Hello! It's great to meet you all. I'm JD, and I'm the newest member of the Community team here at Dovetail. I've come in as the Director of Community Management - so, essentially, I'm here to lead the community and social team and help them do what they do best - representing and communicating to you folk! I've come from Jagex, who specialised in the RuneScape franchise, where I spent 7 years in the community team, doing everything from live streams to social media. Whilst I've only been here two weeks (and starting a new job remotely is very weird, so please bear with me), I've been blown away by the passion I've seen - both from all of you who play our games, and the teams within the company. It's been a really positive first impression, and I hope I'll be able to build on the hard work Sam, Jamie, and Natalie have done in the past 6 months. Whilst I'm new to the world of rail - barring a childhood love for Thomas the Tank Engine - I'm looking forward to learning all about it with you all. I'm hoping you can teach me a thing or two! Natalie's also very pleased I'm taking on her 'noob' status (I'll try not to overshoot on any stations live on-stream though). I've been spending time trying to learn East Coastway at the moment, but am open to any suggestions for routes for newbies! Outside of work, I'm a keen runner, football fan, quiz-writer, reader, and cook, and enjoy (mostly through necessity with lockdown) going on walks to explore new places. I also have 2 cats, Phoebe and Leo. I'll be dipping in and out of the forums, Discord servers, Facebook groups, and popping up on live streams in the coming weeks, so I look forward to speaking to you all then! If you'd like to vote for the next route for me to try, please head here.
