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Katie Scott is the Head of Vanilla Minecraft at Minecraft:Mojang Studios.

Biography

Template:Cleanup She is passionate about diversity and inclusion in video games, both in the industry and in the product, and pours her energy into this initiative.<ref>Web Archive</ref>

Katie Scott previously worked as Vice President Of Editorial at Ubisoft. In the Ubisoft Developer Conference said "And my role really is to collaborate and define the creative identity of Ubisoft, and then help dev teams to really rise to the ambition of that creative identity while also achieving their own individual goals as developers".<ref>"Katie is so inspiring! Love this video" on LinkIn</ref>

She joined Mojang as the Head of Vanilla Minecraft in 2026. Some of her responsibilities include:<ref name="job_listing">Template:Citation</ref>

Leadership of the Vanilla design team
Closely collaborates with the leader of the Minecraft Gamplay Experience (MGE) team, Ryan B. Cooper. The MGE team focuses on both the Vanilla game and Creator content.
Must report as a spokeperson for MGE, Mojang, and Xbox.

Chronology:

The job listing was taken down on Sep 4, 2025.<ref name="job_listing"/>
Katie Scott quit Ubisoft a few weeks before Nov 6, 2025.<ref>"A few weeks ago, I made the tough choice to resign from Ubisoft..." on LinkedIn</ref>
Katie Scott was hired on Dec 17, 2025. <ref>"I’m so excited to announce that I will be joining Mojang as Head of Minecraft Vanilla in Feb 2026." on LinkedIn</ref>
Katie Scott began working some time in February, 2026.

Trivia

According to her statement in Minecraft Live September 2026, Scott was told about Minecraft:the Sift coming to the game on their first day by Minecraft:Agnes.
Katie Scott is not listed in the credits<ref name="credits">https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/credits</ref>

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 Katie Scott is the Head of Vanilla Minecraft at [[Minecraft:Mojang Studios]].
 == Biography ==
-Scott previously worked as Vice President Of Editorial at Ubisoft. She joined Mojang as the Head of Vanilla Minecraft in 2026.<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/1psp5gh/katie_scott_as_new_head_of_vanilla_minecraft/ Katie Scott as new “Head of Vanilla Minecraft” on Reddit]</ref>
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+She is passionate about diversity and inclusion in video games, both in the industry and in the product, and pours her energy into this initiative.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20260806021307/https://www.ea.com/news/fifa-19-gameplay-design Web Archive]</ref><!--There was also an article saying the same thing at https://sparkcg.org/festivals/information.php?SPARKFX2019-X, however it seems to have been taken down. Fortunately, past Simanelix has you covered and stored the info. The article had a little card that was similar to his list:
+* Katie Scott
+* Sr Game Designer // Electronic Arts
+* Katie is a Senior Designer on FIFA, and has been with EA for nearly a decade shipping titles in major franchises such as Need for Speed and Battlefield. She joined FIFA in 2015 as the lead technical designer of the cinematic story mode “The Journey” for FIFA 17. She is passionate about diversity and inclusion in video games, both in the industry and in the product, and pours her energy into this initiative. She was recently honoured as a recipient of the Electronics Arts Purpose & Beliefs Awards for her work on diversity and inclusion within the FIFA franchise. Outside of work, Katie is an avid digital artist, pug lover, and craft beer drinker.
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+Katie Scott previously worked as Vice President Of Editorial at Ubisoft. In the Ubisoft Developer Conference said "And my role really is to collaborate and define the creative identity of Ubisoft, and then help dev teams to really rise to the ambition of that creative identity while also achieving their own individual goals as developers".<ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/posts/stephanieleblanc27_katie-is-so-inspiring-love-this-video-ugcPost-7318640611090194433-kZVl/ "Katie is so inspiring! Love this video" on LinkIn]</ref>
+She joined Mojang as the Head of Vanilla Minecraft in 2026. Some of her responsibilities include:<ref name="job_listing">{{Citation|url=https://builtin.com/job/head-minecraft-gameplay/4818842|title=Head of Vanilla Minecraft - Mojang Studios | Built In|archive=1}}</ref>
+* Leadership of the Vanilla design team
+* Closely collaborates with the leader of the Minecraft Gamplay Experience (MGE) team, Ryan B. Cooper. The MGE team focuses on both the Vanilla game and [[Minecraft:Marketplace|Creator]] content.
+* Must report as a spokeperson for MGE, Mojang, and Xbox.
+Chronology:
+* The job listing was taken down on Sep 4, 2025.<ref name="job_listing"/>
+* Katie Scott quit Ubisoft a few weeks before Nov 6, 2025.<ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7392270328443551744-bRF9/ "A few weeks ago, I made the tough choice to resign from Ubisoft..." on LinkedIn]</ref>
+* Katie Scott was hired on Dec 17, 2025. <ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7407203484757843968-dKha/ "I’m so excited to announce that I will be joining Mojang as Head of Minecraft Vanilla in Feb 2026." on LinkedIn]</ref>
+* Katie Scott began working some time in February, 2026.
 == Trivia ==
-*Scott was told about [[Minecraft:the Sift]] coming to the game on their first day by [[Minecraft:Agnes]].
+*According to her statement in Minecraft Live September 2026, Scott was told about [[Minecraft:the Sift]] coming to the game on their first day by [[Minecraft:Agnes]].
+*Katie Scott is not listed in the credits<ref name="credits">https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/credits</ref>
 == References ==