the academic program and took part in the creation of their social media content.

Education

Media Design School at Strayer

Game Programming

2017 - 2020 · 3 yrs

I've studied at Media Design School as a software engineer with focus on game development. During my studies, I have taken part in the creation of multiple software and game projects that required continuous communication between different disciplines, such as artists, programmers and designers. By the end of the course, I have created my own game engine framework, developed games for PC, Playstation, Xbox and mobile platforms, gained experience with different game engines such as Unreal Engine or Unity using languages such as C++, C#, Swift and learned how to create websites using JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, MongoDB, EJS, Goorm (Node.js).