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Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

Shanghai, China

• Managed and led our diverse international team in designing and developing game systems, mechanics, and world designs for a variety of projects within the company. • Worked directly with the CEO and Vice President to establish metrics for growth, and frequently presented to the various project stakeholders within the studio to give progress updates and receive feedback on future endeavors.• Worked to develop the creative vision for in-house games, coaching team members in following the established design process through the prototyping and beta development stages – recording team member performance for KPI metric evaluation and the awarding of bonuses and other incentives.• Responsibilities were akin that of a Producer, and included tasks such as hiring, firing, and coaching team members to develop and maintain productive department operations.• Collaborating with our marketing team, I approved and implemented marketing plans for North American and European markets, analyzing both game viability and drafted marketing plans.• Tested and approved external games for purchase through acquisition, including providing direct feedback and negotiations with their development teams regarding further development and design needs.• Collaborated with internal and external art, development, and marketing teams on multiple projects in a design capacity – while acting as the advisor and coordinator for the international-based external team.

Shanghai, China

• Designed the game’s universe; including the characters, backstories, locations, and world lore. The completed game received over 1 million downloads.▪ Wrote and planned the extensive storylines using in-engine Unity tools, as well as external software. ▪ Designed characters and their backstories. ▪ Scripted and directed promotional videos, in-game videos/cinematics, and voiceovers. ▪ Worked with the art and development teams to offer creative input in worldbuilding, level design, and gameplay design. ▪ Designed and maintained the game design documents and story bible. ▪ Supervised and completed localization.

Shanghai, China

• Supervised the launch of multiple games, including pre-release QA testing and market research, and conducted post-release sales monitoring, user growth monitoring, and community management.• Assisted in shaping and designing games for the Western market, totaling in 12 games. These projects saw great success in the form of several games receiving over 1 million downloads, one receiving upwards of 10 million downloads, and another receiving between 10 and 50 million downloads.• Assisted in the interviewing and hiring of staff, including the coaching of localization and voiceover personnel.• Provided suggestions for games we looked to acquire, as to provide further development prior to acquiring the games and research as to whether the games should be acquired.• Led the team in the rollout of both in-house developed games, as well as games we acquired.• Assisted in the selection of translation and voiceover companies, including coaching voice actors.• Completed marketing research to expand within the English gaming markets.• Managed the Global/English communities for each game released in coordination with various languages and other communities, including managing social media accounts to further encourage community engagement.

Louisville, Kentucky Area

• Set up and maintained director/editing station.• Created a vision of the production and communicated it to the camera crew for live directing/editing.• Performed live editing & switching.• Audio management and monitoring.• Led and managed multiple teams, including audio and video teams, in producing live video productions, telecasts, and recorded products.

Louisville, Kentucky Area

• Setting up video and audio production equipment.• Filming live music, dance, sporting and other artistic events for video streams, telecasts, cinecasts and recorded products.

• Community management.• Kept positive user atmosphere.• Provided user and technical support.• Logged user activity for moderation.• Managed community moderation and events teams.• Monitored sales.• Prepared weekly user newsletters.• Managed user and staff support centers.• Prepared advertisements and marketing campaigns to boost user engagement.• Managed corporate social media accounts for communication.• Composed and managed website articles.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Human Resource Management

Information Technology

Music Teacher Education