Dan Griliopoulos
Cell: 07595-260-924
If you want a no-bullshit, technically-aware and politic games hero, I’m your man. I’ve got an omnivorous brain that draws on all the fields of human knowledge to provide a synthetic theory of just about anything, useful in the context of most employees’ thin diet of management theory, militaristic pulp or comic books. If you need something easy doing, grey-suited number crunchers will be shoulder-to-shoulder on your doorstep; but, if you’ve got something difficult, why not say hello?
Education
Oxford University – Magdalen College. MA (Hons): Politics, Philosophy & Economics
A-levels (September 1996 – July 1998); Taken in Maths with Statistics, Biology, History, and General Studies at Cheadle Hulme School, Manchester. All A grade.
GCSE courses (September 1994 – July 1996); Maths (A), English Language (A), English Literature (A), French (A), History (A), Science Double Award (2 A*), Latin (A), Art (B). All taken at Cheadle Hulme School, Manchester.
1996 National Mathematics Board Silver Award. 1995 National Mathematics Board Bronze Award.
Skills
Tedious Yet Impressive List of Skills
Office and records management, database administration, event organization, customer support, team management, campaign planning, presentations, new business acquisition, sub-editing skills, flexible copy-writing, magazine-craft and general publishing skills, content-management systems, political experience, team management, event management, and negotiation skills. You can yawn now.
Nerdy skills
Microsoft productivity software (Word, Excel, etc), Adobe Creative Suite, Windows, Basic coding, PC Maintenance / Rebuilds, various CMS packages.
Actual Experience
Bastion PR. Account Manager – London, UK (2007 to present)
- Achieved mainstream and specialist coverage for a range of products.
- Developed enviable games industry contacts book.
- Worked with LucasArts, Warner Brothers, Paramount, 2K Boston, The Toy Fair, and many others.
Freelance Writer. (2001 to present)
- Have written articles, features and reviews for the majority of the major UK games and technology media.
- Consulting Editor for Strategy Games on the first Guinness World Records Gamer’s Edition.
- Most recently written features for PC Gamer, MacFormat and PC Plus
OXM, Future. Reviews Editor – London, UK (2005-2007)
- Took the magazine from launch to being the biggest games magazine in the UK at 65,000 sales.
- Sourced games and writers, commissioned & wrote news, features, reviews, etc.
- Recorded video & audio interviews, represented company at trade shows.
- Managed internet forum, Deadlines, Other janitorial work.
PCFormat, Future. Reviews Editor 2003 to 2005
- Rapidly promoted from production assistant to staff writer and then to Games Editor.
- Learnt commissioning, team management and many technical aspects of reviewing on the job.
- Edited “Gamermaker”, a 36-page monthly supplement dedicated to creating and modifying games.
- Represented the magazine at trade shows, events and to the industry.
Production Assistant on PC Plus Magazine (24 June 2002 to January 2003)
- Two months as de facto production editor.
- Improved sub-editing & time-management skills, organised flow of work more effectively.
Researcher in Dr Evan Harris MP’s office (January 2002 to June 2002)
Worked for six months in the constituency office of Dr Evan Harris MP, Oxford, over the course of a local election campaign.
Hobbies
Games and Board Games, Country walks, Football and Scuba Diving, Reading (History, Biography, Fact, Science Fiction, Classics), Painting, Drawing and Photography.
References
Available on request
