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• Continue responsibilities under Senior QA Analyst
• Collaborate with QA Leadership in leveling up QA Processes & change efforts.
• Contribute with determining and seeing through OKRs specific to the QA Discipline across the studio
• Oversaw the quality strategy and execution of Cross-Platform testing. Test areas include compliance, Button mapping, UI/UX changes, Performance, Visual Discrepancies

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

• QA Lead for content and features surrounding the Lore/Story of the Video Game, Palia.
• Oversee test strategy and execution of narrative design & new tech/systems surrounding Lore
• Specific test areas include: Quests, Dialogue, New Characters, NPC Friendship & Romance, NPC Animations, In-game Cinematics, UI/UX & tech/systems related to Lore
• Identify creative solutions when iterating and improving test design
• Delegate certain test execution requests to outsourced testers and oversee test progress
• Work closely with Producers, Tech Leads and Narrative Design Leads on creating/adjusting team processes to reduce risks

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Serve as a Quality Lead/Owner for several areas within League of Legends. These areas include Missions content published throughout the year and updates/live support for various Micro Services powering Store, Loot.
• Plan test coverage against product timelines by identifying and advocating for appropriate testing scope
• Work closely with Producers, Engineering Managers and Development Leads on creating/adjusting team processes to be more efficient and stable.
• Take ownership and hold testing partners accountable to testing commitments.
• Supervise test coverage across all testing activities by creating test strategy, creating/maintaining test suites and designing\coordinating test execution for testing partners.
• Collaborate with other Quality Owners to work through issues and plan for updates

Beverly Hills, California, United States

• Manage JIRA tickets (new features and bugs) and coordinate tasks in scoping work, managing time estimates and meeting deadlines
• Improve documentation for greater visibility and efficiency, all to analyze/adjust workflows
• Collaborate across different functions (i.e. Developers, UI/UX Designers, Product Managers, Sales and Operations) in analyzing data and ensuring quality of all aspects of our sites
• Develop test plans and test scripts utilizing Python with Selenium WebDriver for web testing purposes
• Thoroughly tested on IOS/Android for suitability of websites on those platforms
• Utilize Python to parse and manipulate large datasets in excel to provide key insights

Venice, California

• Work closely with creative producers, video leads, editors and developers globally integrating quality assurance into production
• Create QA Training documentation and onboard QA testers into teams I lead QA efforts on
• Create automated QA reporting data for large teams detailing trends and areas of improvement
• Oversee quality regarding functionality and brand messaging for a wide range of assets
• Review HTML & CSS for rich media ads
• Utilize QA tools and methods to assess and ascertain the correct execution of advertising assets such as videos, prerolls, display ads and social content

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Contracted through Volt Information Sciences on assignment at Activision HQ
• Coordinate with designers, motion graphics artists and video editors to create and deliver art assets to Production, Marketing (Event, Digital, Retail, Consumer), Licensing, PR and other customers
• Art assets include: Video, Print/Packaging/Digital Design, Photography, In-game Screenshots/Footage
• Brief creatives on incoming requests ensuring all details are considered
• Lead, coordinate and manage the operational and administrative components of assigned projects
• Set up and attend creative approval sessions with clients, studio, legal, ESRB

Playa Vista, CA

• Ensured overall quality of clients’ websites, apps, and digital banners by thoroughly testing on leading web browsers (Mac OSX & Windows) and iOS/Android Platforms
• Utilized JIRA & Confluence to track progress and issues regarding content, design, functionality, image optimization, social media, SEO updates, and network/console errors
• Responsible for JIRA Admin duties regarding project creation, project/ticket cleanup, user management, and creation of filters
• Created test plans and test cases to determine strategy and level of effort on every projectProjects Include: Deutsch.com Redesign, VW.com, VW Newsroom, RealCaliforniaMilk.com, FosterFarms.com, and the Esurance.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Temporary Tester on Disney Infinity 3.0 for iOS/Android/Amazon platforms
• Tester on Fat City for XBOX ONE, PS4 & PS VITA
• Utilized DevTrack to track issues regarding design, animation, and functionality
• Performed several types of tests such as Smoke Tests, Frame Rate Tests, etc.

Hollywood, CA

• Assisted SEO director in preparation for a U.S Ticketmaster blog campaign
• Edited artist profiles on the Ticketmaster website to be SEO friendly
• Performed research for Geo-Marketing purposes