1. Salford City College
Eccles Sixth Form Centre
BTec Level 3
Extended Diploma in Creative Media Production
Games Design
HA1 – Unit 13 – Understanding the Computer Games Industry
Professional Development Plan
Name: Macauley Kavanagh
Job Role:
Month Target
May 2013
June 2013 BTec Extended Diploma in Creative Media Production – Games Design 90 Credit Diploma
complete.
July 2013
August 2013
September 2013
October 2013 UCAS Application completed aiming for BSc (Hons) Audio Engineering & Production.
November 2013
December 2013 Began creating a portfolio/blog of evidence to be used for university application.
January 2014 Final major project stated
February 2014
March 2014
April 2014
May 2014 Final major project completed, polishing previous assignments.
June 2014 BTec Extended Diploma in Creative Media Production – Games Design 180 Credit
Diploma complete.
July 2014 BTec SRF grades sent to UCAS. University offer accepted (possible clearing)
August 2014
September 2014 BSc (Hons) Audio Engineering & Production started
October 2014
November 2014 History of sound recording completed
December 2014
January 2015 Certified Pro Tools training completed
February 2015
March 2015 Video editing for audio engineers completed
April 2015 Game audio completed
May 2015
June 2015 Attend Games con in Germany and visit Game development talks.
July 2015
August 2015
September 2015 Mixing & delivering music completed
October 2015 Mixing for film completed
November 2015
December 2015 Researching into possible jobs
January 2016

2. February 2016 Mixing for film completed
March 2016
April 2016 Post production completed
May 2016
June 2016
July 2016 Visit Sony’s conference in Japan, learned Japanese in meanwhile.
August 2016
September 2016
October 2016 Post production completed
November 2016
December 2016 More research into possible jobs, applications are made and sent out.
January 2017
February 2017 Post production completed
March 2017 Touching up on all completed assignments
April 2017 University completed, looking through job options
May 2017
June 2017 Job chosen, accepted invitation from Valve
July 2017
August 2017
September 2017
October 2017
November 2017
December 2017