Sandy King

Helping bring Powerwash Simulator 2 to launch and beyond.
A focus on creating sustainable processes for a growing team at a remote first studio to support on-going development of Live-operations content across 6 platforms.

Lead Producer for the Core Tech team on an unannounced AAA project, overseeing development of technical pipelines and tooling in Unreal 5 for networking, procedural generation, tech art, and build engineering

Produced gameplay features in partnership with Design and Engineering, working across internal and co-development teams to align delivery with project milestones

Managed stakeholder communi

Led production for Combat features on an unannounced AAA project, working closely with Design, Engineering, and Animation to prototype and iterate on core gameplay systems

Supported feature production on Exoborne, contributing to prototyping of Vehicles, PVP systems, and Extraction modes

Managed the QA department for the London studio, including hiring, training, and embedding QA staff into cros

Built and managed an internal QA team to support a wide-ranging indie publishing portfolio across multiple studios

Organised and oversaw multiple external QA vendors for Functional, Localisation, Compatibility, and Compliance testing

Managed annual QA budgets exceeding £2 million, including forecasting, cost tracking, and vendor contract oversight

Oversaw release management for digital and phys

Led the QA discipline across four studios, managing a team of 25 staff and shaping QA strategy across multiple projects

Worked with the Technical Director to prototype automated performance testing solutions for mobile SKUs and build automation frameworks for future projects

Coordinated multiple external QA vendors for Functional, Localisation, and Compatibility testing across platforms

Served

Acted as the primary QA stakeholder for project delivery, working closely with production to integrate QA into development workflows

Led the modernisation of QA practices, introducing process improvements and tighter alignment with cross-discipline teams

Mentored QA staff and established best practice guidelines across teams and projects


Titles: Fantastic Beasts: Cases, Bounty Stars, HeavenSt

Working on the Xbox One’s Upload and Upload Studio Apps for launch.

Assessing and re-designing iOS game “Oddlight” core UI, creating UI assets and advising UX flow.

Testing two implementations of updates for the “Hakitzu: Code of the Warrior”.

Designing a new game, Working closely with Artists and a Programmer to deliver a iOS / Android game.

Testing iOS game “Commando Jack”

Performed functionality testing for Sega.

Provided specialist support for Mac products at Apple.

Master of Arts in Digital Games: Theory and Design from Brunel University of London, completed in 2012.

Grade: 1st

Activities and societies: N/A

Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design from the University of the Arts London, completed in 2008.

Grade: Merit

Art Foundation Degree as pre-cursor to UAL Graphic Design course