Stephen Frost Email & Phone Number

Emeryville, CA, US

• Manages internal development teams as well as external teams and contractors
• Production lead and designer on console/PC titles
• Develops project budgets and schedules
• Maintains relationship with publisher and 1st parties
• Manages publishing/submission process for self-published titlesTitles Produced:
• Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection (over 3.1 million units sold)

Irvine, California, US

• Production Lead on key console and handheld titles
• Oversees all major aspects of game production including scheduling, milestone approvals and feedback, management of development team, budget creation, executive presentations, contract amendments and assists teams in.
• Contributes to game design and overall scope of handheld and console projects
• Center point of communication between development teams and QA/Standards groups, as well as PR/Marketing and all other internal groups
• Liaise with first parties concerning any concept/game submissions, as well as needed submission report responses
• Oversees project-related hiring and deliverables from external music licensing, writing and VO groups, as well as any additional contracted hires

Santa Monica, California, US

• Part of core team with direct contact to management and studio executives; collaborated with other managers on their project needs
• Worked with design team to define and develop all major game design aspects
• Collaborated with design team in order to create GDD and other crucial team documents
• Oversaw freelance hires and processing contracts
• Liaison between C&C group and level designers during prototype creation
• Evaluated tools & technology, such as game engine candidates, from a game design perspective

Redwood City, CA, US

• Oversaw creation, testing and release of game demos, beta tests, as well as patches
• Handled all game submissions to 1st party (Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo)
• Collaborated with QA on bug issues and database management
• Worked with PR/Marketing to support their needs including asset creation, securing materials, press and EA executive team demos

London, England, GB

• Internal responsibilities: staff management, cover/feature creation, writing, editing, page layout, assignment of tasks and other management duties, setting of deadlines for other employees and demo disc creation.
• External responsibilities: main representative of magazine to external contacts, managed bulk of industry contacts, conducted press meetings and company visits as well as interviewed several industry professionals and.

• Website design and implementation
• Writing, editing of online content, updating sites on a daily basis
• Management of site staff contest development
• Worked with PR/Marketing to increase traffic driving people to the sites

• Collaborated with QA group on bug issues and database management
• Analyzed new hardware support possibilities for PC titles (i.e. Sidewinder Gamepad)
• Worked with design teams to improve upon game features and puzzle balance issues
• Organization of focus groups for feedback on titles

• QA testing of new software titles with additional focus on puzzle designs and level tweaking
• Assisted in managing QA team schedules and preparing bug reports for production team

Computer Science

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