Tia Young Email & Phone Number

Montreal, Qc, Ca

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

- Plans and executes all marketing strategies and campaigns for the video game "Ultimate Chicken Horse"- Manages and moderates all social media platforms: Discord, TikTok, Twitter, Reddit, Instagram, Steam forums- Creates original content by recording, editing, and producing videos, livestreaming, making concept art, storyboards, and more- Designs and advertises official merchandise products- Writes all public-facing announcements to the video game's community - Coordinates all PR and influencer/content creator outreach - Provides testing/QA support, responds to all customer support/bug tickets, and reports relevant feedback to the developers- Skills: Photoshop, Premiere, Audition, Illustrator, OBS, Restream, Squarespace, Notion, Excel

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

One of the founding members of GameDevMTL, an organization which offers a centralized site for finding game dev events in Montreal, and creates new events which bring the community together while encouraging knowledge-sharing.

Provides marketing and PR services for indie game developers. Have an indie game you're working on and could use some help with marketing? Please get in touch!- Plans and executes marketing campaigns for indie game releases and Kickstarters- Creates social media content by filming and editing footage and writing blogs- Writes and distributes pitches and press releases for influencers, journalists, and content creators- Manages public-facing social media accounts including Twitter, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, Reddit, websites, and personal blogs. - Designs custom Steam store pages by writing copy, taking screenshots, making visual assets, and optimizing the Steam backend

Lab assistant in the Specimen Management department responsible for preparing human specimens for testing and training new employees in workplace safety.- Received and sorted exempt human specimens and category B biological substances from across British Columbia to deliver test results for patients- Led new employees through their EHS orientation by training them in workplace safety, usage of hazardous chemicals, and handling infectious substances- Conducted safety demonstrations of personal protective equipment, fire extinguishers, and laboratory spill kits to protect employees’ health- Attended monthly EHS committee meetings to discuss new hazards in the chemistry, hematology, toxicology, and specimen management departments to assess and implement efficient safety protocols

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Supervised forensic entomology tutorials of 30+ students, in-person and online.- Instructed a weekly insect biology laboratory and lecture-style tutorial to further students’ understanding of the lecture material - Adapted in-person tutorials for online activities to facilitate virtual learning- Ran interactive labs for students to practice insect identification, anatomy, dissection, and collection - Evaluated student performances in the laboratory and on written assignments

Oversaw the laboratory's insect colonies and students.- Trained all volunteers and students practical laboratory skills, including microscope use, sanitation, rearing techniques, and insect handling- Reared necrophagous fly species, Calliphora vicina and Lucilia sericata, to maintain colony populations - Documented pupation of larvae and emergence of teneral adult flies to track life cycle progression- Analysed larval development to ensure growth and fecundity are not impacted by overcrowding- Prepared specimens for community science outreach workshops designed to interest children and students into science and biology- Organizes all marketing packages for the annual Centre for Forensic Research Symposium to invite legal professionals, scientists, and students for a day of forensic-related lectures

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Investigated the pest control potential of floral foraging behaviours in male and female Culex pipiens mosquitoes.- Contributed to studies of visual, auditory, and electrical cues against Aedes aegypti mosquitoes - Maintained multiple mosquito colonies by rearing the insects for their use in experiments and research- Collected data and assisted with analysis and manuscript write-ups- Communicated with agricultural companies by phone and email to acquire research materials

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Supervised forensic entomology tutorials of 30+ students.- Instructed a weekly insect biology laboratory and lecture-style tutorial to further students’ understanding of the lecture material- Ran interactive labs for students to practice insect identification, anatomy, dissection, and collection- Evaluated student performances in the laboratory and on written assignments

Simon Fraser University

Simon Fraser University