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.