Jobs Roundup: May 2023 | John Beech is named creative director of Media Molecule
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Media Molecule has announced that John Beech has been promoted to creative director.
Before the appointment, he served as lead game designer at the studio.
He joined the game maker back in 2009, and Beech's game credits include Tearaway, Little Big Planet 2, and more recently Dreams.
"John will now be responsible [for] directing and leading the team through to our new product at [Media Molecule], which is incredibly exciting!" said Media Molecule.
NDreams has expanded its leadership with the additions of Liam Wickham and Tom Gillo.
Wickham steps into the role of chief development officer. His career experience includes serving as vice president of production and chief of staff at Lockwood Publishing. He was also senior executive producer at Sumo Digital.
Meanwhile, Gillo will now serve as chief creative officer of NDreams. Throughout his career, he had a two-year stint at Codemasters as an executive producer of Guildford Studio. He was also executive producer and game director at Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe.
Possibility Space has hired Elise Favis as its communications coordinator.
As a career games journalist, she worked at various publications, such as Fanbtye, serving as a feature editor.
She was also a reporter for The Washington Post, working on its video game vertical Launcher. In addition, Favis had a three-year stint at Game Informer as an associate editor.
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