Minecraft:Katie Scott

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

Biography

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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>"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>