Darya Makarava Email & Phone Number

San Rafael, California, United States

Production for Engineering (focusing on tools, certification, and performance), Narrative, and UI departments and all that entails: creating and maintaining schedules; identifying and mitigating risk; interdepartmental communication; owning meetings and tickets; milestone planning and scoping estimates. Often tasked with leading special initiatives, such.

In charge of production for about half the teams in the studio, including level art and design, engineering, and narrative, doing all the usual production things.

All production responsibilities for initial prototype, vertical slice, and 1st demo for Immortals of AveumAdditional work in IT, facilities, recruiting, publishing/platform relationships, and marketing/communications.

Produced animation department on an unreleased title, including creating schedules, prioritizing tasks and bugs, communicating information within the team and with other departments, data tracking and historicals, as well as generally doing anything needed to help my team to do their best work. Worked extensively with outsourcing companies for both keyed.

Lead the testing team by writing test plans, communicating with developers to identify levels and features ready for test, and championing overall game quality. Sent out daily reports of statistics and priority issues to the team and company. Responsible for organizing and running playtests and reporting the results back to the development team. Oversaw.

Responsible for daily testing in engine and on platform throughout the development cycle, using both structured test plans and a more freeform approach. Communicated with the development team to call out subjective quality issues alongside quantitative bugs.

New Orleans

Created isometric concept art of buildings, decorations, and characters for mobile titles. Focused on staying true to the IP. Collaborated with the design team to rapidly pitch and prototype new game ideas by creating pitch decks, mockups, and game-ready artwork.

Provided all art assets (including environment, in-game characters, and customizable player faces) for a training game.