Jonathan Dawson Email & Phone Number

Irvine, CA, US

Lead Game Producer for future Expansion

Irvine, CA, US

• Was responsible for Narrative, Cinematics, VO, and Audio for Diablo IV's initial launch
• Partnered with discipline leads and the creative director to establish goals, improve process, and empower decision making
• Spearheaded large scale process initiatives, risk management, cross-disciplinary efforts, and ancillary production projects
• Mentored direct reports by cultivating talent and career development; serve as a reliable point of escalation
• Partnered with Central Sound, Localization, and SFD for scheduling, AOP, resourcing, risk mitigation, and collaboration
• Managed stress test initiative for launch

Irvine, CA, US

• Directly involved in day-to-day production of Narrative and Cinematics
• Managed 3 team members across Cinematics, Narrative, VO, and Audio disciplines
• Involved in process improvement and macro level strategy across Narrative, Cinematics, and VO

Irvine, CA, US

Served as a producer for Classic Games at Blizzard covering the WarCraft 3, StarCraft 2, StarCraft Remastered, and Heroes of the Storm games. I specifically produced a Heroes of the Storm feature team and managed UI/UX Design for WarCraft 3.

Irvine, CA, US

• Mastery of tools and processes available to successfully run a project/event
• Proactive, self-starter, able to independently drive multiple project simultaneously
• Build relationships and influence others to get things done and drive decision making
• Facilitate prioritization discussions and decisions
• Partner engagement: Understands when to engage, who to engage and the appropriate method for the circumstances
• Produce effective results: Ensure project goals, objectives, milestones and deliverables are achieved on schedule

New York, NY, US

• Plan, manage, and execute product releases on over 3 core platforms simultaneously
• Create/maintain business requirements, project roadmaps, project plans, and project metrics
• Create/maintain product backlogs and project sprints with the Atlassian JIRA application
• Champion process improvements for project management, transparency, and documentation
• Liaise with the business to collect and incorporate feedback into new and updated features
• Identify existing/potential roadblocks; create solutions to mitigate risk and streamline workflows

London, GB

• Led small teams on concurrent agile projects
• Created/maintained business requirements, project roadmaps, project plans, and project metrics
• Maintained product backlog to streamline scoping; assisted in escalated issue resolution
• Implemented 3 process improvement initiatives to streamline department productivity
• Managed project budget and burn rate, resource forecasting, project plans, and status updates
• Mentored and improved team skills through sprint retrospectives & hands-on training

Chicago, IL, US

• Promoted from Senior Associate I to Senior Associate III in under 2 years (average is 3 years)
• Led several software projects for database migrations, platform upgrades, and software releases
• Managed risk assessment; tracked, investigated, and resolved issues in software projects
• Created BCPs, RFPs, business requirements, training aids, and software readiness assessments
• Created/maintained meeting minutes, product backlogs, and PMO report suites
• Worked with resource allocation, project plans, budgets, forecasts, and client meetings

New York, US

LECG business consulting division purchased by Grant Thornton in March 2011; responsibilities mirror those at Grant Thornton.

• Promoted from Business Analyst to Project Lead within 1 year of employment
• Led small teams (up to 3 members) on over 6 projects (both agile and waterfall)
• Drove user entitlement planning and generation for each project
• Created business requirements and support documentation
• Maintained product backlog for all projects; liaised between client and internal groups for clarity
• Led internal and client meetings and created meeting agendas/minutes, and status updates

Albany, NY, US

• Maintained servers and IT infrastructure for Surgery division; resolved department IT issues
• Responsible for maintenance and issue resolution for transcription software
• Developed and led training program for newly introduced software

Bachelor Of Arts, Computer Science, Economics

Education record