Jesper Nielsen

Product Management Lead at Rokoko

Jesper Nielsen has extensive work experience in the gaming industry, starting in 2009 as a Board Member for Dansk Spilråd (Danish Game Counsil). Jesper then worked as a Junior Producer & Game Designer at MovieStarPlanet from November 2011 to October 2012. After that, they joined DICE (EA Digital Illusions CE AB) as an Assistant Producer, where they played a key role in developing the vision for Battlelog for Battlefield 4. Jesper later became an Associate Producer at Press Play from September 2015 to March 2016. Jesper then joined Io-Interactive as a Producer for the Online team, focusing on releasing Season 1 episodes for Hitman. Jesper also contributed to improving the game and developing new features. Following this, they worked as a Producer at DICE (EA Digital Illusions CE AB) from October 2016 to February 2018. Jesper then joined SYBO Games as a Producer from February 2018 to April 2019. Jesper then worked at IO Interactive as a Producer from August 2019 to September 2021. Currently, they are working at Rokoko, starting as a Product Manager in September 2021 and later being promoted to Senior Product Manager in June 2022.

Jesper Nielsen completed a Master of Science and IT degree in Media Technology and Games - Design and Analysis at IT-Universitetet i København from 2008 to 2011. In 2009 to 2010, they also obtained a Project Manager degree in Computer Games from the Danish Academy of Digital Interactive Entertainment. Prior to that, from 2004 to 2008, they earned a Bachelor's degree in Humanities, Computer Science, and Communication from Roskilde University.

In addition to their formal education, Jesper Nielsen has acquired two additional certifications. In January 2018, they obtained a certification in Presentation Skills from Key Corporate Learning. Most recently, in October 2022, they obtained a Product Focus Certified Product Manager certification from Product Focus.

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Timeline

  • Product Management Lead

    October 1, 2023 - present

  • Senior Product Manager

    June, 2022

  • Product Manager

    September, 2021