Laura Martin
Comms and Programme Manager
Laura is the Comms & Programme Manager for the award-winning Digital Schoolhouse programme at Ukie (trade body for UK interactive entertainment). Laura has worked in the video games industry for nearly four years, most recently received an honourable mention in MCV/DEVELOP’s 30under30, named Rising Business Star by MCV Women in Games Awards and featured in GamesIndustry.biz 100: Future Talent list. Laura’s helped engage thousands of students with computing education and video games careers, and this year launched the global Mobo Game Jam with Kucheza Gaming which received over 1000 public votes in its first ever final.
Social Media
Twitter: @UkieLaura
Digital Schoolhouse
Twitter: @DigSchoolhouse
Facebook: @DigiSchoolhouse
Events featuring Laura Martin
Culture & Ethnicity - Launching an international game jam in a pandemic
Laura Martin (Digital Schoolhouse) and Bukola Akingbade (Kucheza Gaming) talk about the lessons they learnt launching the inaugural Mobo Game Jam, an international game-making challenge designed to facilitate a rich cultural exchange between students in the UK and Nigeria. Learn about how they managed to receive over 1000 public votes it’s first ever final, plus the challenges they encountered along the way.
Animex Talk