Joshua Mitchell Email & Phone Number

Winnipeg, Mb, Ca

Overseeing the design of all new mobile idle games at Hothead.- Responsible for identifying new market opportunities, developing initial concepts and design pillars, setting update priorities to address the needs of each project, (working closely with the leads group, the analytics team, and marketing team) and managing all game designers in the idle games division.- Box Office Tycoon, Tasty Tycoon, Turbulence Tycoon, and a new project (unannounced).

Vancouver, Canada Area

Lead Designer (iOS, Android - smart phones and tablets) - Oversee all areas of the design: IP creation, documentation, feature and system design, game structure, progression and economy, level design and mission scripting, AI design, tutorial and welcome flow design, update planning, and live ops testing and tuning, (using analytic tools such as SWRVE, Upsight, and Flurry). - Manage design team: plan milestones, establish design goals, and review all design work; assign tasks and areas of responsibility; mentor and guide all levels of designers; and represent the design team to senior studio management. - Box Office Tycoon - Hero Hunters - Kill Shot franchise - "Kill Shot"​ and "Kill Shot Bravo"​ - Rivals at War franchise - "Rivals at War"​, "Rivals at War: 2084"​, and "Rivals at War: Firefight"​ - Early Hothead mobile titles - "Zombie Ace"​, "Sea Stars"​, "JAWS Revenge"​, and "Chromanoids"​

Senior Designer (PSN, XBLA, PC, and Mac) - Responsible for designing and scripting adventure gameplay, (character creation, dialog writing/scripting, enemy design/scripting/tuning, dialog scripting, enemy placement) world layout and level design, mission and combat design, scripting and tuning, tutorial design, game economy and progression design and tuning. - DeathSpank series - "DeathSpank"​, "DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue"​ and "The Baconing" - Penny Arcade Adventures: Episodes 1 & 2

Senior Designer - Crash of the Titans (Wii, PS2, Xbox 360) - Responsible for design documentation, (including developing the gameplay pillars of the game) world design, enemy design, level design and scripting, and progression/rewards designDesigner - Crash Tag-Team Racing (PS2, Xbox, GC, PSP) - Designed and oversaw all areas of the "on foot" sections of the game, including character move-sets, level design and scriptingDesign Consulting on: Incredible Hulk: Ultimate DestructionDesigner - The Simpsons: Hit & Run (PS2, Xbox, GC, PC) - Responsible for designing, scripting, and tuning the story missions

Tester on: FIFA 2003 (PS, PS2)

Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada

Corrections Officer at: Matsqui Institution and the Regional Health Centre (BC)

White Rock, British Columbia, Canada

Busan, South Korea

Advanced Conversational English Instructor

White Rock, British Columbia, Canada