Laura Warner Email & Phone Number

Kirkland, WA, US

Kirkland, WA, US

Spokane, Washington, US

Working on an exciting new project!

A small start up focused on games for women. More info coming soon!

Bellevue, WA, US

• Marathon
• Led cross-functional pre-production review and redesign of the social roadmap for the project while establishing social pillars for player engagement
• Served as a Product Owner to adjust processes, improve timelines, increase collaboration, and drive clarity on social, player progression, economy, narrative, and core gameplay
• Grew 7+ features from ideation to shippable states in less than a year under tight timelines and reduced staffing, providing a strong foundation for a long-life social game.
• Participated in public-facing video documentaries and other company outreach programs in coordination with player-facing teams
• Demonstrated department leadership and team coordination in a remote-first setting with a team of over 250 people.

San Francisco, CA, US

• R&D: Unannounced Project
• Led the exploration and incubation phases of an unannounced project, establishing the creative vision and direction while and refining brand and gameplay pillars.
• Worked closely with a high-value IP partner to establish clear goals and design workflows that respected their core brand guidelines as well as our design values.
• Defined the core, meta, and economy loops to establish a solid foundation of core player actions for engaging gameplay
• Mentored and guided a design staff to further expand the systems of the project, culminating in an extensive and comprehensive completed game design Pokémon GO
• Pioneered technology-forward Augmented Reality game design that resulted in more than a billion AR engagements by players.

Culver City, California, US

• In collaboration with the design and product management teams, determined what systems the game would need to reach standard best practices for the genre while setting goals for depth of design and innovation.
• Documented system and game designs starting with “one-page” pitch documents to spark conversation between the various departments, and finalizing designs with a full game specifications to be used by the team for.
• Worked with the team to implement the designs into Unity, while creating the architecture of the system data in excel, and owning balancing and tuning of the game.

Redwood City, CA, US

• Collaborated for a joint mobile effort between Electronic Arts and Illumination Entertainment based on the beloved Minions franchise. Responsibilities included working with stakeholders to develop the pitch, plan and.
• Addressed design requests during production to ensure polished delivery of all required documentation, including design documents, engagement loops, and user stories while assisting and supporting the development team.
• Launched Minions Paradise World Wide to 28 M+ people with an average review score of 4.5+
• Assumed official leadership role post-launch to re-assess the fidelity of the project, create a new road map and champion for alignment around player first ideology.

Redwood City, CA, US

• Design and Support for Tetris Blitz over multiple updates. Responsibilities included creating designs that supported player needs as suggested by telemetry data and community feedback. Worked extensively with the team.
• Collaborated with Design Team to devise a "Saga" game style and levels that utilized Tetris' core mechanics as a foundation while complementing it with progression, power-ups, fair-play monetization and an enticing.
• Created design updates for Tetris Mobile that addressed level progression, power balancing and implementation of a fair play monetization structure that provided players with a more enjoyable long-term play experience.

Glendale, California, US

• Created animations for Avatars (such as Anna & Elsa from Frozen) and NPC’s.
• Assisted in organizing and in management of the junior animation team working on Mission-Giver & NPC’s to provide players with a richer world and game experience
• Developed key NPC missions that provided multiple game goals and structured adventures for Players

Salt Lake City, Utah, US

• Collaborated via art and design to help create a Sony Move game designed specifically for children battling cancer. Goals of the title were to provide a feeling of empowerment and encouragement, while properly taking.
• Game was featured in the Official PlayStation Magazine as well as local and national press

Salt Lake City, Utah, US

• Supplied unique character animations for research projects, collected supporting curriculum materials for Animation and Development classes, provided Faculty support and peer review as required.

Mfa: Engineering Arts Entertainment, Master Game Studio (Video Game Design And Art)

Character Animation

Bfa, Painting And Drawing