OBJECTIVE

Game Designer to develop content, systems and story for single player, multiplayer and/or massively multiplayer platforms.

EXPERIENCE

2007-present

2006-2007

2001-2006

Red 5 Studios  |  Irvine, CA

Associate Designer – Unannounced MMO Shooter

• Conceived and collaborated in the creation of game systems ranging from the game’s multi-class combat mechanics and mission design using the proprietary editors to User-Interface creation for social systems and HUD design.
• Constructed play-spaces and implemented encounters using proprietary terrain and encounter tools.
• Crafted various placeholder assets for rapid iteration.
• Created artistic diagrams and informational media for inter-department coordination as well as designed and presented visually engaging PowerPoint presentations for corporate and developer meetings.

Offset Software |  Newport Beach, CA

Writer/Designer – Project Offset

• Developed world and story in collaboration with the art team.
• Designed and implemented User-Interface.
• Conceived, developed and balanced the class mechanics consisting of: combat, abilities and equipment.
• Crafted play-spaces using proprietary tools with an attention to combat channeling, game flow and multi-class progression.

Concord Monitor  |  Concord, NH

Pre-Press Specialist/Proofreader

• Proofread and edited various newspapers and third-party periodicals.
• Image-correction for press including: scanning, toning and image manipulation.
• Layout and output management for pre-press.
• Page photography for broadsheet and tabloid formats.
• Plate-processing for Flexographic print-press.
• Troubleshot Windows and Macintosh issues.

MEMBERSHIPS & AWARDS

TECHNICAL ENVIRONMENT

2004 Featured in www.DAZ3D.com art calendar

2003 Featured in February issue of Computers Graphics World magazine “Shadow Play”

2002 Winner of the www.DAZ3D.com “DAZ Use” contest

1998-1999 Member of PSU Continuum Magazine staff

1999 Runner-Up in MTV’s Korn “Issues” Cover Design contest

1995 Winner of Jr. F.L.I.P. Logo design contest

MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Publisher) | Photoshop Illustrator | Premiere | After Effects | InDesign | Quark Xpress Acrobat | Director | 3D Studio MAX | q3Radiant | Hammer Editor | Sound Forge | Google Sketchup | Alienbrain | Poser

Proprietary Tools: Terrain, Ability, Weapon, Character and Encounter Editors.

References Available Upon Request