Jun 2021 – Jul 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo

• Initiate, define and lead innovation initiatives and projects from concept to completion.
• Collaborate with a team of designers, prototypers, and content producers to explore, test, and evolve interactive experiences.
• Explore concepts, building from storyboards, wireframes and prototypes to detailed specs and polished visual designs.
• Develop and maintain positive relationships with Project Manager, Content, Engineering and Consumer Insights partners.
• Establish interactive point-of-view and help cross-functional teams understand the vision and goals.

Jun 2019 – Jun 2021 · 2 yrs

• Design Lead:
• Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous: Hidden Adventure
• We Lost Our Human
• You vs. Wild: Out Cold
• Boss Baby: Get That Baby!
• Spirit: Ride Along
• Animals on the Loose: A You vs. Wild Movie
• Last Kids on Earth: Happy Apocalypse to You
• Provide technical and narrative design feedback in conjunction with content executives at key milestones throughout production of interactive titles.
• Serve as a liaison between the content teams and external content producers and provide narrative design support and guidance as needed.
• Onboard external content producers and provide context and support regarding the interactive story framework and internal tooling.
• Establish and maintain healthy working relationships with internal organizational partners including Product Management, Design, and Content.

Apr 2018 – Jun 2019 · 1 yr 2 mos · Oakland

• Develop and maintain the narrative design for multiple episodic series:
• Saved By the Bell
• Sixteen Candles
• Law and Order
• Participate and lead writer's room.
• Establish character roleplaying rails, player goals and motivations, choice paths, and interactivity
• Collaborate with the narrative director and lead writer in story development.
• Maintain and organize design documentation.

Feb 2013 – Apr 2018 · 5 yrs 2 mos · United States

• Game Developer.
• Assistant Producer:
• The Wolf Among Us: 101
• The Walking Dead: 106, 201, 202, 203, Season 1 Vita, Vita: Japan
• Tales from the Borderlands: 101, 102, 103.
• Creative Assistant:
• Tales from the Borderlands: 104, 105
• Batman 101, 102
• Narrative Designer:
• Batman 103, 104, 105, 205
• Minecraft Story Mode: 204 (Lead), 205
• The Walking Dead: 303, 304, 305, 401

Jan 2012 – Dec 2012 · 11 mos · Manhattan Beach, CA

• Playtest various game prototypes and submit feedback for playability, brand assurance, and other inaccuracies.
• Review game design documents for narrative cohesion and continuity, often generating new creative content to enhance player experience.
• Develop in-game scenarios within a game’s core mechanic to augment character fiction during development.
• Conduct research within Marvel Universe to supplement current projects with findings.

Oct 2007 – Aug 2011 · 3 yrs 10 mos

• Provided personal one-on-one training and group workshops on various Apple hardware and Mac OS software to users of various experience, age and culture.
• Developed and maintained a technical validation program to increase knowledge base of team members by working with team members to identify their needs and those of our customer base.
• Maintained daily operations schedule and adapted to unexpected changes in order to complete team‘s daily tasks.

Jul 2004 – Dec 2007 · 3 yrs 5 mos

• Designed, organized, and implemented the training curriculum for instructor staff and officers in training which allowed for less supervision, and increased available resources.
• Coordinated and supervised logistic operations for military training exercises on live-fire ranges.
• Represented as subject matter expert for various public exhibitions and displays.

Dec 1999 – Jul 2004 · 4 yrs 7 mos

• Operated weapons and equipment in combat operations.
• Provided sniper support, surveillance and reconnaissance for the battalion.
• Established standard operating procedures for platoon training.
• Supervised for the care and well-being of subordinates.