After more than 12 years working in games, I took a break to refresh, build new skills, and determine what I wanted to do next.

At Larian, I led global PR and the Community team (community management, social media) as a part of the wider Publishing team. My work encompassed all of Larian's products, but I was chiefly focused on Baldur's Gate 3 during its development and through its release on PC and PS5.* Planned and led global PR & Communications strategy for all Larian titles, including Baldur’s Gate 3* Led Larian’s award-winning community team, establishing highly successful social media and community management strategy through Early Access and launch* Coordinated between multiple PR agencies to execute global PR strategy, organize both in-person and digital events* Managed global PR budget spend* Wrote all press releases, prepped key staff for interviews* Maintained relationships with press, influencers and other external partners throughout development and launch* Collaborating with the Publishing team, utilized Steam platform experience to plan and execute successful sale events* Planned a smash-hit of a pre-launch press event in Belgium on a 4-week turnaround as the result of changing release schedules -- flew in dozens of press & creators from across the globe and organized interviews, themed dinners, entertainment

At Valve, my role was an amalgamation of developer relations, business development, marketing, project and social media management. I worked with the rest of the Steam team to provide support to Valve’s external business partners and pursue new business opportunities and relationships.By design, Valve has no formal hierarchy or management structure, so it was up to me to decide which projects were worth spending my time on, build alignment among my peers to drive those projects forward, and then do whatever it took to see them through to completion.* Coordinated with developers big and small to successfully release and promote countless games on Steam* Advocated for and educated developers about Steamworks tools & services, including writing and delivering talks on best practices* Organized in-person roundtables across the US and Europe between game developers and Valve staff to build knowledge and rapport* Collaborated with internal and external parties to build new platform features (e.g - Steam cross-platform saves)* Designed and executed global storewide sales and promotions in time with key dates and industry events (e.g - PAX and E3 Showcases, Steam Next Fest, LGBTQ+ Games Sale)* Led the creation of Steam Next Fest, a digital game demo event, in response to IRL event cancellations at the start of the pandemic* Revived and maintained @Steam’s social media presence in 2018, and additionally created a @Steamworks account as a communication channel for developers

I joined Chucklefish early on in the development of their first title, Starbound. Starting out as a volunteer forum moderator, my role came to encompass community management, marketing, publishing, project management, and graphic and web design among other contributions.* Wrote and implemented in-game content for Starbound* Established and maintained Chucklefish’s presence across all social media channels* Represented Chucklefish in interviews, talks and events* Established relationships with key industry contacts, platform-holders, press and influencers* Managed the digital and retail releases of Starbound and Stardew Valley across PC, Mac, Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo Switch* Utilized HTML/CSS and graphic design capability to design and help build websites, forums, and subreddits* Created marketing assets for Starbound, Stardew Valley, and other published titles