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San Rafael, CA, US

I help people to see and reveal their best selves, specializing in portraits, headshots, team photos, lifestyle and editorial photography.

Dallas, Texas, US

Set and maintained the visual aesthetic and standards for photography across digital and printed media for Topgolf, an entertainment destination with over 30 venues nationally. Selected, corrected, edited, and managed photography, and media assets. Built and maintained a network of photographers to service corporate and venues nationwide, managed.

The Light House is a creative agency focusing on the power of words and photographs to communicate compelling stories. We offer a range of services to help build and convey the spirit of your project, product or brand, focusing on photography, creative messaging, copywriting, scripts and dialog, marketing, taglines and naming. From people to products.

As a consultant for Casual Connect USA I was the speaker-seeker and track advisor for both the Mobile and Kids & Family lectures series this year in San Francisco. I recruited industry leaders and CEOs, helped create topics and presentations and handled logistics for each speaker's session. As Features Writer for Gamesauce Magazine I wrote 14 Studio.

New York, NY, US

Chiefly responsible for iOS and Flash games scouting and acquisition. Helped to drive the Addicting Games App on iPhone to #1 in the App store. Manage a team of five to oversee iOS, direct-to-consumer download games and Flash games' acquisition P&L. Responsible for developer relations, content evaluation, selection and scheduling. Structure and negotiation.

Scouted, evaluated and approved content for Shockwave.com, AddictingGames.com, and AddictingGames mobile.

Wrote in-game dialog, alerts, messaging and UX text and copy for the hit game HayDay™.

Fiction writer and novelist, author of the critically acclaimed novel Serpent Box (Harper/Perennial)

Acquisition of content and developers of casual games, guiding developers in the creation of cutting edge content, bringing great games into the iWin network and generally increasing iWin's visibility and reputation among the casual games development community. Building and growing the iWin Publishing business. Contract negotiation, deal structures and.

Fort Lauderdale, FL, US

Source, identify, interview, recruit and place artists, animators, programmers, producers, marketing and executive personnel within the game development industry.

Day-to-day operations and production oversight, including scheduling, budgeting, resource management, hiring and managing a staff of 20 artists and engineers. Directed business development, and the overall strategy and marketing of Jinx Studios; establishing the company as a premier developer of animated content for the web. Writing scripts, authoring.

US

Wrote, designed and directed Bad Mojo, which became a top-selling and award-winning PC game. Oversaw the conceptual and actual design of Space Bunnies Must Die!. Wrote art specifications and authored design documents. Tracked the production schedule and deliverables to ensure timely delivery of assets. Created storyboards for cut sequences, critical.

Co-founded Drew Pictures, a 3D animation production studio and game developer. Co-designed and wrote the company’s hit game Iron Helix, a breakthrough PC game that won numerous industry awards and sold close to a million copies worldwide. Developed and Directed Bad Mojo; a product that went on to become one of the most popular adventure games of its time..

Product Manager for an animation playback engine called PACO (a precursor to Apple's QuickTime). Worked with third party developer to create specifications, features and UI. Managed the development process through beta and gold master. Created packaging, sell-sheets, ads and marketing campaign for PACO. Developed ads and copy for several award winning.

Coordinated and led efforts in corporate PR, tradeshows, advertising, customer relations and corporate events. Acted as the liaison between the sales and accounting department. Handled ‘special case’ customer service crises and worked as a go-between representing the Marketing Director to all other corporate departments.

B.A., Communications Arts

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