Sam Brown Email & Phone Number

Lyndhurst, Nj, Us

New York City Metropolitan Area

Handles setup, distribution, and ongoing management of Atari’s video games across all first party platforms. This includes daily interaction with Atari game producers, creative service teams and rating boards to gather all materials required to launch a variety of games. Publishing Operations* Primary administrator of game publishing on multiple platforms: Sony Playstation, Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Xbox & PC, Steam, GOG, Luna, Atari VCS and Epic Games* Submit games for certification and lotcheck approval; manage any feedback or waivers required by first parties to launch our games* Ensure that the lifecycle of the publishing process is managed from start to finish* Facilitate coordination with multiple contacts (Producers, Marketing, and Designers) to deliver publishing requirements (asset design, page copy creation, trailer uploads, release configuration, pricing settings, etc.)* Problem-solve issues prior-to and post-digital release* Conduct publishing platform research and provides information as needed to leverage all publishing platform tools, procedures and best performance* Support Atari marketing and social channels by communicating any marketing opportunities or community feedbackCompliance Operations* Serve as lead resource and liaise with third-party rating boards (ESRB, CERO, IARC, etc.) and other compliance networks* Project manage the submission & updating of video games to third-party rating boards: intellectual property audits, logging instances of compliance, compiling and presenting materials for submissions, and managing ongoing communications until resolution* Serve as advocate and champion for proper legal copy communications (Trademarks and Copyright usage)* Continuously ensure company content is updated to ensure compliance

Greater New York City Area

I am responsible for assisting in front-end testing of digital products including websites, games, apps, and analytics in development for Sesame Workshop across a wide range of devices. I am tracking bugs for these digital products using JIRA and assisting in the management of mobile device library,In addition to my QA duties, I am also responsible for creating/updating our game repositories using Git, Bitbucket, Soucetree, and Drupal to manage our games.During my time here, I was given the opportunity to create and manage two personal projects. I created the game Cookie Monster Hop during my internship, which is now featured on SesameStreet.org and can be viewed on my portfolio website, and more recently Grover's Motocycle Mayhem, a game created as part of Sesame Street's 50th anniversary celebration. I took charge in all aspects of creating these games, including creating design documents and a QA schedule for myself.In performing all of these tasks, I am in constant contact with other departments, making sure everyone is on schedule and aware of what is currently happening with each project.

Greater New York City Area

Responsible for assisting in front end testing of digital products in development for Sesame Workshop across a wide range of devices, including websites, games, apps, and api, tracking bugs for these digital products using JIRA, testing the google analytics for games, and assisting in the management of the mobile device library.In addition, I created and managed my own side project, the HTML5 game Cookie Monster Hop, currently featured on sesamestreet.org

Hamden, Ct

I'm responsible for fielding numerous phone calls a day, promoting campus life, administrative work, and assisting students with whatever housing issues they may be experiencing.