Again within the depths of February, we started our seek for a bit editor to tackle our rising evaluations part and produce their skilled enhancing abilities to each a part of the positioning. As we speak, in the end, I am completely satisfied to say we have discovered that particular person, and we have additionally given them the right job title they deserve. Please say howdy to Rachel Watts, our brand-new evaluations editor.
I do know, I do know. Initially, we mentioned the entire motive why we have been hiring for a bit editor and never a evaluations editor was as a result of we needed that particular person to sit down throughout all facets of the positioning, not simply evaluations. Technically that is nonetheless true. In addition to heading up our evaluations part, Rachel can even be casting her extremely skilled eyes over all kinds of reports and have posts that we write. In the end, although, all of us felt that evaluations editor was an infinitely higher description of the job at hand, so we determined to therapeutic massage a few of these letters into their truest, Bestest Finest self.
With Rachel’s arrival, it additionally implies that Staff RPS is lastly at full hivemind power once more and that our nice hiring enlargement is now full. Hooray!
A few of chances are you’ll be aware of Rachel’s work already, as she beforehand on workers at cheery RPS fanzine PC Gamer. Whereas there, she lined a wide selection of video games and matters, getting caught in with the whole lot Minecraft-related, whereas additionally tinkering with mods, interviewing devs and Twitch streamers, and writing about indie video games made out of precise paper sculptures to call only a few. Extra just lately, Rachel was a workers author on the PlayStation-themed Play Journal, which Future Publishing introduced again from the useless after their Official PlayStation Journal was bundled off to the large paper shredder within the sky in the course of final yr.
Wherever her phrases have appeared, although, Rachel has been an unimaginable champion of all issues indie, and it is one thing I’ve all the time admired about her work from afar. I do know she’s going to do a unbelievable job getting our evaluations part into form, and I can not wait to see what cool and attention-grabbing delights she’s going to uncover for you all within the course of.
In the interim, please come and provides Rachel a heat welcome within the feedback beneath.