Nick Laing Email & Phone Number

Orlando, Florida, US

CA

I consult and help studios with game production, project management, change management, publishing, mentorships and succession planning.

London, England, GB

• In this role I activated all my skills in Organizational Development and Cross Functional Team Leadership to organize business development, product marketing, strategy, and operations.
• Guided growth to 10x in 2nd year by establishing clear success criteria and adding new products.
• Managed global business development, sales operations, product marketing, account management, growing double in size while staying below projected cost targets.
• Principle in building “Air Traffic Control” and project management for resourcing inbound jobs.
• Orchestrated operationalization and a smooth transition to the new metaverse business initiative from a Games industry focus.
• Developed framework and communication plan for delivering status and measuring deal and project trends to report to the company.

Seattle, WA, US

• In this critical role at Amazon Games, I was a principle in establishing the process to help organize, align, and launch internally developed and published games.
• Oversaw 3 studios developing AAA projects. Shaped the standard for game and studio reporting status leading to the first successful game launch from Amazon, New World MMO.
• Leading the development, introduction, and managing the framework for game development and publishing at Amazon getting to launch games and establish clarity around all other game projects.
• Guided production overview of due diligence for partnerships and M&A opportunities.
• Principle in authoring expectations for Production and Design, providing career path clarity and guidance.

Redmond, Washington, US

• Supervised and led the Forza Motorsport team, a matrixed organization of almost 250 employees.
• Collaborated to develop best in class experiences. From AAA Multi-platform launch to Live Services.
• Created long-term plans and KPI strategies around AAA launches and Live Ops considering the needs of the community, the business and team health with 12+ month post ship content for both titles.
• Spearheaded change management to generate efficiencies through process development, evolution and training in a modern game development and live operation environment.
• Was at the forefront of team health. Established first cadence of monthly health surveys.

Redwood City, CA, US

• Generated business plans, P&Ls, performance KPIs, resource/capacity plan for AAA game development and centralized groups to manage live services from major franchises.
• Led the New IP and Incubation group in multiple simultaneous projects in emerging tech, new markets, new business models, new IP and innovative processes across multiple studios.
• Ran all major game mode teams on multiple AAA games (EA MMA, NASCAR, NFL Street, AFL) with reporting groups up to 120 employees.
• Interfaced with central and external departments like Dev Ops, Live Ops, Publishing, Marketing, HR to bring cutting-edge, innovative features to retail.
• Supervised full team-wide, change-management from Waterfall to Agile during preproduction.
• Operated as the main point of accountability for vision, execution, and broad quality. Reporting team status to stakeholders as frequently as scheduled or needed.

• Led internal and contract development, publisher liaison. Accountable for process and quality.
• Responsibilities included: Production, Game Design, UI/UX Design, 2D/3D Artist, Animator