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Working on functionality and localization QA for a project that I likely shouldn't be talking about.

Newport Beach, California, United States

Worked off-site the entirety of my time with NCSoft due to the pandemic. Our team worked tirelessly to make sure our updates were free of errors and worked within the framework of the AION game.Used both in-game debug tools and server side tools to search for information or change variables on characters to verify that the updates being delivered were what we expect and created checklists off of these updates to use as test cases.Created weekly check lists using a proprietary check list manager to track new items, quests, dialogues and in-game store updates. These needed to be verified each Tuesday evening to be sure they were ready for the maintenance builds on Wednesday mornings.Maintained two MMORPGs with a small team and worked with our headquarters in Korea and our Localization department to make certain our updates accurately reflected what our Production team wanted and headquarters had approved for the weekly updates.

Irvine, California, United States

Effective reporting of any issues with the software titles we were working on. This included usage of Jira to report issues and to make sure that an issue was not being duplicated.Familiarity with the Unreal editor and creation of test rooms using the editor, so the team could complete daily smoke tests more efficiently.Direct communication with my development team and my supervisor when necessary to get issues addressed quickly and effectively.Worked off site since March of 2020 during the pandemic. Our teams worked very hard to ship three titles during this time and I have worked on two of these three titles.

Aliso Viejo, Ca

Responsible for upwards of forty-five client accounts worldwide and made sure that my SEO strategy was both successful and worked within any boundaries set forth by my clients’ OEM. This also included running and going over our monthly reports with clients to show how we had won against their competitors.Researched traffic from Google Analytics and identified opportunities to increase my clients’ traffic, and in the process, decrease traffic to their competitors’ sites.Created on-site and off-site custom content to drive traffic to my clients’ sites. This included creating backlinks, writing original content and creating pages and metadata in multiple CMS programs.Monitored market trends and Google algorithm updates to make sure none of my client work was adversely affected by either.

Costa Mesa, Ca

Worked in Google Analytics to set up Goals and Funnels for our clients and monitored those to see where traffic originated.Handled around 120 Premium and Advanced client accounts each month and decided the best strategies for their monthly backlinks.Proofread and posted custom content pages, took client phone calls and made sure that our clients were up to speed with our strategies and comfortable with how we moved forward with them.

Newport Beach, Ca

I worked in the offices of my former employer as an independently contracted Producer. I worked on the charity website project Goodplay.org which raised money to help send care packages to soldiers currently serving in Iraq and abroad.My responsibilities included working with our web hosting service, our website designer and our online store provider to coordinate all of those facets into a website that our partners and my managers could be proud of.

My responsibilities included making sure team members were focused on daily tasks and that management was informed of what the team was setting out to accomplish. This also required me to update task lists and schedules, to ensure that the project goals were clear to all team members.I also oversaw the localization process for the FIGS and Japanese versions of the project. This included monitoring and coordinating all deliveries of game assets between the localization house, InXile and Bethesda. I made certain that all of the localized text deliveries seamlessly integrated into the file system that we used, so that builds could be turned around as expeditiously as possible.I was also one of the title's Project Leads. This group included senior employees and upper management who met to decide the team's priorities for the coming week.Title: Hunted: The Demon's Forge (PS3, X360, PC) ­ Internally developed Fantasy/Action

I maintained the integrity of all of the localized game assets, including voice over, text and the DevTrack and XLOC databases, for all of the titles to which I was assigned. I also managed the localization testers that arrived from Europe to help with the onsite testing of many of our titles. I maintained schedules that remained consistent with the North American main SKUs, and made sure that all foreign language versions shipped simultaneously with the North American versions. I also created reports for Management and Production that included potential risks, current project needs and recently completed project goals.Titles: Call of Duty: World at War (PC, X360, PS3, PS2), Call of Duty 2 (PC, X360) (Launch Title for X360), Kung Fu Panda (PC, X360, PS3, PS2, NDS, Wii), Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam (Wii, PS2) (Launch Title for Nintendo Wii), Shrek the Third (PC, X360, PS2, NDS, GBA, Wii), Spiderman: Friend or Foe (PC, X360, PS2,PSP, Wii, NDS) and many others.

I coordinated asset deliveries between Id Software, Activision and, when applicable, any third parties, to ensure that everyone was working toward the same goals. I managed the P&L project budget and updated it so that Finance had the most current data available. I did the same for the schedule and milestone deliveries. I was also responsible for creating detailed build reports for every milestone delivery so that the executives could stay abreast of any potential pitfalls and I made sure that the development teams got paid on time.Titles: Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (PC, X360, PS3), Doom 3 (PC, X360), Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory

I oversaw many of the Production milestones on these titles, as well as managing the design and scripting teams on our internal titles. I made sure that the teams were all focused on the same goal and knew what was expected of them. I also managed the Production Coordinators that were assigned to our department and assigned them daily tasks to make certain they stayed focused on the department's goals. I also played an active role in the community message boards to make sure that our titles had representation by the development team on our boards.Titles: Lionheart (PC), Icewind Dale II (PC), Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows of Amn (PC), Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal (PC)

Worked closely with various support departments such as Marketing and Quality Assurance, created and maintained project buglists, burned CD-ROM and DVD disks and assisted Producers with various other projects as assigned. Produced smaller archive titles such as The Ultimate Might and Magic Archives and The Ultimate RPG Archives.Co-authored the Strategy Guide for Baldur’s Gate: Tales of The Sword Coast.Titles: Baldur’s Gate (PC), Baldur’s Gate: Tales of The Sword Coast (PC), Fallout 2 (PC), The Ultimate Might and Magic Archives (PC), The Ultimate RPG Archives (PC), Jetfighter III – Platinum Edition (PC), Jetfighter: Full Burn (PC).

Directly supervised a team of four people, and coordinated testing with up to twenty people. I updated buglists and met with the development teams to update them on their titles.

General Education, 3.2

Activities and Societies: Made Dean's List second semester attending IVC.

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