Grant Snyder Email & Phone Number

Bellingham, WA, US

• Plan, design, & implement live content & mechanics across a variety of solo & multiplayer features in order to drive player engagement, acquisition, & retention across all platforms
• Own the live tools design & workflow, optimizing for content creation, automation, & scalability
• Collaborate across various disciplines to deliver regularly scheduled content on-time and at quality
• Measure player sentiment & success through telemetry & feedback in order to continue evolving the live product & features in the most impactful manner
• Incorporate Player segmentation into the design tools & workflow in order to build, support, & adapt our content and messaging to a variety of player cohorts

• Title (In Development):
• Forza MotorsportJob Duties:
• Designed & built innovative gameplay loops and systems for a bold new entry in the Forza franchise
• Documented, experimented, prototyped, and iterated upon gameplay features to drive the core player experience
• Lead the creation of race experiences & racing scenarios to meet the team’s overall vision
• Organized meetings with leads for design reviews & implemented changes based upon feedback & project needs

Redmond, WA

• Description:As a Software Test Engineer I worked in-house in collaboration with the Engagement/Live-Ops Team at Turn 10 Studios to create test collateral for upcoming & in-development features and events for Forza.
• Responsible for communication between Development and Test Team in regards to all Engagement Features / Tasks
• Work with the Data team to create PowerBI dashboards showing useful data trends in both test & retail environments
• Lead weekly test planning meetings
• Task & train outsourced Test Teams with daily assignments & follow-up on EoD reports
• Utilize Microsoft proprietary tools to create test collateral/log/track bugs and regress fixes

Redmond, Washington

• Shipped Title(s):
• Forza Motorsport 7 (Xbox, PC)Description:During my time as a Test Analyst at Turn 10 Studios, I spent time as both an outsourced and internal/embedded QA Tester. While outsourced, I managed a small team of testers and.
• Responsible for communication between Development and Test Team in regards to certain Features / Tasks
• Create bugs using Microsoft proprietary tools to log/track bugs and regress fixes
• Run various Test Passes (BVT, Smoke, Content, Ad Hoc, Directed, etc.)
• Test Multi-platform/Cross-Platform functionality on Xbox and PC

Bellevue, Washington

• Shipped Title(s):
• Britney Spears: American Dream (iOS, Android)
• Nicki Minaj: The Empire (iOS, Android)Job Duties:
• Logged, tracked, and regressed bugs throughout the concurrent development of 2 mobile titles.
• Communicated directly with QA Leads and Development team (embedded environment)
• Completed tedious multi-hour long test cases and regressions.

Redmond, Washington

• Shipped Project:
• Xbox One S
• Tested hardware under development
• Worked with QA leads to report bugs, execute test cases, and provide detailed, but concise, reproduction steps.
• Adhered to a constantly fluctuating work schedule.
• Usability Testing, Functionality Testing

Greater Seattle Area

As an instructor at iD Tech camp in Seattle, I taught courses in various areas of game design to youth throughout the summer. More specifically, the courses that I taught were:-FPS Game Design in Unreal Engine 4-Level Design in Team Fortress 2, Portal 2 (Hammer Editor)As an instructor I was required to have excellent working knowledge of each and every.