Lisa Franke Email & Phone Number

Redmond, Wa, Us

Greater Seattle Area

Currently working on a new card game!

Seattle, Wa

As a part of the production team, I help navigate the ups and downs of a blended production+liveops development process for a team of over 20 people by doing the following:- leading daily morning standups- creating reports, charts, and spreadsheets using Jira, Coda, Google sheets, Agantty, teamweek, or Hansoft- assisting in some basic production duties for the co-dev side of the business, and tracking people's time- engaging in daily follow-ups with all team members individually in order to address daily concerns, blockers, and to be the primary source for the team to manage feedback upward.- highlighting problems to the executive team and recommending beneficial changes and adjustments to the development process- planning and running feature kickoffs and milestone kickoffs- planning and running bi-weekly playtests of the game and coordinating feedback with the designer- running weekly production meetings with the executive team to discuss needs throughout the studio- participating in interviews for incoming candidates to support the dev team- coordinating tasking and deadlines for the team- working with members of the team to help them achieve their personal development and career goals- engaging in 1-on-1s with team members to promote individualized communication- participating in regularly-scheduled video calls with our overseas publisher- facilitating usage of our publishers proprietary tools with the team, such as assisting the team in getting these tools installed, getting accounts for them made, unlocking them when they get locked out, and being a resource for how to use them- getting our QA rep set up with a proper toolset for test. This includes a device library, device stands for their desk, a proper check-out/check-in process to track down developers who choose to use the device library, a weekly bug triage cadence, access to engineer/design meetings, etc- and more!

Seattle, Washington

Worked on The Grant Tour Game, focusing primarily on the multiplayer splitscreen portions. Engaged in weekly playtests, and daily smoke passes. Attended semi-regular reviews with executive members of the team, including creative director, artistic director, producers, technical directors, and others. Managed two other QA representatives in daily activities toward ensuring the quality of every release.

Seattle, Wa

Lead a crew of 4+ designers through the process of pre-production for an unannounced title.Contributed to a successful pitchCoordinated gameplay design, game balance, as well as monetization design

Seattle

Developing quality games on timeCompleting both technical and functional test passes in TestrailActively working to improve the testing process during downtimeAdhoc and halo testingContributing to design choicesAssisted in the World Wide launch of a successful time management F2P title

Addressing customer concerns with a customer-first attitude.Using deescalating language to navigate difficult problems with challenging individuals.Completing emails in a quick and efficient manner, up to 60 or more a day.

Bellingham, Washington Area

Addressing customer concerns with a customer-first attitude.Using deescalating language to navigate difficult problems with challenging individuals.Completing emails in a quick and efficient manner, up to 60 or more a day.

Bachelor'S Degree In English And Theater, English And Theater

Activities and Societies: Improv group Swing dance club

Associate Of Arts (A.A.)

Activities and Societies: Improv group Stage Fright student theater group