Alice Vaught Email & Phone Number

Kirkland, Wa, Us

Vancouver, Canada Area

• Analyzed mobile application topics such as first-time-user-experience FTUE), social and retention features, and micro-transaction and shared knowledge via presentations • Identified and recommended features to improve the product’s key performance indicators (KPI)• Hired and managed art and engineering contractors to create assets for two pre-school educational applications

Montreal, Canada Area

• Managed the short and long term feature roadmap on a 3-4 week update cycle• Worked with the business intelligence team to analyze and identify areas for improvement (e.g., user retention) • Proven leadership skills that led the team through a difficult process of studio takeover and a successful relaunch of the product• Prioritized user stories with the input from other product stakeholders and by a ROI point system (estimated benefits versus operational cost)• Presented user stories to the art and engineering teams at sprint kick-off meetings and facilitated the scoping process • Oversaw the deliverable of graphic assets from third-party contractors, including clarifying requirements, providing quick feedback, and synchronizing delivery dates with production needs

Montreal, Canada Area

• Conducted usability tests using both low and high fidelity prototypes and analyzed the resulting data to convert into action points• Strived for high quality updates with feature reviews and bug triage along with the QA manager and engineering leads• Led daily scrums and coordinated efforts between the art, engineering, and design teams• Presented features to worldwide EA executives and product licensors during key milestones and play sessions• Created and designed multiple new product concepts and presented it to executives for greenlight

• Lead the game design for a mobile project, on a 40-person team and designed various progression and gameplay mechanics to improve player engagement• Designed fun monetization features to target several player personas and increase social interaction, such as virtual items with strategic gameplay value for non-casual players• Created several user-friendly interfaces, which became the templates and guidelines for the rest of the game• Responsible for documenting and communicating the design to internal and external teams• Collaborated with programmers (server and client side), artists, licensors, and other stake-holders to produce a high-quality product

Vancouver

• Researched and provided lectures for first year graduate students in "The Visual Story: Character Development and Storytelling" course, with a focus on narrative techniques• Provided inspiration and guidance for digital project teams

• Facilitated weekly meetings with all team leads as the administrator of the feedback forum, and tackled issues raised by playtests• Level Design in DarkSpore (PC platform) by placing and scripting interactive objects, enemy spawn points• Conducted user playtests, created feedback surveys, and formed interview questions to help collect constructive data• Created technical tutorials for the SimCity's proprietary Glassbox engine, including scripting tutorials for simulation scenarios

• Generated workflow charts and storyboards with thorough design justifications that facilitated quick understanding of complex user interaction across interdisciplinary teams• Conducted heuristic evaluations of long term interface projects and analyzed a vast amount of data that led to an improvement in usability• Researched and documented potential markets for a new mobile innovation by creating apersona as a tool for team members to recognize specific user identity• Created animation demos using Adobe Flash to help visually communicate designs, leading to successful buy-in from stakeholders

• Successfully applied cognitive and HCI concepts to produce low and high fidelity software interfaces for the Gesture and Tangible Prototyping Tool project• Employed game theories and explored areas of tangible tools in producing new gaming experiences for both game developers and players• Excellent teamwork skills demonstrated through collaborations and weekly meetings with programmers and tangible hardware specialist

Master Of Digital Media, Digital Media

Activities and Societies: Various "Game Jam" eventsThe Masters of Digital Media (MDM) Program is an innovative, full-time professional.

Bsc, Interactive Arts And Technology

The degree combines the science of human experience, the analysis of media and culture, the creation of original and experimental works.