Sumo Digital Hires New Art Director and Marketing Manager

16th February 2021, Sheffield UK – Sumo Digital has today announced two major new hires.

Chris Black joins Sumo’s Sheffield studio as an Art Director with more than 20 years' experience in the industry. Chris has worked on more than 50 titles from PlayStation’s TOCA series to Worms Rumble and Overcooked 2.

Chris joins the team following several years at Team 17 and will be bringing a wealth of experience to an as yet unannounced project at Sumo Sheffield.

Hollie Pattison joins the Sumo Digital team as Marketing Manager.

Since joining the industry over 10 years ago, Hollie has been responsible for the strategic planning and implementation of numerous marketing campaigns. This includes more than 20 SKUs for independent video game publisher Ripstone.

“Despite the challenges of 2020, we continue to look forward by growing our team and welcoming exceptional industry talent to our studio,” said Sheffield Studio Director Jim Woods. “We are excited to have Chris join the Sumo family and look forward to seeing what his valuable experience brings to our projects in 2021 and beyond.”

“Sumo’s growth as a developer and a brand is driven by our people,” added Richard Iggo, Sumo Digital Director of Marketing. “Hollie’s leadership in marketing will help define our strategy as we promote our status as an award-winning developer and employment destination.”

Sumo Digital is currently hiring for more than 120 roles across its network of studios including roles in programming, design, QA, audio, and art direction.

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About Sumo Sheffield

Founded in 2003, Sumo Sheffield was the first of Sumo Digital’s ten studios. Firmly established as the premium development partner of leading publishers, the studio is trusted to deliver high quality games associated with some of the most iconic and valued properties in the industry, and by generating innovative new IP. With a highly skilled body of almost 300 developers the studio works across all platforms, on a selection of AAA games covering multiple genres including Sports, FPS, and platform adventure.

Sumo Digital is part of Sumo Group plc.

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