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Renton, Washington, United States

Directly managed, mentored, and developed 12 reports within 4 groups across all of League of Legends (150M+ monthly active players), including Champions, Modes and Live Balance. Generated frameworks and processes to facilitate collaboration across all verticals within the Gameplay initiative.● Directly oversaw the development of iconic characters: Briar, Naafiri, Milio, and Hwei (one of the most popular champs LoL has ever launched), plus the Aurelion Sol rework and numerous Midscope redesigns. ● Acted as the vision gatekeeper and advocated for the player by understanding their core needs, pain points, and behaviors through data-driven insights. ● Oversaw designers in developing Season 14, The Arena featured gameplay mode, and multiple unannounced major game features still currently in development. Led ideation, feature development, and content creation for all new Champion Missions launched in Season 14.● Collaborated with design and product leads across multiple gameplay teams to generate new working agreements, establishing clear guidelines and expectations around Champions/Seasonal products.● Occupied Design Manager on Legends of Runeterra (2020 – 2021). In previous role, served as Set Design Lead for Legends of Runeterra set 7, which became Glory in Navori and Heart of the Huntress.

Burbank, California, United States

Promoted from Game Designer (2017 to 2018), to Game Director (2018 to 2019), and finally Senior Game Director, leading the strategic communication between internal stakeholders and external publishers within Disney, Glu, Sony, and NBCU. Honed coherent product visions and mentored U.S. level designers, game designers, and associate directors (across titles like Panda Pop, Vineyard Valley, and Funko Pop Blitz!) ● Spearheaded 3 novel IPs, including world logic, character building, and high-level narrative overviews.● Created and owned multiple multi-year product roadmaps and led feature prioritization on multi-million-dollar budget mobile titles.● Garnered a relationship of trust with several outside publishers including Sony Entertainment, who then became a core publishing partner for our studio.● Secured 4 projects yielding over $8M through efficient management and concept pitches.● Drove redesign yielding ~25% retention rate and ~30% increase in revenue on a product within LiveOps.

Glendale, Ca.

Designed experimental and commercial play experiences for Disney Consumer Products. Leveraged Unity and proprietary tools to create a seamless player experience. Prototyped in-engine and real-world demonstrations of gameplay experiences based on internal experimental hardware goals and functionality. Completed all content bug fixing, revisions, and tuning for all launch levels. Created and oversaw implementation for 2 DLC modules.

Glendale, Ca

Conducted comprehensive analysis and provided feedback on multiple game systems. Trained and onboarded newly appointed team members. Collaborated with external vendors and developers tasked with running and supporting product Demos internally. Presented the product at E3 in media training. Provision of technical support during the filming of a Disney Channel product feature.

Studio City, Ca

● Gathered references to assist with building the story's cohesive world logic● Improved collaboration between production artists, writers and website developers● Set and reached organizational goals related to website development and testing● Provided troubleshooting and support for customers