I work with the Operations Director as we grow a new Operations department at Arkane Studios Austin. Our goal is to support employees and game development by planning strategic programs, establishing organizational goals, and offering professional development opportunities. Our department serves as an advocate and liaison for Arkane Austin with all groups at ZeniMax Media and XBOX Games. My areas of work include:- Co-Dev & External Partner Management: Hiring, contracts, onboarding, headcount management, budget maintenance, and communication for all external partners and our internal development team.- Budgets: Collaborate with Directors, Leads and Finance to create and maintain budgets and forecasts for our game development cycles and operational budgets for the company.- Global Readiness & Localization: Localization and Global Readiness advocate and coordinator for project- Arkane Bi-annual Summit - Organize our on-site team summits for our local and remote employees, including travel, meetings, costs, transportation, and summit schedules for team.

As Senior Manager of External Partnerships, I was the primary point of contact and owner of the relationship between Arkane Austin and its external development partners, as well as Arkane Austin’s voice over (VO) and localization coordinator. I took my knowledge of development needs and worked alongside production and development teams to suggest suitable vendors, availability, and capacity to meet evolving production challenges. I had the opportunity to build long-term relationships with many external partner studios and individuals through networking, clear communication, which allowed evaluation and onboarding more successful. I successfully collaborated with Legal and IT for easy and efficient onboarding of our partners. I worked extensively with our Business Manager and Finance for quarterly project budgeting. Through collaboration with the production and leadership team to ensure the engagement was successful and positive for everyone involved. For multiple projects, I managed and coordinated the VO process in collaboration with our Narrative team and a third-party VO production studio. I oversaw the VO process with a third-party studio through multiple projects, including schedules, coordination with Localization, bug triage, and file delivery with our narrative team.Highlights:- Co-dev and external partner management- Contracts- Budgeting- Teamwork- Cross-team communication - Localization- Voice Over management and scheduling

Outsource and External Partner Coordination and Management, Localization Coordinator, Voice Over Session Coordination and ManagementPast responsibilities: Feature team management including Audio, Worldbuilding, VFX, Narrativ Support Outsource team and partners - preparing contracts, budgets, purchase request and invoice tracking, scheduling, and priority tracking for internal dev requests.  Manage teams (feature and service teams – including Worldbuilding, Design, Audio, VFX and Narrative) - task tracking, scheduling, collaboration and coordination with other teams. Collaborate with production team to set long-term project milestones and deadlines, maintain communication between teams, problem solve global company issues. Voice-Over Coordinator: work with 3rd party group for game VO needs, including delivering necessary files, budgeting, scheduling, and audio file import process. Localization Coordinator: prepare English audio and text files for off-site Localization team, imported localized files into the game, general support and ongoing collaboration, bug fixing.

Shipped Titles:+ Prey: Mooncrash (2018) Manage Worldbuilding & Level Design Content Teams. Support Team Leads – long-term project planning, scoping, sprint & milestone goals. Coordinate VO, Localization and Audio schedule, deliveries, contracts.

PROJECTS WORKED ON:+ PREY (May 2017)+ The Knife of Dunwall (DLC for Dishonored) ( April 2013)+ The Brigmore Witches (DLC for Dishonored) (August 2013)Duties:+ Audio Production Coordinator - coordinate with Audio contractors+ VO Production Assistant - provided on-site assistance during voice over recording sessions, coordinated sessions with Talent Agency and Studios, dialog/script management+ Localization Production Coordinator - work with Localization for translation and implementation of in-game dialog (text and audio)+ Production coordinator for Map Reviews (all reviews and emergent tasks)+ Additional Production Assistant for emergent needs through development+ Coordinator for contracts and purchase requests for all contractors during developmentSoftware used:- Hansoft- JIRA- Confluence- Perforce- Slack- Notepad++- AsperaArkane Studios is a video game development studio for AAA titles that was founded in 1999. We have an office in Austin, Texas and one in Lyon, France. Arkane Studios is now owned by ZeniMax Media, Inc., and sister companies with id Software, Bethesda Softworks among others.

Project worked on:+ Dishonored (2012)Platforms: Xbox 360, PlayStation3, PCMetaCritic Score: 91 (PC)+ Bookkeeping and other general office management duties+ Worked directly with CEO/President for non-development related business needs+ Coordinated with 3rd party contractors through production and development including coordinating travel arrangements + HR assistant duties including scheduling interviews and reviewing resumes+ VO Production Assistant - provided on-site assistance during voice over recording sessions, coordinated sessions with Talent Agency and Studios, dialog/script management+ Localization Production Assistant - coordinated with Localization for translation of in-game text and dialog+ Task management in Hansoft for Level Design and Gameplay teams and coordinated SCRUM stand-ups+ Additional Production Assistant for emergent needs through development of Dishonored.

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