Morgan Skillicorn

hello@morgan.games


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Skills & Software

Game Technology

• Unity Engine
• Unreal Engine
• Monogame Framework

Programming Languages

• C#
• HTML
• CSS

Project Management

• Trello
• Microsoft Project

IDEs & Source Control

• Visual Studio
• Visual Studio Code
• Git (GitHub Desktop)

Adobe Creative Cloud

• Photoshop
• Illustrator
• Lightroom
• Bridge
• Premier Pro
• XD

3D Modelling

• Autodesk Maya
• Autodesk 3DS Max
• Substance Painter
• Substance Designer

Content Creation & Community Management

• OBS Studio
• Discord

Work Experience

Starbucks Coffee Company
Shift Manager/Supervisor & Barista
June 2017 - August 2022 | Edinburgh, United Kingdom

• Worked in conjunction with the store manager to run one of the highest performing stores in the region.
• Managed a large team and trained new staff.
• Responsible for the running of the store during trading hours.


Netcetera Hosting
Datacentre Intern
2017 | Ballasalla, Isle of Man

• Internship as part of the Career Ready programme.
• Carried out various tasks under the supervision of the datacentre technicians
• Built new servers and decommissioned old hardware.


DLP/AKW Medi-Care
IT Intern
2015 | Snugborough, Isle of Man

• Worked in the IT department of DLP during the summer of 2015.
• Built new workstations.
• Mapped the company's IT network in collaboration with the UK based team.

Education

Abertay University
BA (Hons) Games Design & Production
August 2019 - July 2023 | Dundee, United Kingdom

• Graduated with 2:1.
• Primary focus during my final year of university was my honours project.
• I chose to specialise in the design of tools in Unity for balancing weapons in FPS games using data driven methodologies.
• I also worked as both a producer and designer/developer on a number of smaller group and individual projects.
• I feel my skills were best suited to the more technical modules with keen interest being shown in the data analytics, systems design and honours modules of my course.


Edinburgh College
HND Game Development
August 2017 - July 2019 | Edinburgh, United Kingdom

• Exemplary pass in HND Computer Games Development.
• A grade in both graded units.


Ramsey Grammar School
GCSE & GCE A Levels
September 2010 - June 2017 | Ramsey, Isle of Man

• Computer Science - A level.
• Product Design - A level.
• Information Technology - A level.
• 9 GCSEs grade A-C including English and Mathematics.

Additional Experience & Personal Interests

Motorsport Photography
Amateur Motorsport Photographer
2022 - Present | United Kingdom

• Keen amateur photographer.
• Being from the Isle of Man, I have always been around motorsport.
• Work posted to my MRGN.Media pages.
• Shot events such as The 2023 Gumball 3000, Jackie Stewart Classic and Isle of Man TT.

Content Creation & Community Management
Twitch Content Creator/Streamer
2022 - Present | Scotland, United Kingdom

• Started streaming Rainbow Six Siege during lockdown.
• Attended various LAN events in the R6 Esports calendar.
• Part of the Ubisoft Creator program
• I run multiple Discord communities for larger streamers as well as my own.

Favourite Games

• Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
• Call of Duty Warzone
• Grand Theft Auto V
• Cities: Skylines
• Rust
• Planet Zoo & Coaster
• Divinity Original Sin 2

• The earliest memories I have gaming would be playing Spyro and Crash Bandicoot with my two brothers but it was GTAV that encouraged me to persue a career in the games industry!

Other Hobbies

• Cooking
• Mixing music
• Kayaking
• Mountain biking
• Travelling