Benjamin Dumaz

Work History

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  Content director

  Ubisoft Montpellier

  January 2016 - Present
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  Lead Level Designer - AC: Syndicate - Jack the Ripper

  Ubisoft

  October 2014 - December 2015

  Developped our narrative and content vision with Gabrielle Shrager and Florent Sacre, then helped make it real by overseeing a team of 8 level designers.
  
  "There is a thin line between an Assassin and a murderer."
  
  - Themes, story
  - Narrative structure
  - Mission & secondary content vision
  - LD Team manager

  

  

  

  
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  Senior Game Designer - AC : Unity

  Ubisoft

  March 2014 - October 2014
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  Senior Game designer: undisclosed AAA

  Ubisoft

  January 2013 - February 2014

  Game systems, AI, business model & monetization.
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  Game designer: Rayman Legends

  Ubisoft

  August 2012 - January 2013
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  Game content manager: Rayman Origins, Legends, The Crew...

  Ubisoft

  August 2011 - August 2012

  Editorial position in which I will participate in easing and perfecting design & production processes in production teams around Ubisoft's international studios.
  
  Currently working on projects:
  
  - Rayman Legends
  - The Crew
  - Other undisclosed Ubisoft and third party projects, including high profile AAA games, free-to-play and social games.
  
  Previously released projects:
  
  - Rayman Origins (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, 3DS, Vita)
  - Rayman 3 HD (XBLA/PSN)
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  Game designer: ZombiU (Killer Freaks) on WiiU (FPS)

  Ubisoft

  March 2011 - August 2011

  Weapons, ennemies, AI, other design, game design methodology.
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  Game designer: From Dust (Terraforming/God game)

  Ubisoft

  November 2008 - March 2011

  First designer to join Eric Chahi in an expanding team.
  
  Had a great deal of responsibility, on this heavily tech-driven and innovative game.
  
  I started with conception of the simulation itself, before answering the difficult question of what to do with it. Now working on game ingredients, global structure and systems.
  
  - Game structure
  - Game systems
  - Working on technical design matters in the simulation (conception, tweaks), such as: Volcanoes, Mud, Erosion, Rivers, Vegetation, ...
  - Game ingredients and gameplay elements
  - Using my experience conceiving tools to help improve the in-house and in-game editors.
  - Level design & building

• Game designer: Totems (3rd p. Action/Platform)

  10Tacle Studios Belgium

  January 2006 - December 2008

  Worked on Urban Race, a multiplayer "free running" game, on Xbox360 & PC.
  
  - General game design (objects, movement, game modes, rational level design....)
  - Community design & study
  - Multiplayer Level Design
  
  Previously working on Totems, an AAA action platformer for Xbox 360.
  
  - General design from the start of the project (game structure, story, characters), active participant in every side of the game's design (movement, powers, camera, levels)
  - Main combat designer (player, enemy behaviour)
  - Animation production management, definition, and communication with the animation team
  - Daily communication and work in a team of (untamed) programmers
  - Production pipeline and tools definition
  - Working in a Scrum environment
  - Worked on various additional game prototypes, concepts and designs.

• Assistant writer

  Gamekült

  June 2005 - September 2005

  Summer placement: biographies, game information, data mining ...
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  Pay managment assistant

  Renault

  2001 - 2004

  Student jobs at Renault, 3 years in a row, in a company from which I learned the basis of many interesting things like quality management, planning and logistics.

• Java/SQL Programmer

  Unilog

  May 2003 - August 2003

  Trainee on a 10 months project for the French army.