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Associate Mission Designer on the Campaign for Black Ops 6 in the Call Of Duty franchise at Raven Software, an Activision Blizzard King and Xbox studio.

Orlando, Florida, United States

"Peblito: Rock & Roll"Platformer | Singleplayer | UE4• Owned 2 full levels from concept to ship using flow, engagement, structure, pacing, environmental storytelling, and testing• Used spiral methodology with rapid prototyping to establish the overall design in preproduction• Worked with design lead to created several action blocks, hosted team demos, concepted gameplay mechanics, review modules of levels, and iterated on designs• Led small team of onboarded level designers to review their work and help iterate and generate their ideas.• Implemented static and dynamic lighting to help with conveyance in order to meet performance and art standards

Orlando, Florida, United States

"The Wash"• Created Zombie level using Radiant Mod Tools through the steam workshop• Scripted player zones in order to control zombie spawns based on player location and created teleporter prefab to traverse the map• Implemented CoDTools Maya plugin to export meshes in the game• Researched Treyarch’s documentation and game standards to understand proper scaling and gameplay scripts• Modified music and sound effects within the game to make style and tone consistent

"Mansion" FPS | Multiplayer | UE4• Researched locations and architecture to create mood/reference boards and created a digital layout in Illustrator and planned and implemented in blueprints important level features (i.e. Spawn points, crouch areas, elevation changes)• Measured time to engagement, time to kill with weapons, and player distances from spawns to objectives to ensure balance on both teams• Ran multiple playtesting sessions and iterated after each one• Fully set dressed level with final art and VFX• Designed level layout to support the gameplay of various game modes and have a multifunctional map

Orlando, Florida, United States

"Kasteel Keep"Third Person Shooter | Singleplayer | UE4• Created Modular assets using Maya and exported them to Unreal Engine to create detailed white box• Scripted checkpoint system and waypoints using Blueprints• Applied conveyance techniques such as breadcrumbing, and leading lines to tell the player where to go, and implemented cover system and placed enemies appropriately for combat scenarios

• Created Livestream and associated content to attract and entertain online viewers.• Created multiple social media accounts for the stream, as well as a YouTube account, to create active engagement with audiences.• Designed, edited, and uploaded videos using Adobe Premier.• Used Adobe InDesign and Photoshop to create logos and emotes for Twitch channel.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Worked to build marketing plan and personal website for photographer that includes pictures and videos.• Developed overall site layout using Smugmug platform and background in design and coding experience.• Directed and coordinated marketing activities and policies to promote products and services.• Developing a blog and social media accounts.

Master'S Degree

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba