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Ryan Jones

Lead Designer at Certain Affinity

Ryan Jones has a diverse work experience in the gaming industry. Ryan is currently working at Certain Affinity as a Lead Designer, a position they started in February 2022. Prior to that, they served as a Senior Systems Designer from February 2020 to February 2022 and as a Systems Designer from June 2019 to February 2020 at the same company.

Before joining Certain Affinity, Ryan worked at Gameloft as a Game Designer from March 2018 to June 2019. Ryan also had a contract role as a Mobile VR Game Designer at The Learning Partnership (Canada) from January 2017 to January 2018. During this time, they designed educational mobile VR games using Unreal Engine 4.

Ryan was also the Co-Founder & Designer of Salty Croc Interactive from January 2014 to January 2017. Prior to that, they worked as an Associate Product Manager at DeNA Canada Ltd. from April 2012 to August 2013. In this role, they contributed to the design and management of mobile free-to-play games.

Before entering the industry, Ryan gained relevant skills and knowledge as a student at Vancouver Film School from February 2011 to February 2012, where they studied Game Design. Ryan also worked as a Contract Writer at Jetpack Interactive from February 2012 to April 2012.

Ryan Jones attended Ridley College from 2002 to 2006 and obtained a High School Diploma. Ryan then proceeded to Wilfrid Laurier University from 2006 to 2010, where they received a Bachelor of Arts with Distinction in English Literature. In 2011, Ryan attended the Vancouver Film School for game design, but it does not specify whether they completed a degree or not in that field.

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Timeline

  • Lead Designer

    February, 2022 - present

  • Senior Systems Designer

    February, 2020

  • Systems Designer

    June, 2019

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