Samantha Cook Email & Phone Number

Christchurch, Nz

Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

- Develop funding and partnership prospects for the studio for OIP and work for hire- Anticipate and execute short and long-term strategy for Artifact 5- Project manage, budget, and plan all studio projects- Collaborate to design story and gameplay- Represent Artifact 5 at conferences and other events- Any and all miscellanyMontreal-based Artifact 5 creates distinct experiential and emotionally driven games for PC, console and VR. We diverge from the pack by creating new modes of storytelling through mechanics, marrying narrative and the controls themselves.

Montreal, Canada Area

• Liaise between the client, development team and players• Oversee a team of programmers, artists of multiple disciplines, and designers• Act as ScrumMaster: organize and run Sprint Planning meetings, Reviews, and Retrospectives• Prioritize design and development objectives with designer and other stakeholders and plan milestonesGames: Flingimals (iOS, Android in development), Pro Feel Golf (iOS, Android), MLB Ballpark Empire (Facebook, iOS, Android)

Montreal, Canada Area

• Managed MLB Ballpark Empire’s Facebook community (nearly 200,000) with social media (primarily Facebook) and customer service tools (Zendesk)• Planned and created communication content on a monthly basis• Analyzed and reported on Facebook & Zendesk analytics and customer feedback• Liaised between the client, development team and players

• Managed communications & marketing for the department's initiatives, including LE MOOD, an arts and culture festival of over 100 subjects for >1000 people, social action initiatives, and partners' projects• Marketing strategy included Facebook Ads, Twitter, email, print and word of mouth• Envisioned, planned, and executed the creation of a new website for the department to showcase innovative projects internally and by partners in Jewish Montreal• Created daily, weekly, and monthly campaigns for social media and taught partners to use social media

• Scheduled meetings, took phone calls, arranged catering, wrote and edited documents and web communications, made personal appointments, applied for internal funding, judged award applications• Implemented HR policies: Bill 90, time sheets, vacations, performance dialogues, and kept confidentiality• Organized meetings and events: Directors' meetings (15 attendees), Enviro-Jam (50), Student Consultative Open Forum (50), Stand Up for Mental Health (100), Winter Holiday Parties (75, 20), SWAAC 2012 conference planning (125)• Administrated Facebook presence, shared student services and related events, grew the Student Services Page

• Administrated and promoted networking through inaugural CGI U Commitments Network website, bringing together over 500 students, national youth organizations, and university presidents• Extensive drafting and editing of meeting minutes (e.g. Haiti Action Network), one-pagers, web content, outreach emails, and summarization of dozens of projects (samples available)• Succeeded in gaining more attendees for CGI U's annual meeting (from 1200 to 1600 annual increase) and Outstanding Commitment Awards (nearly 900 applications) through targeted outreach• Worked extensively in the record-keeping and fundraising database Raiser's Edge

• In only four months, solicited the third-largest amount of gifts via credit card of all callers• Explained the benefit of giving to the Alma Mater and Parents Fund to alumni and parents• Persuaded hesitant potential donors to give by being flexible, professional, friendly, and understanding of their circumstances, ultimately convincing them of the impact of any gift

• Represented over 19,000 undergraduate students on McGill University's downtown campus.• Responsible for over twenty budgets with a total value greater than one million dollars, for SSMU services, clubs, publications, media, funds, student bar, and the University Centre• Supervised four student staff members, assisted in the recruitment process for over eleven student positions• Mediated disputes and communicated between interest groups, the media, the SSMU Legislative Council, and McGill administration• Orchestrated Activities Nights for over 3000 new and returning students• Member of McGill Senate Committee on Student Services, the McGill Tribune Board of Directors, and campus and community radio station CKUT's Board of Directors, and others

Bachelor Of Arts, English Literture; Minor In Sexual Diversity Studies

Activities and Societies: Students' Society of McGill University (SSMU), Queer McGill, McGill Health Promotions volunteer, IRSAM (McMUN.

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