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Witcheye (2019) • Conceived, designed, scored, and programmed a SNES-style platform game using C#/Unity for multiple platforms • Created a unique touch-based control scheme that eliminates the need for awkward “virtual controllers” • Designed 50 levels with unique secrets, traps, and obstacles, including a special mode where all enemies have new behaviors • Animated 100+ creatures and drew dozens of multiplane scrolling backgrounds and seamless tilesets • Composed full 35-song soundtrack using FL Studio • Wrote HLSL shaders for special visual effects • Developed speedrun features including built-in split timers and player ghosts • Worked with third-party tools including GIMP, GraphicsGale, Audacity, and TiledSatellina (2015) • Conceived, designed, scored, and programmed an original puzzle game for iOS and Android devices • Edited trailers and coordinated promotional language with PR team • Game was featured under “Best New Games” in iTunes Store • Praised by critics at TouchArcade, AppSpy, PopMatters, and more, landing the game on Metacritic's best-reviewed listThe Great Gatsby For NES (www.greatgatsbygame.com) (2011) • Co-created a retro-styled video game, adapted from F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, that was played by over 1 million people in the first month • Designed the gameplay structure, levels, enemies, cutscenes, and rewards; drew all graphics and composed the soundtrack • Designed the viral marketing strategy, resulting in 100,000 visitors on the first day of release • Was flown to the Frankfurt Book Fair to present in a conference on adapting literary content for interactive media • Gatsby was called one of the best games of the year by The Onion AV Club and Entertainment Weekly, and was featured in the New Yorker, Wall Street Journal, The Economist, Business Insider, New York Magazine, Engadget, Kotaku, and dozens of other periodicals

New York

• Recruited 100+ freelance contributors making weekly submissions • Identified talent across entertainment, food, lifestyle, and health verticals • Managed and edited network, offering writers guidance on how to present content most compellingly • Personally grew site traffic by 1.5 million unique visitors per month in the first year • Analyzed traffic to push growth and new directions • Coordinated with print editors to promote online content in magazine • Worked with developers to build efficient traffic-based payment system for writers • Edited photos and created slideshows to increase ad impressions

• Edited every piece of content on the site from 2008 to 2012, including 10-12 articles and blog posts per day • Managed a team of six editorial staffers and interns • Authored widely linked, conversation-starting articles on topics ranging from relationships to politics to culture • Conducted candid interviews with acclaimed creatives, including David Lynch, Andy Samberg, and Alison Bechdel • Commissioned timely and insightful stories about breaking events in pop culture • Oversaw hiring of new writers, bloggers, and columnists • Mentored writers at varying levels of experience to improve the clarity and force of their work • Supervised social media outreach via Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, StumbleUpon & Tumblr • Analyzed traffic, SEO, and outbound social marketing efforts, and worked cross-departmentally to optimize reporting • Shaped raw reader-submitted content into compelling, polished low-cost features • Collaborated with editors of other sites (including Jezebel, The Onion, and Buzzfeed) on buzzy, synergistic projects • Reviewed more than 50 movies for Nerve’s film section