LIQUID VIOLET - Key Persons


Alessandra Niccoli

Job Titles:
  • Production Assistant
- Passionate about casting, dubbing and localisation, Alessandra enjoys both the creative and technical aspects of production. Ale is a native Italian speaker, fluent in Spanish and English. She enjoys playing saxophone and dancing the lindy hop (but not usually at the same time.)

Alyx Jones

Job Titles:
  • Post Production Coordinator
- A game audio lover at heart, Alyx works across Pre-Production and Post-Production at Liquid Violet to support the team. Her dog Loki can also be spotted checking the "subwoofer" levels in the office. Alyx is also a Composer for indie games and an ambassador for Women in Games.

Charlie Thomas

Job Titles:
  • Sound Engineer
- With 5+ years experience in games, advertising, documentaries, radio and podcasts, Charlie excels at making people comfortable in the studio and solving technical problems without losing his calm vibe. He's into rock climbing, guitar, and World of Warcraft- ‘For The Alliance!'

Hannah McCarthy

Job Titles:
  • Casting Producer
- With years of talent agency experience and a real gift for casting, Hannah knows nearly everyone in the business and when not casting actors, Hannah can be found singing and dancing on the AmDram stage. She's always up for seeing graduate shows and actors on London's stages.

Jareth Turner

Job Titles:
  • Transfer Engineer
- With an in-depth knowledge of sound and studio maintenance, Jareth is a natural and dependable problem solver. He's even won ‘Best Sound Design' at The Independent Horror Movie Awards' despite being afraid of horror films (preferring hipster indie movies with subtitles instead).

Jon Youseman

Job Titles:
  • Recording Engineer
  • Technical Producer
- Previously our Sr Recording Engineer, Jon has moved into a Technical Producer role sharing his expertise with the rest of the team to ensure all projects run smoothly. When he's not at work, Jon is a talented portrait painter whose work can be found on the walls of our facility.

Julie Wasdell

Job Titles:
  • Global Manager, Broadcast & OTT for Keywords Studios and Liquid Violet Producer
- Julie hails from France and has 20 years' experience building lasting relationships with internal and external partners. She is proud of our lead in reinventing the art of UK dubbing. Outside of work, Julie enjoys live gigs and dreams of meeting Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl one day.

Katie Young

Job Titles:
  • Head of Studio
- Katie took the helm in 2021 bringing 18 years of industry experience (12 at Disney) in content creation, acquisitions, animation, audio, localisation, voice casting, and rights management. A published novelist with a dark side, Katie also enjoys London's live arts & music scene.

Kristen O'Sullivan

Job Titles:
  • Studio Operations Manager
- The team ‘glue' and bridge with Keywords Studios, Kristen brings years of experience managing post-production and interactive teams. Be it HR or PR, our in-house photographer enjoys celebrating team achievements and developing talent. She cycles to the studio rain or shine.

Leyton Rooney

Job Titles:
  • Production Engineer, Interactive
- Leyton's moto could be "Been there, done that, can do" with his extensive background in film, tv, and studio-supervision, Leyton wears many hats. When not wrangling files, he runs ultra marathons, teaches his sons bushcraft skills, enjoys fitness and volunteering in Brighton.

Max Muller

Job Titles:
  • Lead Sound Engineer
- Our Lead Engineer has more energy and enthusiasm than Sonic the Hedgehog. Max's professionalism and personable nature make long sessions in the studio a breeze. A convert to veganism, Max gets his iron from Guinness and lentils. Did you know Oreos are vegan?

Michael Dunn - CTO

Job Titles:
  • Technical Director
- AKA Magic Mike. Our resident all-round creative trouble shooter and brains behind our industry leading asset management solution for localisation projects. Mike's a genuine family man who enjoys board games as much (if not more than) video games with the kids.

Sergio Massabò

Job Titles:
  • Interactive Account Manager / Games Producer
- Voice Production Veteran, multi-lingual, detail-oriented leader working between European cities servicing games clients from Europe, USA, and Japan. Sergio enjoys 'Nohejbal' football-tennis, Italian cooking and literature- Our renaissance man with a taste for wine and debate.