Caitlin L. Conroy Email & Phone Number

Austin, Texas, United States

Lead Game DesignerStar Wars: Hunters• Contribute feature design and mentor more junior feature designers• Manage day-to-day operation of the Narrative Design Department• Restructured narrative design pipeline and processes, leading to increased efficiency• Set quality standards for game and website text• Develop seasonal narrative roadmap• Pitch licensor on new characters and story ideas• Led design for narrative systems and the Friends system• Created all Narrative Design Department documentation• Managed two designers• Led hiring for freelance writing support• Write copy for game and website, including VO scripts, cinematics, character profiles and backstories, and cosmetic text• Edit game and website text for licensor feedback and quality standards

Austin, Texas, United States

Senior Game DesignerStar Wars: Hunters• Led design for unannounced mode• Set content standards for cosmetics• Contributed to live service content strategy• Provided narrative design and copywriting• Spoke on a panel at Star Wars Celebrations and was interviewed on the Live Stage

Austin, Texas

Game Designer l - MaxisSims 4• Designed systems and content for The Sims 4: High School Years expansion pack• Debugged software with internal toolsGame Designer l - MaxisUnannounced Project• Led feature prototyping team building weekly playable demos in Unreal Engine 4• Implemented AI in software using Unreal Engine 4 Blueprints and Behavior Trees• Pitched systems and content to stakeholders• Designed and documented variety of systemsGame Designer l - Red CrowStar Wars: Rise to Power• Led narrative design on project• Prototyped narrative design system demo in TwineGame Designer l - Red CrowThe Simpsons: Tapped Out• Product Owner for Christmas 2018 update: A Simpsons Christmas Special, and the mini-event Poochie’s Dog Dayz• Led design of multi-event structure, first used in A Simpsons Christmas Special and subsequently used for over thirty game events• Balanced economy of Itchy and Scratch Land event• Wrote A Classless Reunion event

Greater New York City Area

• Led Narrative Design Department for global company• Managed four Narrative Designers• Restructured Narrative Design Department pipeline and processes, increasing productivity and collaboration• Lead narrative designer for high-profile licensed projects, including: Paddington Run and The Blacklist: Conspiracy• Lead narrative designer for Dragon Mania: Legends

Greater New York City Area

• Lead narrative designer on Paddington Run and City Mania: Town Building Game• Contributed writing for Modern Combat Versus

Greater New York City Area

• Led narrative design for The Blacklist: Conspiracy and Little Big City 2

Greater New York City Area

• Narrative designer on Dragon Mania Legends, CSI Slots, Puzzle Pets, Immortal Odyssey, Magna Memoria, and Order and Chaos 2: Redemption

New York, N.Y.

• Assisted in production of all games and apps for Smosh, at the time the number one channel on YouTube• Helped successfully crowdfund Food Battle: The Game• Pitched game and app ideas to Smosh

Fort Lee, N.J.

• Rigorously tested and documented content release issues, ensuring bugs were resolved before weekly content launches• Interacted with players in-game as a representative of the company, helping answer questions and gather feedback on content releases

New York, N.Y.

• Created detailed test plans for updates of QatQi, a mobile word game• Manually tested all updates and documented bugs found

Greater New York City Area

• Created detailed test plans for updates of Chip Chain, a mobile poker-themed puzzle game• Manually tested all updates and documented bugs found

New York, N.Y.

• Helped launch a popular website focused on New York City startup culture• Contributed original articles on gaming and women-in-tech

New York, N.Y.

• Managed production of bi-monthly content releases for a science fiction MMORPG• Coordinated schedules and resources between local design team and remote development team• Created narratively-rich guides and walkthroughs for company website to aid new players• Wrote and edited mission text for several original characters

Durham, N.C

• Manually tested and documented bugs for Wisegal, Nat Geo Adventures: The Lost City of Z, The Mystery of the Mary Celeste, Nat Geo Adventures: Mystery of Cleopatra, Hostile Makeover, and Empire Builder Ancient Egypt• Wrote The Mystery of the Mary Celeste when company wasn’t satisfied with the original commissioned script

Durham, N.C.

• Manually tested and documented bugs for Righteous Kill, Hospital Hustle, and Carol Reed: The Color of Murder

Ba, English

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