Iain Compton

Current

Games Designer at Acony Games

Past

Community Manager - Warhammer: Age of Reckoning at Goa Games Services Ltd
English Community Manager - DAoC at France Telecom / GOA
Games Developer/White Dwarf at Games Workshop

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Education

De Montfort University

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Industry

Computer Games

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Iain Compton’s Summary

I have worked as a games designer, creative writer, editor, customer service manager and community manager in the games industry for over ten years. I have a lot of applicable experience to many different roles including community management, project management and systems design.

I am always looking for an opportunity to use my creative skills and my theorycraft in a games environment.

Iain Compton’s Specialties:

Prototyping systems, communicating design concepts, aggressive editing to prevent ambiguity.

I am a good communicator with a strong understanding of mechanical design elements in game systems.

I write non-fiction and technical pieces as well as more creative work. I enjoy being in a position where I can use my communication and design skills in the games industry.

Iain Compton’s Experience

Games Designer

Acony Games

(Privately Held; Computer Games industry)

February 2009 — Present (11 months)

Designing systems, balancing and iterating for an upcoming MMOFPS
Community Manager - Warhammer: Age of Reckoning

Goa Games Services Ltd

(Computer Games industry)

June 2007 — January 2009 (1 year 8 months)

Working with the player community, fansites and community portals to represent the company as well as to represent the players to the company. Liaising with the press and partners via our marketing dept and providing a public face for company and game news to the fans and press.
English Community Manager - DAoC

France Telecom / GOA

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Games industry)

April 2004 — June 2007 (3 years 3 months)

Lead English Community Manager and head of CS for the English language Dark Age of Camelot servers in Europe.

I started as a games master and within a year was responsible for the entire English language team. I was responsible for ensuring the quality of customer service to English speaking DAoC subscribers as well as managing the small team of GMs.

I also took it upon myself to widen the scope of community management at Goa and worked hard to provide a more direct and more focussed level of communication between Goa and the European DAoC fans. Towards the end of my tenure, this was practically my main focus.
Games Developer/White Dwarf

Games Workshop

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GAW; Publishing industry)

1996 — 2000 (4 years )

I started in Games Development, writing rules, colour text, articles and non-fiction as well as playtesting, prototyping and developing rules and background for a variety of projects. I was made redundant during a cost-cutting purge but managed to find another job with the company.

After leaving Games Development I bounced around other GW departments including White Dwarf where I worked as a writer/DTP/photographer/editor before leaving the company in early 2000.