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Kirkland, Washington, United States

Kirkland, Washington, United States

Kirkland, Washington, United States

Redmond, Washington

Redmond, Washington

As a content designer at Turn 10 Studios, my duties included designing, building, and implementing live content events focused on player engagement and retention. Other duties included, writing design docs, feature planning, first pass play-testing, data analysis, community monitoring, and coordinating and maintaining localization.Duties by title:Forza Horizon 3• Designed over 350 missions for the open world of Forza Horizon 3 with steady or rising monthly participation numbers over 14 months until the launch of Forza Horizon 4• Built weekly challenge missions featured on company live streams and within the game• Created best practices for missions based on data gathered from previous Forza titles and Forza Horizon 3• Shared content creation practices with Playground Games for the development of Forza Horizon 4Forza Motorsport 7• Drove the content design and creation of standard and ranked multiplayer modes and rewards through XMLs• Designed in game events to retain players resulting in significantly greater retention rates than previous Forza titles• Worked with studio leadership to ensure all content was in line with studio standards and goals for the game• Wrote, maintained, and automated documentation used by team members of multiple disciplines to create content and tools for the game and the community• Coordinated with tools devs to create new tools for better work processes and rapid iteration for content creation

University Of Washington, Seattle

As an assistant director, I was put in charge of one of the three buildings in which iD Tech was being held. I was the only AD to have their own building and had a staff of 8 instructors which I oversaw and up to 64 students per week. I also aided in the management of the other 16 staff members in the camp.• Managed a staff of 24 instructors and ensured that deliverables were submitted on time, using Slack as well as direct communication• Created a staff onboarding process for new hires using custom handouts and encouraged communication between staff members• Resolved customer complaints quickly and followed up when possible to guarantee their satisfaction

University Of Washington Seattle

As a lead instructor, I had to do all of the jobs of a regular instructor, while also aiding in the management of camp and being a mentor to the other instructors.• Supported the management of 21 instructors by creating tools to increase productivity and staff awareness• Acted as a mentor for new and returning staff members by teaching them best practices and providing critique• Taught technical and design skills to classes of up to 8 students per week with excellent customer reviews

Stanford, California

As a day instructor for iD Teach Camps, I taught a course in 3D modeling and animation with Maya, and a Photoshop and web design course over the summer of 2014• Maintained a strict schedule and completed weekly deliverables on time each week• Customized curriculum and wrote tutorials for Maya and Photoshop with excellent customer reviews• Ran cross class activities to encourage an interdisciplinary approach to the classes

Pittsburgh, California

• Assisted professor in the teaching of class, aided the students during work sessions, and ran class in the teacher’s absence• Hosted weekly after hours labs for students looking for extra support and a quiet place to work