Course Leader Jay Shin

Jay Shin

Course Leader for Games, Design and Animation
London School of Film, Media and Design
jay-won.shin@uwl.ac.uk

Jay Shin is a game developer, business owner and educator from the UK. She is a co-founder and director of an indie game studio, Arrogant Pixel LTD which is best known for releasing a pixel-art, point and click adventure series, 'The Tale of Doris and the Dragon'.

She is a course leader and senior lecturer on the Games, Design and Animation course at the University of West London and is currently working towards a PhD in Project Management at Birkbeck College, University of London.

Recently, she has been elected to the UKIE board and is involved publicly with Women in Games as an Ambassador. She also works with the following orgs: ShePlaysPodcast, Game Dev London and Project AWR (Asian Women Representation).

  • Qualifications

    • BA Music Management - UWL
    • MA Music Industry and Artist Development - UWL
    • PhD in progress at Birkbeck College, University of London: Investigating project management and the business of independent game development - a study of start-up companies in the UK digital gaming industry.

  • Memberships

    UKIE Board Member, Women in Games Ambassador

Teaching

Senior Lecturer and Course Leader at University of West London for the Games, Design and Animation course.

Research

  • Conferences

    • Her Own Boss Podcast 2020 - Women in Games
    • Graduates in Gaming Round Table at UWL 2020
    • Samsung Future of Gaming Panel 2021
    • WIG Conference Session: Perspectives on 2021
    • Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #8: The Democratisation of Games - Are There any Barriers to Becoming a Game Developer?
    • EGX 2021 Barclays Stage: Arrogant Pixel projects - Past, present and future
    • Birkbeck University Seminar for Management students 2021: Managing multiple, complex projects as an indie company
    • Game Dev London Expo 2021: Samsung KX: Routes Into The Games Industry
    • IndieGameBusiness Sessions: Air Edition 2021: Publishing AMA
    • Incredibuild Webinar: Last-Minute Game Release Nightmares Revealed  - 5 Game Devs Tell All

Career

  • Director of Arrogant Pixel LTD, an independent video game and software development studio based in South London

  • UKIE Board Member

  • Women in Games Ambassador.

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