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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Battle Rally (Combat Racer)• Championed design shift of Battle Rally, leading a team of designers and coordinating with engineers and artists to add new progression systems and gameplay adjustments to bring the game up to speed with modern mobile game trends.• Took over production duties to plan future sprints on Battle Rally, coordinating leads from each discipline.• Provided mentorship and guidance to junior designers as a senior game designer, outlining actionable steps for individual career advancement.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Internal NDA'd Projects• Created progression and combat systems, as well as narrative direction and design pillars, to support multiple internal rapid prototype projects.

Kill Shot Bravo (Sniper FPS)• Scripted live game events in Kill Shot Bravo, reusing existing mission assets, rewards, and themes to provide fresh experiences.• Converted dialogue, item descriptions, and copy into text strings and spreadsheets for integration into game engines

Kill Shot Bravo (Sniper FPS), Hero Hunters (TPS RPG), Ember Tactics (Turn-based Strategy RPG), Puzzle Hospital (Match-3 Builder)• Narrative contributions to 4 games. Narrative design and dialogue, environmental storytelling, lore, backstory, game documentation, item names and descriptions, beat flow charts, themes for live events tying retention mechanics into game’s narrative. Maintained IP tone and brand while crafting event dialogue and scenario design for live events. • Converted dialogue, item descriptions, and copy into text strings and spreadsheets for integration into game engines. Designed and scripted over 100 story sequences for Puzzle Hospital• Leveraged extensive product knowledge and experience to help onboard new designers in live ops cadence, player expectations, and narrative tone.

Kill Shot Bravo, Hero Hunters, Puzzle Hospital, Forged Fantasy, Super Hit Baseball, Mighty Battles, more• Community engagement on social platforms, player experience intermediary, collaborating with live ops dev team for future content.• Designed Dev-Astation, where players win prizes by dueling with developers. Community Clash, where players face off against boss waves designed by their peers to honor community leaders. Concepted and launched Hero Hunters 100th Hero rollout campaign to tease and build excitement for milestone Hero.• Integrated user feedback and analytic data to prepare player sentiment reports for 5+ dev and leadership teams, summarizing player concerns and habits to shape future content.