Thomas Halls

123a Stoughton Road, Guildford, Surrey

Phone: 07508 762287 Email: tghalls@gmail.com

Professional Summary
A creative, hard-working professional, I have a deep-lying passion for the videogames industry. I set myself
clear goals, and aim to exceed these, not just meet them. An excellent team-player, or just as effective when
working alone, I’m extremely well-motivated; researching and developing any opportunities which help my
employer gain an advantage in the market.

Experience
January 2011 – Ongoing
Electronic Arts
Creative Account Manager
 Responsible for managing the packaging process from concept through to supply chain, including
working on AAA titles such as Sims Medieval and Alice: Madness Returns.
 Liaising with marketing & PR teams to establish their POS needs, and outside licensors to seek
approval on licensed titles.
 Develop relationships with 1st party and supply chain to ensure titles hit street date and are
promoted effectively with POS.
June 2010 – January 2011
Electronic Arts
Junior Project Manager
 Responsible for tracking EA’s titles across 50+ key milestones in the title’s production phase using
a custom-designed Campaign Tracking website.
 Liaise closely with a number of departments throughout the company to keep the Campaign
Tracker up to date; including Marketing, PR, Creative and Operations.
 Maintenance and Development of the Marketing Portal, including the design and implementation
of widgets for the employee-facing site.
August 2009 – June 2010
Electronic Arts
Creative Asset Coordinator
 Responsible for the day-to-day maintenance and management of the online asset library across
EU servers, dealing with assets requests from territories and archiving all assets.
 Creation of digital assets, including packshots and inlays, to support the rest of the Creative team.
 Maintenance and development of the retailer-facing extranet site (EASEL) used by EA’s key
retailers, ensuring assets and titles were available in a timely fashion.
 Coordination of 13 territory admins responsible for their EASEL site, liaising with them on a day-to-
day business to develop their site as needed.
 07508 762287  tghalls@gmail.com

Thomas Halls
August 2007-August 2009
Upper Deck Entertainment
Marketing Assistant
 Day-to-day marketing support provided to the UK Marketing Manager, including creation and
distribution of press releases, both corporate and consumer, planning and implementation of marketing
campaigns, and reporting on product progress in market.
 Development of role to take on more responsibility, including creation of licensee-approved
artwork/adverts/pack mockups and providing graphic design support for the EU creative team.
 Planning, attending and reporting on consumer and corporate shows, including the London Toy
Fair and the London Movie, Comics and Media Expo

Education
Sept 2004 – Jun 2007
University of Brighton
 Retail Marketing BA (Hons)
 Modules included Consumer Marketing, Supply Chain Logistics, Online Marketing and Consumer
Psychology.
 2:2 Degree attained with a distinction in my dissertation on the iPod’s Product Life-Cycle .

Sept 2001 – Jun 2003

College & Secondary School
 A-Levels in Law (B), Psychology (B) and Politics (C).
 AS-Levels in English Literature and Critical Thinking.
 11 GCSE’s – all at C and above.

Key Skills
 Intermediate to Advanced knowledge and application of the Adobe Creative Suite.
 Advanced experience of working with both PCs and Macs.
 Basic understanding of HTML and CSS coding.

Interests
 Keen footballer, both for a Sunday League team and a weekly 5 a side team.
 I enjoy sketching and graphic design, along with creating websites for friends and family.
 I also enjoy going out for drinks or a meal with friends, as well as the cinema.