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AHMAD JADALLAH

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    • HOME
    • ABOUT
    • RESULT ORIENTED
    • MEDIA
    • SKILLS
    • PROJECTS
    • AWARDS
    • MEDIA
    • RESUME
    • CONTACT
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    AHMAD JADALLAH

    • HOME
    • ABOUT
    • RESULT ORIENTED
    • MEDIA
    • SKILLS
    • PROJECTS
    • AWARDS
    • MEDIA
    • RESUME
    • CONTACT
    • …  
      • HOME
      • ABOUT
      • RESULT ORIENTED
      • MEDIA
      • SKILLS
      • PROJECTS
      • AWARDS
      • MEDIA
      • RESUME
      • CONTACT
      CONTACT
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      • ahmad jadallah

        CREATIVE DIRECTOR | TECHNICAL DESIGNER | PRODUCER
        INTRODUCTORY VIDEO
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        Award Winning Game Director, Creative generalist, Developer, Public Speaker, Adviser, and Consultant

        An MBA graduate from the American University in Dubai, Ahmad is the Director of Development at Semaphore Studios in Riyadh since its founding back in 2010, overseeing the production of games, multimedia and virtual reality projects for Mobile, Desktop and Next-Gen Consoles (PS4/PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X).

         

        Ahmad is a regular speaker and advocate of local game development at universities and exhibitions such as ArabNet, Saudi Comic-Con, Mobily Developer Conference and Gitex Dubai. He served as an advisory board member for the Dubai Game Expo and a judge in Hackathon Arabia 2017 competition.

         

        Ahmad's early portfolio included the production of an award winning web browser titled "Yahadi Browser" which captured the attention of numerous media channels including TV, Radio and Newspapers locally and internationally such as (BBC World, CNBC Arabia and Dubai TV).

         

         

      • result oriented

        FROM CONCEPT TO MARKET, ON SCHEDULE AND BUDGET

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        10 SHIPPED TITLES

        During the past ten years I shipped ten titles to the market in addition to several prototypes, in-production projects, client based and device based projects and 3D Animations.

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        30 SKUS

        The titles I shipped were published on Steam, Mac App Store, iOS, Google Play, Ouya, Game Stick, nVidia Shield, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5.

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        INDUSTRY RECOGNITION

        - 2 Titles featured as part of PlayStation Plus.

        - Featured by Apple, nVidia, QualComm, Huawei, PlayStation, Stage Interview by PC Gamer at E3 2016

      • MEDIA INTERVIEWS

        BBC, CNBC, Reuters, E3, Dubai TV, Dubai Business Channel, Abu Dhabi TV, and many more.

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      • SKILLS

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        Market Research

         

         

        • Market Analysis
        • Segmentation
        • Targeting
        • Positioning
        • Business Consulting
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        Team Building

         

         

        • Head Hunting
        • Hiring
        • Training
        • Workshops
        • Public Speaking

         

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        Ideation and Brainstorming

         

        • Reference Gathering
        • Mockup
        • Storyboarding
        • Animatics
        • Prototyping
        • Vertical Slice Development

         

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        Project

        Management

         

        • Planning
        • Budgeting
        • Assets Acquisition
        • Licensing

         

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        Outsourcing

         

         

        • Identifying Partners
        • Determining Asset Specs
        • Outsourcing Management
        • Asset Integration
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        Game/Level Design

         

        • Documentation
        • Greyboxing
        • Lighting Setup
        • Gameplay Setup
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        Technology Stack

         

        • Game Engines
        • Middleware
        • Platforms
        • Backend
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        Console Development

        • Devkit Acquisition
        • Devkits Deployment
        • Devkits Setup
        • Certification Testing

         

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        Optimization

         

        • Code Review
        • Assets Review
        • Shaders Review
        • Profiling
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        Publishing

         

        • Marketing
        • Promotion
        • Press Relations
        • Community Building
      • PROJECTS

        Semaphore One-Minute Demoreel

        Unearthed:trail of ibn battuta

        Badiya: Desert Survival

        Badiya: Battle Royale

        Unity Game Development Course

        Misk Schools Quest

        Out of Coverage

        Gravity Error

        vMakkah

        vMuseum

        Falcon Virtual Reality

        Kindergarten Augmented Reality

        vEXPO

        VSCHOOL

        VCONFERENCE

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      • AWARDS

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        Winner of the 2002 Young E-Achievement Award in Middle East presented by H.R.H Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum  Winner of the 2003 King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) Award.  First place award winner in the Kingdom wide National Competition for Computer Skills competition.  First place award winner in the Kingdom wide Central Competition for Computer Programming in 2002 presented by Prince Ahmad bin Abdulaziz.  First place award winner in the Fifth Exhibition for Student Innovations – Programming division in 2001.  Second place award winner in the United Arab Emirates qualification round for the World Wide Microsoft Imagine Cup 2007.  Second place award winner in the Zayed University E-Biz Challenge for business plans in 2005.  First place award winner in the Ajman University business challenge.  Finalist in the pan Arab “Arabian Business Challenge” in 2006.

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      • MEDIA

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      • RESUME

        You can download my resume here

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