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Xena Derks

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I'm an experienced composer with a passion for new technologies and workflows.

About

I’m an experienced composer with a passion for new technologies and workflows. I work well in teams and slot easily into a broad range of roles, from leading a team to providing AV support, programming, and creating music.

I enjoy composing and performing music, and I have a deep interest in what makes art ‘art’. With a broad skillset, I like applying myself to new, challenging environments. When I take on a task, I don’t just complete it but actively learn more about such tasks, continually developing.

  • 5 years' experience
  • Joined January 2026

Industry experience

  • Gaming
  • Media & Entertainment
  • Software & Internet
  • Education

Work experience· 7 roles

Remote Customer Support · Change -CXSep 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 3 mos

Working at Change in Remote Customer Support, I’ve grown my communicative skills and applied my creativity to optimize performance. This has, in part, entailed building additional systems to improve fetching user data, in collaboration with the IT department and clients.

Remote Customer Support · ChangeSep 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 3 mos

Remote support role focused on improving communication, data retrieval systems, and collaboration with IT and clients to optimize performance.

Music Composer / Sound Designer · Absurdity InteractiveSep 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 3 mos

AbsIn started as a passion project between me and two online friends. Since then, it’s become a small company developing its first indie game. Our first game, Surreality Check, has had me working on synthy-spacey-vibey music alongside more humoristic piano and string pieces, granting lots of opportunities to blend them together into a cohesive sonic world. Surreality Check still in development, and is set to come out before the end of 2025!

Founder / Music Developer · Absurdity InteractiveSep 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 3 mos
Intern · Mythiary StudiosAug 2022 – Jan 2023 · 6 mos
Musician / Composer · GMTK Game Jam 2021Jan 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 11 mos
Contributor · GMTK Game Jam 2021Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 · 1 mo

Education

Bachelor of Music & Technology · HKU2018 – 2024
Bachelor of Music & Technology · HKU University of the Arts Utrecht2018 – 2024

Certifications and awards

Excellence profile in Entrepreneurship2018 – 2026
HKU Award Nomination2018 – 2026
Entrepreneurship Award Nomination - HKU2018 – 2026

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