• Responsible for implementing open world combat level design throughout the game world including uniquely themed background activities, set dressing w/ small props, visual scripting, animations etc. as well as combat quality• Owned a full district of the game (Southdowns), taking it from greybox to completion including building and road placement with an eye towards future open world combat encounters.• Owned the shops feature, working with art and programming to achieve completion of design.• Designed, implemented and polished several mission spaces in the “Stones Unturned” DLC.

Game Designer - The Walking Dead Season 2 (2014)• Design lead of Episode 5: No Going Back.• Responsible for providing a compelling, satisfying finale episode to Season Two.• Designed, documented and assisted execution of all interactions throughout the episode with an emphasis on satisfying player agency.• Ensured player / avatar motivation parity.Lead Game Designer & Co-Creator - Tales from the Borderlands (2013-2014)• Established the project pillars, vision, season story, characters and arcs for an entirely new IP.• Led the design of the first episode in order to establish the template for the remaining episodes of the season.• Worked closely with concept team to create the visual design of the main cast.• Created season character arcs, personality and psychological profiles for the main cast.• Worked closely with the license-holder (Gearbox Software) to ensure cohesion with the established Borderlands universe and vision.• Acted as the creative team representative / liaison to the executive staff, pitching design and story arcs for the project.• Designed and prototyped completely new interactive mechanics unique to the IP and Telltale.• Responsible for effective communication, on boarding and scheduling throughout the creative team, including outlining revisions based on executive feedback.Game Designer - The Walking Dead: 400 Days (2012-2013)• Worked with a small team to create unique DLC for The Walking Dead Season 1.• Responsible for keeping the five short-form stories mechanically cohesive.• Prototyped, coded and implemented completely new mechanics.Game Designer - The Walking Dead Season 1 (2011-2012)• Design lead of Episode 3: Long Road Ahead. • Worked with the Writer and Director to create the episode story based on the source material.• Responsible for creating a compelling, well paced narrative player experience.• Designed, documented and assisted execution of all interactions throughout the episode.

In addition to the Game Designer responsibilities below. • Leadership position managing a team of 4-5 artists and designers across various projects.• Ensure adherence to both company quality standards as well as multiple projects unique requirements.• Set schedules, milestones and deliverable dates for creative elements and continue to support and direct team members during the development process.

• Wrote and maintained revisions to all design documents ensuring documents outline detailed technical specifications, customer requirements, concept flowcharts, game mechanics and project scope.• Designed and created game content including mini-games, map layouts, levels, quest trees, dialogue and game play statistics.• Serve as the project liaison to define requirements from clients and to translate them into technical specifications necessary to communicate to development teams. • Proactively served in a per-project Producer role. Communicated client requirements, meetings and deliverable dates. Managed development team, remove blockers & prioritized features to ensure a smooth pipeline flow.• Supported all steps of the System Development Lifecycle by providing artistic and technical input during the design phase, coding additional software features into the program identified throughout the development phase, and performing stability testing during the implementation phase.

• Responsible for the overall design and the creation of design elements for websites.• Assisted the Lead Artist in managing schedules and delivery dates.• Createed 2D assets to completion from wireframe through multiple iterations.

Awarded Combined Merit Scholarship upon enrollmentBachelor of Fine Arts in Interactive Design & Game DevelopmentMinor Degree in Film & TelevisionMinor Degree in AnimationGraduated cum laude

• Leadership position, responsible for organizing and maintaining inter-departmental communicationas well as directing entire team to meet weekly milestones.• Worked within Game Design department on overall game design, mechanics and aesthetics.• Worked within Level Design department on level layout, flowcharts and asset placement

Summer Position teaching children (8- 15yo) fundamental theatre techniques with another Director. Improvisation, juggling, singing. Co-writing script for the end of workshop production.

• Designed the Award winning board game for the 2007 GDX Entelechy Competition.• Lead a four person design team to create a functional board game in a three week time frame.• Responsible for the creation of the game rules, core mechanics and game pieces.• Responsible for the graphic design elements for the game pieces.