Christopher Klein Email & Phone Number

Drive and help shape the UX of our Game Editor.As a UX Designer at Cloud Imperium Games, I drove and helped shape the UX of our Game Editor, a tool that enables our developers to create galactic experiences for Star Citizen.- Provided weekly/bi-weekly reports to leadership- Provided both high- and low-level constructive feedback and improvement.

Greater Los Angeles Area

-Function as support to the QA Manager, our office Feature Teams and 3 Feature Testers (Vehicle, Character, and Tech Art)-Trained our local QA to use our tools, and learn their respective team specific pipeline-Act as a guide for new studio hires, walking them through the game and the dev tools which pertain to their team.-Testrail, Confluence and Jira are.

Chicago

• As the Senior Quality Assurance Lead at Phosphor Games, I was placed to test on almost every game we were maintaining, and currently developing. Due to our nature as a Contract Studio, we have a small team working on.
• Ensures production environment reliability and consistency by checking processes and final output by running test plans on pre-release software
• Critically evaluates gameplay and technical requirements for all developing titles, released and unreleased. (Testing 32bit - 64bit iOS conversion of released titles with international developers)
• Provides detailed written feedback on defects, playability, and performance on hardware
• Offer suggestions and guidance on improvements for New User Experiences for VR titles
• Conduct additional testing by running focal tests in Alpha, Beta, and pre-release states

Greater Chicago Area

• As Quality Assurance, I conducted tests to identify, gather and document bugs by priority systems and features assigned to myself and our team. I was apart of an early morning shift where we would prop dev kits in QA.
• Tested hundreds of tanks, destructible objects, verified stats, and achievement functionality.
• Gained extensive experience with Xbox 360, Xbox One/S, and PS4/PRO SDK's, their Neighborhoods, TCR/TRC Requirements
• Responsible for updating documentation in Testrail, Confluence and JIRA Tracking Software.Shipped Title(s)World of Tanks: Console EditionREFERENCENathaniel GutierrezQuality Assurance Specialist at Incredible.

Greater Chicago Area

Working in a small team environment, adhoc tested the latest versions of the games under development (“Nether” and “Warriors of the Red Planet”) using various toolsets and Unreal Engine 3.Ensured production environment reliability and consistency by checking processes and final output. Solicited and verified customer requirements to ensure they were.

Greater Chicago Area

After I graduated from DePaul University in 2013, I taught Level Design and Character Modeling using Unreal Engine 3 and Autodesk Maya, to young campers at the Digital Media Academy. For 5 weeks, I was hands-on, project-based learning for students (ages 10-16) in the introduction and exploration of gaming. Taught key concepts in a variety of formats.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Computer Game Development

Game Development