CV
Professional Experience
A leader in game design, who offers proven success across multiple genres/platforms with experience that ranges from Disney console games to free-to-play mobile games. Identifies unmet market demand and leads all aspects of game development, concept design, user research, wireframing, diagramming, prototyping, UI design, narrative design, level design, game tuning, and scripting. A motivated team-player who thrives on solving difficult problems quickly and efficiently, instilling fun at every step of the way.
Zynga
Game Designer
Designed level progression, including difficulty ramp and 100+ hand-crafted levels in Unity for the free-to-play mobile game Words On Tour (iOS, Android, Facebook; responsible for concepts and specifications of new game features, and retuned level progression based on live data.
Designed feature concepts, wireframes, and asset lists for the picture-based free-to-play mobile game Trivia With Friends; wrote 1,000+ in-game questions and reviewed and edited all user-generated content.
Mighty Play
Game Designer
Created the game design for the Parents’ Choice Award-winning, augmented reality game Disneynature Explore (iOS); crafted the UI flowcharts, wireframes, and asset list.
Brainstormed features for prospective projects and presented concepts to clients.
Developed visual game design documents utilizing Balsamiq and Solidify to effectively communicate game designs to clients, artists, and engineers.
Tencent America
Game Designer
Designed new gameplay features to increase retention for the free-to-play Facebook game Fashion Avenue; also reviewed art concepts for approval and implementation into the game.
Wrote detailed evaluations of Triple-A console and PC titles for Tencent America; evaluated new games for potential publishing deals and top mobile games for potential licensing deals in China.
Analyzed social networking platforms and competing text messaging applications for WeChat.
Drove text rewrite from Chinese to English and made cultural design tweaks for Roco Kingdom.
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Game Designer
Led complete design effort for Disney Princess: Enchanting Storybooks (Wii) and led art and engineering team in building working prototypes; partnered with production to define scope and mold the GDD, wrote storybook narrative, directed voice-over sessions, and designed/developed level progression.
Led concept design and level design for Hannah Montana: Rock Out the Show (PSP); created scene layouts (including character/camera placement in Maya), designed rhythm-based cue sequences, wrote complete story for episodic cut-scenes, directed voice-over sessions, and edited music/sound effects.
Directed the music video background scenes and completed the level design for 10+ levels in High School Musical: Senior Year DANCE! (Wii, PS2, Xbox, PC); designed complex rhythm-based cue sequences, edited both music and sound effects, and utilized Maya to communicate camera, character, and VFX positions.
Managed half of the planned mini-games in Disney Channel All Star Party (Wii), overseeing art, animation, and engineering teams in achieving the design vision; contributed to project from brainstorming stage to prioritization to tuning game systems and adjusting environmental layouts.
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