Games Creative, Operations, And Production Consultant
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Games Creative, Operations, and Production Consultant
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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Nick Ahrens previously worked as Executive Producer at Night School: A Netflix Game Studio and Games Creative & Production Consultant at Freelance. Nick Ahrens holds Design, Arts, & Media from School Of Self Taught.
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Proudly hailing from Minneapolis, Nick Ahrens started his career at Game Informer producing and writing editorial content for the print magazine as well as managing the Webby Award-winning website. Moving to sunny Los Angeles, he took up a partnership with a focus on design at the critically-acclaimed pop culture gallery/marketing agency iam8bit working on one-of-a-kind projects with companies such as Nintendo, Sony, and more, while opening a physical pop-culture gallery/store in the heart of Echo Park on Sunset Blvd.For nearly a decade, Nick has been in game production starting with his role as Executive Producer and Game Director at independent developer Hidden Variable Studios, Executive Producer at MWM Interactive, and most recently he’s been serving as the Executive Producer at Night School: A Netflix Games Studio.Building on nearly two decades in and around the video game and entertainment industries, Nick has become a creative and production leader spanning development, publishing, branding/identity, and more. His unique history has built a diverse skillset to work on nearly all aspects of game and general media production while executing with an obsessive eye for detail and quality.
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Executive Producer
CurrentExecutive Producer at Night School, a Netflix Game Studio working with an incredible team of developers and storytellers.
Jun 2022 - Present
Games Creative & Production Consultant
Freelance
Alongside 18+ years in the game industry, I’ve been working as a creative and production consultant. Projects have ranged from branding and identity to directing advertorial video productions to game industry mentorship for new IPs. Clients included Night School Studio / Netflix Games, MGM Studios, Activision, Doomtree Records, Beats by Dre, Game Developer’s Conference, Edelman, gNet Media, and more.
Oct 2010 - Jun 2022
Executive Producer
While with indie game publisher MWM Interactive, I oversaw game production from creative direction to logistical and beyond helping small developers turn their vision into a high quality player experience. This touched every aspect of a title from greenlight to core production to publishing/marketing and release.
Jan 2020 - Dec 2021
Executive Producer, Game Director
Serving as the Executive Producer for the studio as well as a Game Director, my day-to-day at the independent developer covered the entire range of the studio's needs from product ownership to operational strategy. Despite our small size, the games during my time at HVS have totaled over 20 million downloads.
Sep 2012 - Mar 2019
Partner, Design
Moving from Minneapolis to Los Angeles, I took up a partnership with the rest of the iam8bit creative collective where we built out an art gallery as well as produced award-winning viral marketing campaigns and direct-to-fan live events. With a focus on pop-culture such as gaming and music, iam8bit builds out one-of-a-kind fan experiences that ranges from Street Fighter "fight club" events to end-to-end video productions to artist-designed/hand-made, limited edition physical merchandise.
Oct 2010 - Sep 2012
Media Editor
Taking a chance on a young kid with big ambitions, Game Informer Magazine, one of the biggest video game publications in history, became a proving ground to grow as a professional quickly. While learning the ropes of the game industry from great leadership, I would eventually go on to oversee the website, pen a monthly tech column, and write regular reviews for the print magazine. I was fortunate to work on many in-depth and huge game reveals including Bioshock Infinite, Fallout 3, Call of Duty… Show more Taking a chance on a young kid with big ambitions, Game Informer Magazine, one of the biggest video game publications in history, became a proving ground to grow as a professional quickly. While learning the ropes of the game industry from great leadership, I would eventually go on to oversee the website, pen a monthly tech column, and write regular reviews for the print magazine. I was fortunate to work on many in-depth and huge game reveals including Bioshock Infinite, Fallout 3, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, and many more. Show less
Apr 2005 - Sep 2010
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School Of Self Taught
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Nick Ahrens is listed as Games Creative, Operations, and Production Consultant at Games Industry Consultant.
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Nick Ahrens is based in Los Angeles, California, United States while working with Games Industry Consultant.
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Nick Ahrens has worked for Games Industry Consultant, Night School: A Netflix Game Studio, Freelance, Mwm, and Hidden Variable Studios.
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Nick Ahrens holds Design, Arts, & Media from School Of Self Taught.
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