J. Isaac Gadient

Co-Founder

United States8 yrs 2 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in narrative design and storytelling.
Proficient in game writing and character development.
Strong background in marketing and community engagement.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Narrative Designer with expertise in game development and marketing.

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Skills

Core Skills

CopywritingNarrative DesignStorytellingMarketing

Other Skills

Video Game JournalismPunctuationScriptwritingWritten CommunicationProofreadingBrainstorm FacilitationChicago ManualClarityQuality AssuranceCreativity and InnovationSpellingSocial Media MarketingInterpersonal SkillsAP StylebookGraphic Design Software

About

Call me isaac. I create characters, narratives, words, and worlds. Adventure games fostered my intellectual upbringing in the middle of America in the eighties and nineties. The dissolution and disillusion of media throughout the 21st century has informed my postmodern, preapocalypse mindset. I excel at combining elements, deconstructing genre, subverting tropes, and surpassing and imploding expectations. Dialogue is a strong suit of mine, and worldbuilding is both serious business and playtime on the playground. For years I have been skilling up in game engines, narrative tools, in communities and headspaces. Organization, production, communication, and synthesis are my strengths. With style and gusto. We are a species of stories. I connect with others through writing and speaking and finding harmonies. Solving problems and synergizing are keywords and buzzy cringe but listen, I actually do it, mama. Please check out my portfolio site, my resume, my writing sample, my social media accounts. I'd love to meet with you and chat narrative and gamedev. I live for it!

Experience

8 yrs 2 mos

Total Experience

4 yrs 5 mos

Average Tenure

Current Experience

Entry lvl

Writer

Oct 2025 – Present · 7 mos · Remote

Video Game JournalismCopywriting

Wisconsin games alliance

Marketing and PR Committee Member

Apr 2025 – Oct 2025 · 6 mos

Graphic Design SoftwareCopy EditingMarketingBrainstorm FacilitationEvent PlanningGraphic Design+4

Small loan studio

Game Writer

Dec 2024 – Oct 2025 · 10 mos

Working on an unannounced game with the Narrative Team and contributing some incidental music as well

Brainstorm Facilitation

Telic games

Narrative Designer and Game Writer

Jun 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 11 mos

StorytellingPunctuationScriptwritingWritten CommunicationProofreadingBrainstorm Facilitation+9

Girls rock! c-u

Founder / Governing Board

May 2015 – Dec 2018 · 3 yrs 7 mos · Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

Researched other camps and organizations, and assembled value center and governing board; planned and executed workshops, fundraising events and campaigns, and inaugural camp; collaborated to establish organization as a 501(c)(3) non-profit; marketed and grew brand identity within local community, and established connections within the Girls Rock Camp Alliance; attended International Conference in 2016

StorytellingBudgetingTeamworkPunctuationMarketingDesign+15

The nicodemus agency

Talent Buyer

Mar 2014 – May 2016 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

Organize and promote live music events, create and implement content for print and web, create content for social media promotions and manage Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter account, run production of events; market and grow venue brand

StorytellingTeamworkMarketingDesignWritten CommunicationWeb Design+9

Exile on main st.

Assistant Manager

Oct 2011 – Sep 2018 · 6 yrs 11 mos · Champaign, IL

Create graphics for sales and events; manage and create content for Instagram, Twitter, Facebook accounts; organized, promoted, and produced live music event series to showcase new album releases by popular artists

StorytellingTeamworkMarketingSpreadsheetsDesignWritten Communication+12

Heirship records

Owner-Operator

Jan 2011 – Dec 2018 · 7 yrs 11 mos · Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

Develop and promote local artists and album releases, design album art and promotional materials such as band photos and press releases, devise marketing strategies to increase sales and grow artists’ brands, initiate and manage social media channels

StorytellingBudgetingTeamworkPunctuationMarketingSpreadsheets+16

Parasol records & mail order

Intern

Oct 2010 – Aug 2012 · 1 yr 10 mos · Urbana, IL

Collaborate on release logistics, marketing and promotions; create content for web and print; fulfill mailorder and provide customer service; organize materials stock, lifting and logistics; project management, volunteer supervision

Analytical SkillsTeamworkPunctuationMarketingWritten CommunicationWeb Design+8