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Theo Tsangaris

@theotsangaris

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Experienced game designer with a strong background in brand and marketing.

United Kingdom

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What I'm looking for

I seek a role that fosters creativity and innovation, with opportunities for career growth and collaboration on exciting projects.

With over 10 years of professional experience in the gaming industry, I have honed my skills as a game designer and brand manager. My journey has allowed me to work on 12 different titles, 10 of which successfully shipped, contributing to projects from their pre-production phases. I thrive in collaborative environments, where I can align design with business and product goals, ensuring that every game I work on resonates with its audience.

Currently, I am a Game Designer at Amuzo, where I am involved in an unannounced mobile football game project. Previously, I served as Brand Manager for the mobile game Tomb Raider Reloaded and acted as Brand Manager for Avatar. My contributions to game design include core gameplay features, monetization strategies, and UX design, all aimed at enhancing player engagement and retention. My portfolio showcases my top-level design contributions and highlights my ability to write compelling narratives and documentation that support art, design, and product teams.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Game Designer

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Amuzo

Nov 2022 - Present (2 years 6 months)

Currently working on an unannounced mobile football game, leading its pioneering co-creator. Previously, I was the sole designer on Sniper vs Thieves: The Heist, a blockbuster PvP multiplayer shooter with over 10 million downloads. My contributions included core gameplay features, meta & retention systems, monetization, FTUE & onboarding, gameplay balancing, content roadmap planning, and UX Design

Unity Adobe XD Figma ProBuilder Bytewbrew Playtestcloud Git Miro Photoshop Confluence Jira Trello

Brand Manager

Square Enix

Jan 2021 - Nov 2022 (1 year 10 months)

Managed the brand for the mobile game Tomb Raider Reloaded and acted as Brand Manager for Avatar Generations, based on the Avatar: The Last Airbender IP. Wrote two-way dialogue text for characters including Lara Croft, chapter descriptions, ability names, and loading screen character bios. Also created documentation to support art, design, and product teams, covering character and enemy direction,

Brand Management Mobile Gaming Documentation Marketing Product Management UX Writing

Marketing Specialist & Game Designer

Kalamtech

Jun 2019 - Jan 2021 (1 year 7 months)

Entrusted by Directors to design the next game in an educational games series, co-wrote the skeleton for the game design document. This included shaping the game's level design structure, defining primary & secondary progression systems, reward systems, gameplay mechanics, narrative, and non-gameplay sequences. Also helped shape retention and monetization strategy across new and existing titles, d

Game Design Educational Gaming F2P Retention Strategy Monetization QA App Store Management Google Play Management Localization

Marketing & PR Specialist

Big Games Machine

Jun 2015 - Jun 2019 (4 years)

Spent over four years at this mobile-focused marketing & PR agency, assisting developers & publishers in growing their games. Gained exposure to core facets of the mobile games market, including user acquisition and mobile advertising.

Mobile Marketing PR User Acquisition Mobile Advertising Developer Relations