Background by Noga Kurumi

> TERESA
    RODRÍGUEZ MUÑOZ

Junior Games Developer & Programmer in Unity and Unreal Engine, looking for remote or onsite jobs in the gaming industry.

With a passion for storytelling and unique game mechanics, I truly enjoy immersive narratives. From environmental storytelling - like in the Dark Souls series - to branching decision-based games, playing video games has always been comforting & inspiring!

Take the chance to get involved in the creative process of making video games for worldwide audiences?
I'm all in... so are you a Homo Ludens?

About me:

  • Pixel artist in my free time! 🎨

  • Look me up on the Google Play Store - just search for itsTeresa 👾

  • I love hiking, scuba diving and enjoying different foods from around the world! 🥘

  • Watch a lot of TV, film & anime (I try not to do it all the time!), and playing videogames (of course) 🎮

  • Fluent in Spanish & English, with basic competency in French 🌐

Browse each difficulty level to learn more about my work experience and education. Peak character development!

> Education

Integrated Masters (MChem) in Chemistry with a Year in Industry
Cardiff University, UK  | 09/2017 - 07/2021


> Relevant Work Experience

  • Laboratory Technician and Formulation Chemist in I&D
    Meiyume UK Ltd  | 08/2019 - 08/2020

  • Personal Tutor in STEM subjects & Programming
    MyTutor.co.uk and Freelance  | 09/2015 - 11/2019


> Projects

  • Thesis > Building an Engaging Amazon Alexa Application for Voice-Controlled Quantum Chemistry
    The Alexa Skills Kit (ASK) was employed to build a custom voice application to operate the quantum chemistry software package Molpro.

  • Industrial Project > COSMOS Cleansing Product Range: Expanding Meiyume’s Portfolio and venturing into the naturally-derived cosmetics industry
    Developed a natural and organic brand extension consisting of five novel and innovative skincare products.

    🧰 TOOLS: Microsoft Office Suite · Outlook · ChemDraw · Molpro · Alexa Skills Kit (ASK) · Amazon Web Services (AWS) · Flask · pysjef · Matplotlib · Mintel consumer trends and market research 🧰

> Education

Postgraduate Certificate (PGCert) in Speech and Language Technologies Leadership
UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training in Speech and Language Technologies (SLT), The University of Sheffield, UK  | 09/2021 - 03/2023


> Relevant Work Experience

  • Postgraduate Researcher & Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA)
    Engineering & Computer Science Department, The University of Sheffield  | 09/2021 - 03/2023

  • Event Planner & Online Manager for SRUK/CERU
    Southwest delegation of the Spanish Researchers in the United Kingdom (SRUK)  | 09/2020 - 05/2021


> Projects

  • Thesis > Towards the Next Generation of Conversational Dialogue Modelling for Embodied Systems
    Focused on the incremental processing of dialogue to achieve continuous, real-time Human-Robot Interactions (HRI) with multimodal embodied systems like situated social robots.

  • Several academic publications on Google Scholar.

  • Melodica: An Affordable Music Companion
    Winners of the Best Design in the Physical Robot category. Student Design Competition at the HRI 2023 Conference. Short paper available here.

  • Improved Search & Discoverability for Legasee’s Oral History Military Archive
    Applied Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) for the transcription of oral history interviews, reducing the effort required to access and maintain historical collections.

    🧰 TOOLS: Google Workspace · Slack · Python · Kotlin · Linux Ubuntu · Bash · Git · GitHub · Confluence · ClickUp · Trello · Stack Overflow · Machine Learning (PyTorch, scikit-learn, Anaconda, Jupyter Notebooks, pandas, numPy) · .NET · PyCharm, IntelliJ IDEA & Visual Studio Code · Furhat Virtual Studio · Hootsuite social media management tool · LinkTree 🧰

> EDUCATION... Work in Progress

Master's Degree in Games Design and Programming with Unity and Unreal Engine
Tokio School, Spain  | 09/2023 - 07/2025

  • Check out my games portfolio on itch.io

  • You can find me on the Google Play Store under the name itsTeresa!
    Put your skills to the test in Raiders in Night City, my roguelite twist on Space Invaders. Do you have what it takes to defend Earth from the endless alien hordes?

  • Work experience as a Discord Moderator and Server Designer | 2022 - 2024
    Friendly moderator for multiple servers, managing the community’s social media activities and providing technical assistance to managers by setting-up server features.

    🧰 TOOLS: Unity · Unreal Engine · Photon Engine · DOTween · Vuforia Engine · Mixamo · C# · C++ · Visual Studio 2022 · Itch.io · Google Play Console · Firebase · Google Analytics · Google AdMob · LootLocker Web Console · Discord · Pixel Studio · ArtStation · Adobe Express 🧰