James Ellis Marsden

Current

• Creative Director at Port Creative
• MD at FuturLab

Past

• MD at FuturLab Meta
• Lead Developer at e3internet Ltd

Education

• University of Plymouth
• University of Plymouth

Recommended

7 people have recommended James

Connections

98 connections

Industry

Computer Games

Websites

• My Company
• My Blog

James Ellis Marsden’s Summary

After 6 years building FuturLab's reputation for creative and technical excellence, I've forged relationships with some of the world's most respected pioneers of entertainment, enabling me to focus on pushing our own world-class ideas through to gaming platforms.

James Ellis Marsden’s Specialties:

Expert in conceiving, shaping and realising creative ideas with depth, integrity and cultural significance.

Expert in developing online games, applications and interfaces with Adobe Flash, ActionScript 1, 2, 3 and related technologies.

Proficient in server side and client side technologies alike.

James Ellis Marsden’s Experience

• Creative Director

  Port Creative

  (Computer Games industry)

  2009 — Present (less than a year)

• MD

  FuturLab

  (Privately Held; Computer Games industry)

  November 2003 — Present (6 years 1 month)

  FuturLab has facilitated an interesting journey from local business websites in 2003, to a range of high-end Flash games and an international marketing campaign for a major entertainment client in 2008; all driven by a burning passion to realise ideas.
  
  After forging relationships with some of the world's most respected pioneers of entertainment, I am pushing our own world-class ideas through to gaming platforms.

• MD

  FuturLab Meta

  (Privately Held; Computer Games industry)

  January 2008 — January 2009 (1 year 1 month)

  Founded a startup Alternate Reality Games company with Dave Szulborski and Relentless Software.

• Lead Developer

  e3internet Ltd

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)

  November 2002 — November 2003 (1 year 1 month)

  R&D for CRM platforms. Brand development and design. Bespoke CRM Development using Macromedia(Adobe) Flash.

James Ellis Marsden’s Education

• University of Plymouth

  Digital Futures MSc , Emerging technologies , 2001 — 2002

  Studied under Geoff Cox, a pioneering curator of Generative Art at the time. Geoff inadvertently inspired me to quit the MSc and start working in web development.
  
  Thanks Geoff, I owe it all to you :p

• University of Plymouth

  1st Class BA Hons Fine Art and Digital Media , New media, Design & Technology, Art History , 1998 — 2001

Additional Information

James Ellis Marsden’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Blog

James Ellis Marsden’s Interests:

New Media, Digital Marketing, Music, Online Culture, Arts, Philosophy

James Ellis Marsden’s Groups:

BrightonNewMedia, FlashCodersBrighton

•    Brighton New Media
•    OSFlash
•    Unity
•    Flash Game Developers

James Ellis Marsden’s Contact Settings

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