Mark Gemmell

Leading leaders and teams to become effective and delivery sustainably.

Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

About

Enjoying managing leaders and creatives since 2003; actively pursuing professional coaching since 2020 - helping people excel is my full time passion.

Experience

  • PikPok (Full-time · 8 yrs)
    • Production Manager
      Jan 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 6 mos

      Training leaders, team-members, and specialists in leadership and delivery. Determining structure and process across multiple teams Coaching staff across all disciplines to help them success professionally, grow personally, and walk out those changes as new, sustainable, outwardly visible behaviors /patterns. Mentoring senior leaders and helping them navigate team building, product vision, and organizational structures.

    • Live Ops Manager & Developer
      Jul 2018 - Oct 2021 · 3 yrs 4 mos

      Hands-on with Unity development, debugging, SDK integration and releases. Working across a portfolio of titles, wherever I can have the most impact. Working with stakeholders, and with a lot of autonomy

  • Product Delivery Lead at Trade Me
    Nov 2017 - Jun 2018 · 8 mos

    Partnered with Head of Product and Marketplace leads to deliver strategic roadmap Facilitated conflict resolution at senior leadership level Oversaw multiple squads and initiated cross-department projects, breaking down silos

  • PikPok (7 yrs 6 mos)
    • Analytics Manager
      Nov 2014 - Nov 2017 · 3 yrs 1 mo

      Leading the Analytics Department at PikPok - tracking revenue from over 20 monetization partners and gathering and analyzing user behavior from 100+ million downloads. Creating deep understanding how users differ from one another and demonstrating the value of an analytical approach to measuring the effectiveness of game design at PikPok.

    • Senior Producer
      Jun 2012 - Jan 2016 · 3 yrs 8 mos

    • Producer
      Jun 2010 - Jun 2012 · 2 yrs 1 mo

      Covering multiple projects/teams with Sidhe's mobile brand - Pikpok.

  • Assistant Producer / Producer at Rebellion
    Jul 2008 - Jun 2010 · 2 yrs

    Lead scheduling of 80-strong team on AvP 3 (Next Gen) Liaised with SEGA (publisher) - managing expectations and relating good and bad news in a straight-forward way. Worked with artists to keep the team communicating and with clear directions and goal, while the design team worked out what they were doing Assisted Lead Producer on branded Wii titles.

  • QA Team Lead at SEGA Racing Studio
    Feb 2007 - Apr 2008 · 1 yr 3 mos

    Directly responsible for 7 Quality Assurance staff on SEGA Rally Revo Headed up all QA design and process on SEGA Rally 3 (Arcade)