Game Designer and Producer
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I'm a game designer with a particular interest in virtual and augmented reality. I have experience working on both academic research projects and professional projects in VR, 4D films, and game design.
Beaudry Interactive, Los Angeles CA Jan 2023-June 2023
Description: My tasks include writing game design narratives, writing storyboards, brainstorming and developing game mechanics, prototyping, playtesting, 3D modeling, 3D printing, systems design, and holding meetings with clients and other stakeholders. Software that I regularly use in this position include Unity, Blender, Visio, AutoCAD, PowerPoint, and the Adobe Creative Suite.
Pennsylvania State University—Erie, The Behrend College, Erie PA Jun 2020-July 2022
Assistant Teaching Professor of Game Design, Digital Media, Arts, and Technology
Description: My responsibilities included teaching game design courses, advising the Game Developers Club, and completing professional game design projects. I also advised students and facilitated the Game Development minor at Penn State Behrend. In the spring of 2021, I had the opportunity to develop and teach my own original course in Game Narrative Design.
Courses Taught: Introduction to Game Design, Advanced Game Design, Video Game Culture, Game Narrative Design
Cortina Productions, McLean VA May-Aug 2019
Description: My tasks included participating in both production meetings and company-wide meetings, coordinating with departments throughout the studio, collecting art assets, conducting quality assurance testing, pitching ideas, sitting in on client meetings, reviewing proposals, and conducting content research.
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA
Master of Entertainment Technology May 2019
Courses Taken: Building Virtual Worlds, Game Design, Twitch Plays Game Design, Experience Design, Designing Educational Games
Duquesne University, Pittsburgh PA
Master of Arts in English, Concentration: Web Design and Multimedia Studies May 2016
Courses Taken: Web Design, Web Interface Design
Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing, Minor: Psychology Dec 2012
Courses Taken: Fiction Writing; Brain, Behavior, and Cognition
