Alex W. Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Senior Producer of "The Jackbox Party Pack" series, leading eight game teams from pre-production through submission• Lead Scrum events, milestone reviews, playtests, and feature kickoffs, coaching teams on Agile and Jira, facilitating discussions of game quality and user experience• Develop production schedule, coordinating milestones and marketing previews to align with key objectives , including localization in six languages• Establish product backlogs, risk assessments, scope and design documentation, content tracking, pipelines• Collaborate with studio leadership, discipline leads, other game teams, and licensors to manage scope, assess velocity, gather feedback, and adjust plans for stable game delivery• Facilitate retrospectives, postmortems, and team bonding activities, fostering a supportive work environment• Regularly execute submission to Sony PlayStation 4 and 5, Nintendo Switch, Epic Games, Google Play Stores

Greater Chicago Area

• As Team Lead (May 2019 - February 2020), managed three apprentices, developed their Kanban workflow in Jira, oversaw their onboarding and work product, and ran 1:1s and reviews to bolster strengths, resolve knowledge gaps, and foster teamwork• Managed and produced content for iterations of ALEX, interactive software that explains employee benefits, supporting 40+ custom products serving over 500,000 users • Coordinated implementation in an Agile environment, documented and verified bugfixes, and managed delivery of regular production-related software deployments• Customized ALEX by writing, coding, and coordinating production of scripted content, explaining complex concepts in simple language, prioritizing based on timeline, stakeholder perspectives, work effort, user experience• Spearheaded revamp of hiring process, including automated auditions, software tryouts, reworked interview materials• Coordinated hiring search for over 300 applicants, participating in phone screens through onboarding for 12 hires

• Was hired on full-time as part of a competitive apprenticeship program, after being hired as a part-time seasonal worker

Greater Chicago Area

• Helped produce website, e-commerce module, visual materials• Organized photo archive for portfolio of artists

Greater Chicago Area

• Triaged appointments and walk-ins for digital assistance, focusing on social service access, job finding, pedagogy• Tutored over 150 patrons a month, organizing digital literacy lessons and action plans while tracking client progress• Troubleshoot hardware and software difficulties, preparing resources, glossaries, and utilizing digital learning platform(s)• Respond to patron inquiries; assist and train patrons in computer related tasks• Conduct one-on-one tutoring with patrons, assessing learning gaps and areas for growth• Instruct classes on a variety of technology-related subjects• Contribute to daily record and statistics keeping

Chicago, Il

• Defined professional goals of artist, collaborating on and distributing archival media, methodizing practices• Executed and managed website, multimedia CV, e-commerce, publicity, and event space programming, leading to 7+ profitable art shows and a sales contract with Anthropologie

Cambridge, Ma

• Produced honoree videos for two annual “Tribute” events, coordinating filming with shelter residents and YWCA staff• Facilitated promotional video and photo content, emphasizing service programming for residents and the community

Cambridge, Ma

• Copyedit content for the Brattle Film Blog• Research local and national patterns of film distribution

Getz Multimedia Lab

•Taught use of software, camera, and audio equipment for school community•Prepared workshops and give tutorials on software and equipment, working closely with professors and students •Coordinated Getz equipment rentals, patron media projects and software training

• Helped supervise $27,000 budget for production, distribution, member training, events, recruitment

European Cultural Studies

• Facilitated ECS departmental events for Brandeis Community• Publicized, recorded and distributed event videos

The Heller School For Social Policy And Management

• Record (using A/V equipment), format, and distribute event programming of the Heller Graduate School

Brandeis Sex And Sexualities Symposium

• Presented paper/research in 2012, 2013, 2014. Topics included the film Crash (1996), the selfie, and gender identity in video art

Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance

• Executed communications, community outreach, spearheading feminist initiatives

Los Angeles, Ca

• Evaluated scripts based on quality, integrating research to determine project feasibility• Managed hiring databases, consolidating numerous agency documents, and reviewed federal motion picture incentive programs• Received the Brandeis Hiatt Career Center “Work of Work” Fellowship, a competitive $3,000 stipend, writing an internship blog