James Mcclellan Email & Phone Number

Hoffman Estates, IL, US

Hoffman Estates, IL, US

Champaign, IL, US

• Project Manager for Cinematics, Writing, and Missions Teams on Saints Row.
• Planned, scheduled, and ran meetings to coordinate milestones, deliverables, tasks, and content reviews between all relevant stakeholders to align work, set priorities, and determine dependencies.
• Built a method to identify and track the inputs needed by my teams; this included flagging potential delays that would impact production timelines.
• Used historical data, current throughput, and input from team leads and members to build capacity/headcount prediction tables and forecasts based on current team velocity. This information improved identifying.
• Worked with team leads to develop project task lists, content completion checklists, and test plans to move from concept to prototype to minimum shippable quality.
• Ran daily in-person/remote Standups with my teams for status, issues, questions, and even morale (during COVID-19).

Champaign, IL, US

• Work with clients and partners to accurately capture their products’ concepts.
• Negotiate with external partners, clients, and internal parties regarding platform design requirements including console and mobile.
• Collaborate with design, art, and engineering to establish a vision and content pipeline.
• Create design documentation and product goals for pre- and post-release.
• Provide status reports on products’ progress to internal leadership and external partners.
• Research, organize, and direct product release schedules, encompassing asset production and all release documentation including the acquisition of PEGI and ESRB ratings.

• Consult with programmers and designers on game design options and balance with respect to usability and appeal.
• Manage live operations including scheduling and coordinating patches and expansions.
• Project manage to assure deliverables are completed on time by colleagues.
• Function as QA Manager by developing test plans, scheduling user testing, and training and managing testers.

• Manage customer support and moderate forums for domestic and international users.
• Write and post press releases, emails, social media, and website news for public relations and marketing campaigns.
• Create and update terms of service and player code of conduct.
• Create and edit video and media content for PR.
• Propose sales and new content based on metrics and data.
• Train staff and forum moderators in customer service and community management for released titles.

Wrote and moderated a blog regarding games and the game industry along with consulting with small businesses and organizations to address their technical and social media needs. My blog maintained between 2,000 and 3,000 monthly views.

Over the course of my time at Habitat I presented ideas and recommendations along with provided my unique insight to assist in meeting our regional new home owner quota. One of my primary duties is to review applicants and applications to determine who would be an ideal candidate for the program.

*Installed DAMAC WTB 34M-4 Enclosures.*Pulled several thousand feet of 6 and 12 strand fiber optic cabling.*Pulled and terminated Cat 5e cabling.*Installed Leviton Cat 5e Snap-In Jacks, Opt-x Enclosure, and Universal A/B Patch Panels.*Installed J-Hooks, Innerduct

As a Research Assistant I was charged with interviewing a specified demographic. To fulfill this position's needs I networked and contacted people and organizations to acquire suitable research subjects and set up interviews with the subjects. For interviews I would coax the subjects to delve deep into their history and beliefs for in-depth details either.

* Verify that all listings, addresses, maps and labeled questionnaires match* Use the census maps to plan an efficient travel route* Make a personal visit to census non-respondent addresses* Confirm that the census non-respondent exists in the designated census block* Determine status of housing unit on census day* Administer census questions to census.

US

I was originally hired as a seasonal sales associate but the store manager offered me one of two storewide loss prevention positions. Since the store was closing, my responsibilities increased as long term employees resigned. Some responsibilities which required handling diverse situations and having excellent people skills were:* Deterred and reported.

Ba, Political Science: International Relations

International Business

Transferred To Csus, Undergraduate, Lower Division, General Education