Steve Peacock

A creative and enthusiastic writer who has a passion for strong characterisation and detailed worldbuilding across the full media spectrum.

Writer, Fallout – Miami: November 2023 – Present

• Writing character dialogue, radio chatter, and lore objects in line with the creative bible.
• Working with other writers to ensure our work connects, tone is maintained, and completed to a professional standard.
• Taking ownership of areas of the game world, character arcs, and championing them.
• Utilising Trello to co-ordinate and track team progress.
• Maintaining the central project wiki and associated spreadsheets.

Creative Writing Lead (Contract), Enamour: May 2022 – August 2024

• Crafting detailed, concise, and enticing dating profiles for a broad variety of clients, using AI where appropriate.
• Adapting, redrafting, and formulating documentation for best practice across the writing department.
• Utilising the Bitrix CRM platform to track tasks and set deadlines.
• Communicating with various departments daily to ensure effective workflow.

Creative Writer, Freelance: June 2011 – Present

• Writing novels, short stories, and screenplays to a publishable standard, achieving over one million Kindle Unlimited page reads and several thousand sales.
• Working alongside editors and designers to ensure the finished work is to the highest professional standard possible.
• Marketing and PR work to increase the visibility of the finished product.
• Collaborating with contractors and employers on varied projects across the media spectrum.

Writing Feedback Specialist, Studiosity: January 2018 – April 2022

• Quickly assessing documents of various types for errors in grammar, structure, and choice of language.
• Providing concise and effective feedback to ensure clients achieve their best result.
• Effective time management in order to get through as many documents as possible in an efficient manner.

Game Writer, Demonic Delights: June 2019 – December 2021

• Character creation, plot development, and overall narrative design.
• Working from early design stages through to release.
• Mentoring and supervising junior members of the writing team, editing their work, and providing constructive feedback.

Character Development & Game Writer, Valorware: February 2015 - June 2015

• Writing coherent and authentic characters for an RPG video game.
• Working with feedback from the Game Editor and tweaking dialogue to their approval in order to meet deadlines.
• Providing creative ideas and brainstorming plotlines and character development ideas with the team working on the same project.

Deputy Editor, Resolution Magazine: June 2010 – June 2011

• Article editing/approving final edits for publication.
• Writing reviews and editorials.
• Managing the PR and other related correspondence for the company.

• MA Film Studies – Postgraduate Diploma

University of Southampton – 2010

• MA Media Writing – Pass with Merit

Southampton Solent University – 2008

• BA (hons.) Politics – 2:2

University of Hull – 2007