Dinosaur Polo Club
Jiet Chong is an experienced design leader currently serving as Head of Design at Dinosaur Polo Club, starting in August 2023, where oversight of project delivery and resource allocation within the Game Design Department takes place. Jiet also contributes as a Design Mentor at adplist.org, providing guidance to design students and young professionals since April 2022. Previous roles include Experience Design / Design Enablement Lead at ANZ, where leadership of design capabilities and operations was emphasized from July 2017 to July 2023, and Creative Design and User Experience Manager at Open Polytechnic of New Zealand, managing digital and UX design teams from 2013 to July 2017. Furthermore, Jiet has a rich background as the owner of Jietstudio, Multimedia Designer, and Graphic Designer across several organizations, emphasizing design thinking, strategy, user experience, and brand development throughout a career that spans over two decades. Jiet holds an upcoming d.MBA and multiple degrees in design and communication.
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Dinosaur Polo Club
Dinosaur Polo Club is a kiwi indie studio of little dinos based in cosy Wellington. The last couple of years have seen our delightful studio grow, and we’re working on some new and exciting games. With an inclusive and supportive culture that believes in giving back to its creative community, we create games that make everyday concepts fun and engaging for players from all over the world. Founded in 2013 by brothers Peter and Robert Curry, our studio is well known for the award-winning and BAFTA-nominated debut Mini Metro. Created in collaboration with Jamie Churchman and Disasterpeace, Mini Metro explores relaxed and minimalist subway design. Following the release of Mini Metro we released our second game, Mini Motorways, which also garnered awards and critical acclaim including the IndieCade Choice Award and the Slice of Heaven Grand Prize at the NZ Game Awards. With the same minimalism in mind that guided Mini Metro, Mini Motorways made a name for itself with its easy to learn yet deceptively complex challenge of designing an efficient road network. Watch this space to see what Dinosaur Polo Club does next!