Riot Games

Associate Game Producer on VALORANT working with creative and content teams

Associate Game Producer

- Project management for core D&I team and for specific working groups within D&I, facilitating day-to-day logistics while also providing strategic advice and performing administrative tasks
- Tailor and adapt project and team management tools including Scrum, Kanban and Lean to fit team and work needs while continuously refining delivery practices, as well as using metrics to pinpoint problem areas and inform solutions
- Maintain team rituals and documentation, facilitating both regular and ad-hoc meetings for D&I teams
- Identify, escalate, and help mitigate any impediments or risks that obstruct or distract the team from delivering value
- Proactively identify gaps and quickly reorient to break down ambitious, ambiguous goals into achievable increments and measurable deliverables

Associate Diversity & Inclusion Project Manager

- First point of contact for D&I email and slack, respond or refer to other verticals
- Manage distribution lists, shared drives, calendar of events, scheduling and logistics for meetings, keep organization charts current and provide general cross-functional support
- Serve as project coordinator for projects; track, report, and escalate, prepare status updates, synthesize data/outcomes into a cohesive story
- Proactively identify and promptly escalate potential problems / risks with recommendations for mitigation

Diversity & Inclusion Coordinator

Work directly with senior leadership to develop discipline level programs to support the health, growth, and community of the Development Management discipline and the Production department with a focus on developing and delivering internal training courses, as well as conferences and events

Development Management Department Operations Coordinator

Freelance

Responsible for the overall aesthetics of the story and bringing distinctive visual stories/worlds to life for feature films, television, commercials, music videos, webseries, VR, and short films. 

Skills: Set designing, drafting and construction, set decoration and dressing, prop sourcing and manufacturing, graphics, research, project planning and scheduling, budgeting, team management and training (typically 4-8 member department crews), inter-departmental collaboration, and executive-level stakeholder management.

- "Behind the Style," Specular Theory, Inc (2017) - VR Vcommerce experience 
- "How Many Times" by Greg June, HK Corp (2017) - one-shot music video
- "Game Changers," Vanishing Angle (2017) - short / series pilot
- "Holidays With You" by Sara Watkins, Vanishing Angle (2016) - music video
- "Betch" 4 episodes (2016) - short-form, sketch comedy series
- "Snapgutted" episode of XYXX series by Connor Patrick (2016) - series pilot   
- "MatPat's Game Lab," Vanishing Angle (2016) - Youtube Red series
- "Emma's Chance," Taylor & Dodge LLC (2015) - feature film
- "Life's Contradictions" for Porsche, Majek Pictures (2013) - commercial
- "The Invention of Video Games" by Matt MacDonald (2012) - short
- "Hipster Kids" for Doritos, Majek Pictures (2011) - commercial
- "An Early Summer" by Lu Lu (2011) - short
- "The Sculptor" by Ryan Coogler (2010) - 3D short
- "A Man for All Seasons" by Therese Solone, Beep-Beep Films (2010) - short

Production Designer

Responsible for purchasing, sourcing, manufacturing, placing, styling, proper handling/operation, and overseeing any props needed for a production.

- Westfield Holiday Ad Campaign, Mark Leibowitz Photography Inc (2017) - commercials, editorial print, web, and social
- "Elemental: Hydrogen vs Hindenburg," Outpost Entertainment LLC (2017) - one-hour episode
- "Got to Lose" by Hollerado, RadicalMedia LLC (2011) - one-shot music video
- "GoldenBox" by Matt MacDonald (2011) - short

Property Master

- Art Director, "Zone 2," Under the Stairs Entertainment (2014) - festival short
- Moldmaker & Miniature Builder, "Henrietta Bulkowski," Lifted Animation (2013) - stopmotion short
- Set Decorator & Dresser (6 episodes), "CandyLand" by Damian Horan, Ali Scher and Win Bates (2012) - webseries
- Art Director, "My Mother's Jade" by Irene Young (2012) - short
- Set Dresser, "Lust for Love" by Anton King (2011) - feature film
- Set Decorator, "Scary Tales," Workaholic Entertainment (2011) - 3D scripted TV series
- Art Dept Production Assistant, "Children of the Air" by Damian Horan - short

Art Director & Other Art Dept Roles

The Jefferson Institute

The institute is a non-profit public policy organization that operates as a catalyst to bring creative thinking to bear in a practical way on societal problems. Areas of programming include the future of cities, international security, health and healthcare access, education reform, and the economy of emerging artists.

- A jack-of-all-trades assistant helping with everything from office and project management to wardrobe reorganization and art arranging to party and event planning
- Manage busy calendar and coordinate travel
- Help organize and develop topical meetings and expeditions with artists and scholars
- Develop graphics and layouts for print and online materials, as well as draft correspondence and operational documents for over a dozen active programs and projects

Executive Assistant

Duck Studios

- Helped run the day-to-day operations of the animation studio with the Office Manager
- Provided any necessary support to the producers, animators, and editors
- Handled on-site client care and guest accommodations, as well as transportation and meal coordination

Production Assistant

Durable Goods

Sony Pictures Entertainment

Working with the industry attendees and workshop coordinator to execute various 3D test shots by acting as an on-camera stand-in and providing general onset assistance, requiring knowledge and understanding of 3D concepts and technology.

Intern - 3D Technology Center

USC School of Cinematic Arts

Working for the Dean of the School of Cinematic arts, I was responsible for sorting and logging of mail and emails, answering the phones, clerical work, receiving guests of the office, and managing office supplies.

Assistant - Office of Dean Elizabeth Daley

Working with the program coordinator, director, and faculty to manage all of the summer program divisions and register and advise students.

Assistant - Office of Summer Programs

Responsible for checking production sound equipment in and out, as well as having a general knowledge of the equipment so as to provide technical support to students and staff.

Equipment Window Worker - Sound Department

Sawdust Art Festival

Working both Summer and Winter seasonal festivals in a customer facing and service oriented role, managing the front gate (entry, exits, and reentry) and patrolling the grounds to monitor for anyone in need of assistance, as well as to keep an eye on shoplifting. Trained as onsite first responders in case of any emergencies, medical or otherwise.

The Sawdust Art Festival is a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating the public and promoting art created by local artisans in Laguna Beach, California, since 1967.

Security Guard

Eyes of the World Media Group

Responsible for assisting with administrative work, production shoots, and marketing research and development. In addition, in charge of several research and proposal development projects. Served as Production Assistant for their video documentary series, "Meth Inside Out"

Intern

Game Producer with an affinity for collaboration and innovation who leads with an empathy and a people-first approach to work. Highly adaptable and attentive to details, I see things other people miss -- incorporating a broad range of knowledge and awareness with an ability to surface nuance and navigate ambiguity productively. I leverage my diversity & inclusion expertise to bring a human touch to projects regardless of scale.

4+ years of agile project management and game production, 10+ years of experience in independent film and media production, 8+ years of executive administrative experience

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