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Seattle, Washington, United States

Game Design for Lorcana.

Seattle, Washington, United States

Greater Seattle Area

Conceptualize, create, and playtest tabletop game prototypes, instruction manuals, and packaging to build gateway games with depth. Lead playtesting group sessions to identify design changes. Prepare sell sheets for pitches to game publishers. Create graphic designs in Photoshop. Use Google Sheets and Microsoft Excel to make set skeletons.▪ Led development and publication of Calico, the first of two Kickstarter games, as Flatout Games; Calico is a puzzly tile-laying game of quilts and cats and raised $202,280 from 6,724 backers▪ Developed Cascadia, a puzzly tile-laying game that features Pacific Northwest habitats and wildlife, made from sustainable materials; sourced manufacturers and currently managing worldwide shipping and fulfillment for the game that has garnered $275,000 from 9,000+ backers▪ Won the LUCI Award for Best Game Design at the Evergreen Tabletop Expo (ETX) for Cabinet of Curiosities, an innovative set collection strategy game featuring a spatial auction; noted by judges for creating a “fantastically designed game”▪ Devised a new way to view and evaluate dice faces when designing Onali, a fast, portable, and competitive two-player game dice drafting game▪ Built Herbalists, a mid-weight Euro game with layers of resource management and fast turns thanks to a twist on the follow mechanic; a deep Euro gateway game that plays in under an hour▪ Designed Animals Undercover, a light 2-6 player deduction party game for the whole family that can be easily reskinned with intellectual properties▪ Created The Progenitors, a fast-playing area control miniatures game that omits traditional die-rolling combat and uses a more deterministic, area-majority concept; the game is filled with innovative hooks and plays in under an hour▪ Utilized a conveyor-belt style drafting market when creating Mad Scientists From the Future: And the Creatures That Obey Them; an easy-play game with several twists that is surprisingly deep

Greater Seattle Area

Conceptualized, designed, and playtested games, including Spellslingers and a Magic: The Gathering set, for the trading card and tabletop role-playing game leader. Contributed to FFL, vision, and set design for new games. Designed both new cards and mechanics. Established relative power levels and ensured that designs properly followed color pie rules, including the ‘flavor’ of each color.Led rapid prototyping during game development to refine ideas. Solved design and process challenges while collaborating with cross-functional colleagues. Used FileMaker Pro and Microsoft SharePoint, Outlook, and Teams; built set skeletons, made design point calculations and tracked data with Excel, visualized data with Tableau and tracked resources with Confluence while working in an Agile environment.▪ Served as the main point of contact and facilitator of a public playtest and followed up with a thorough event analysis, which was used by managers in stakeholder meetings▪ Jumped in to support the booster mini-game team and made several submissions that were selected for the game set; invited to contribute to additional sets▪ Lauded for stepping up to complete a design skeleton and build game decks for each archetype▪ Recognized by colleagues as “exceptionally pleasant” and “suspiciously nice”▪ Reluctantly released from the extended contract due to game delays; received glowing reviews for positive nature, interest in mentoring others, and resourceful problem-solving skills

Greater Seattle Area

Developed, prototyped, and playtested games, including Funkoverse, Pan Am, and Marvel Villainous, at the pop-culture product company’s game studio. Evaluated game system balance and entertainment value.▪ Recognized for game design expertise; conceptualized game solutions that were incorporated into games under development

Seattle, Washington, United States

Created and operated escape rooms, repaired and improved props, and coordinated special events for an escape room experience provider for individuals and corporations.▪ Designed an escape room game, Evil Dead 2, which was selected as Escape Authority’s Gold Key Award winner for Best Remote US Game of 2020, earned mention on the Escape the Roomers Best of 2020 list and as a Scare Tours favorite, and received top reviews on the Room Escape Artist▪ Fixed an ‘unsolvable’ player pathing issue by devising a workaround to improve the game experience

Greater Seattle Area

Playtested, developed games, and interacted with fans on social media for a publisher specializing in tabletop strategy games. Managed Facebook and Twitter accounts. Edited the Squarespace website and wrote posts, blog articles, MailChimp newsletters, and Kickstarter posts. Responded to questions on BoardGameGeek’s forum and in social media.▪ Designed, tested, and revised the solo mode for Margraves of Valeria, a successful Kickstarter tabletop game, in one week; handmade prototypes and demonstrated game play for the well-received game

Greater Kennewick Area

Managed third-party business relationships and used sales generation software while selling vehicles for an auto dealership. Photographed vehicles, uploaded images, and wrote descriptions for the website.▪ Gamified a system to reward employees for identifying internal process issues by offering indemnity from fixing the problems themselves; the system greatly increased issue identification and morale

Greater St. Louis

Addressed facilities trouble tickets for the AT&T retailer’s 160+ stores; hired contractors, approved quotes and agreements, and issued purchase orders. Facilitated store relocations, site cleanouts, and addressed issues around lighting, electronics, carpentry, site construction, and contract hiring. ▪ Appreciated for prioritizing and resolving an issue backlog within weeks, often while reducing costs

Greater St. Louis

Managed customer accounts, met sales goals, performed financial audits, and prepared bank deposits. Assisted customers to resolve mobile device issues.▪ Selected multiple times for Salesperson of the Month and earned district-wide sales and service honors▪ Assigned to assist the store’s most-challenging customers due to calm nature and strong technical skills; requested personally by loyal customers

Internal Senior Seminars

Using the Color Pie, Finding the Fun, Understanding Rarity, Building Strong Set Skeletons, and Product Delivery.

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Competitive Card Game Design - Mark Rosewater

Diploma Of Education