Amanda Heaton Email & Phone Number

Culver City, California, Us

I’m very excited to return to Jam City to lead their Puzzle Game studio.

Södermalm, Stockholm County, Se

Culver City, California, Us

I joined Jam City to lead the live operations for Panda Pop in 2015. Last year I joined the Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery team to help guide the core vision, team structure, and schedule.

Shibuya-Ku, Tokyo, Jp

Producer (Live Operations Lead) – Marvel Mighty Heroes Free to play, online multilayer brawler for mobileFeatured under "Best New Games" on iOS.Built and lead the live operations team. Responsible for running weekly live game events and improving game KPIs as well as content schedule and pipeline.Producer (Product Owner) – DeadPop / Totem Warriors2nd party, free to play, RPG and Tower Defense for mobileTotem Warriors was featured under "Best New Games" on iOS.Managed multiple 2nd party teams to develop and launch new social mobile games.

Associate Producer and Producer– HellfireFree to Play, Mid-core Card Battle game for mobileHellfire is an interactive card battle game that is still live today. You can download it on the android or ios market places. It boasts 3D interactive flick action gameplay, beautiful card art and a strong and rewarding metagame. This game also enjoys a vibrant and dedicated community. On this project I was the project manager and a designer through it's development and supported it for nearly a year managing the weekly events. • Managed team schedule, task delegation and jira bug database to successfully hit all project milestones during development• Designed, tuned and operated weekly event structures, store content and sales.and much more...Associate Producer – Dreamtopia Free to Play, Kingdom Builder for iOS and AndroidDreamtopia was a kingdom builder based off of We Rule, created on a remarkably short development cycle. I am very proud of the teams accomplishments delivering such a polished product so quickly to market.• Lead development team from the start of production through release on a very rapid development cycle leveraging an existing game engine• Executed on executive producer’s concept and vision• Managed team schedule, bug database, and knowledge baseand much more...

Free to Play, Kingdom Builder for iOS and AndroidFeatured on iOS and Google PlayWe Rule was one of the first true free to play games on mobile and enjoyed great success with a large vibrant active community through out it's long life cycle. I supported this title from launch, running the games live operations. I managed over 18 months of uninterrupted weekly downloadable content and constant client updates.• Managed the pipeline and content selection for store items and sales• Owned the schedule for monthly client updates• Coordinated between development team, live operations EP, QA and customer service

San Francisco, Ca, Us

"Cowboys Vs Zombies" -iPhoneLed an external development team of interns -- 6 artists, 2 designers, 1 animatorActed as a liaison between the development team and Tall ChairCompiled and presented concise weekly reports on development progressBuilt milestones and weekly schedules to meet the publisher's goalsMaintained relevant information and assets on Jira project management siteProvided team members with resources, technical assistance and art direction

"Grim Deliveries" ­ timed racing challenge, Unity · Managed daily schedule for 18 person team--13 artists, 4 designers, 1 programmer · Formulated accurate schedules and prototyping goals that gave everyone clear understanding of the long term plan and their responsibilities. · Created and maintained online Assembla work flow with sole responsibility for assigning and tracking team tasks, checking in and managing assets · Wrote a marketplace context statement profiling the target audience, expected reception and price point of our completed game · Reviewed team's work for standards of quality, efficiency and design goals

"Playtime" ­ 3rd person shooter, Unity · Worked with 12 person team -- 6 artists, 2 designers, 4 programmers · Created and pitched a specific game concept for a dark comedic shooter · Established and maintained core pillars and scope of game play · Generated and organized design documentation, maps, and concept art on an online wiki · Completed SCRUM reports, received and assigned tickets

Bachelor Of Science, Game Art And Design

Sociology And Liberal Studies