Resume

WRITING

Creating and maintaining narrative and design documentation in Confluence, game design document creation, dialogue, VO direction, script, prose, patch notes, literary, websites, and social media posts.

GAMES

Quality assurance, cross-platform testing (PC, Steam, Playstation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch), cross-discipline collaboration, project and people management, mentorship.

CREATIVE

Voice acting (character, advertisement, corporate, and narration), level design (Unreal Engine 5), 3D modeling, digital illustration, pixel art, storyboarding, graphic design, and animation (Blender and Photoshop).

TECHNICAL

Bug/error reports, Confluence technical tutorials and documentation, IT support, live streaming (Twitch and YouTube using StreamLabs), audio editing (Pro Tools), video editing (Premiere Pro).

TOOLS

Unreal Engine, Jira, Confluence, MS Office, Adobe Creative Suite, WWise, Perforce, Neighborhood, Twine, Unreal Engine, Procreate, ZBrush, Blender, Audacity, Pro Tools, Streamlabs OBS, Premiere Pro.

LANGUAGES

Lua, HTML, XML, CSS.

Associate Lore Historian | July 2022 - March 2024

Resource creation and future-proofing documentation for various intellectual properties in Confluence, including World of Warcraft, Overwatch, and an unannounced survival game. Fleshing out databases of relevant character and world information for ease of reference by game designers and authors.

Answering inquiries and research requests from game teams and their partners regarding canon lore in a timely and accurate manner. Reviewing artwork for accuracy and attention to detail for publications projects in Miro. Archiving in-development ideation and published material for future reference.

Providing correct pronunciations and audio files for assistance with voice over recordings.

Freelance Editor | 2020 - Present

Copy editing for second-pass publication - Ascendant: Family by J.A. Wilson, found on Amazon Books.
Most recent work - Editing advertisement copy for the live stream A Minstrel’s Tale.

Quality Assurance Tester - Turtle Rock Studios | November 2019 - July 2022

Creating and maintaining detailed bug reports via JIRA, developing and executing test cases, and investigating issues further using Unreal Engine, WWise, and other in-house tools. Mentoring and providing guidance to industry newcomers as part of our internship program.

Maintaining accurate dev change lists for internal use. Organization, consolidation, and editing of this information for publicly released patch notes.

Participating in Audio and Dialogue meetings and collaborating with the Lead Writer on dialogue and narrative direction. Writing, editing, and implementing dialogue and pushing reviewed changes through Perforce. Documenting best practices for dialogue implementation, internal processes and workflow via Confluence for ease of use throughout the studio.

Quality Assurance Tester - Sega of America, Inc. | September 2019 - November 2019

Provided valuable support for overseas game developers by running structured test cases and independently identifying and reviewing technical issues using JIRA.

Quality Assurance Tester - NIS America, Inc. | April 2019 - September 2019

Ensured quality of game software by performing detailed functional and regression testing for bugs. Tracked and reported the status of bugs via BugKiller using clear, concise language to be passed on to Japanese game developers. Promoted NIS America's games to a wide-reaching audience at Anime Expo, driving pre-order sales, social media engagement, and demo plays.

World of Warcraft - Blizzard Entertainment

Overwatch 2 - Blizzard Entertainment

Unannounced Survival Game - Blizzard Entertainment

Back 4 Blood - Turtle Rock Studios

Bayonetta & Vanquish 10th Anniversary Bundle - Sega of America, Inc.

Trails of Cold Steel III - NIS America, Inc.

La-Mulana 2 - NIS America, Inc.

Destiny Connect - NIS America, Inc.

RPG Maker MV - NIS America, Inc.

As a lore consultant, I fact-checked and provided guidance on narrative material, reviewed artwork, and prepared reference materials for artists on the following titles. View more in-depth entries on these projects here.

World of Warcraft: The Voices Within - Short story anthology

Overwatch 2: Heroes Ascendant: An Overwatch Story Collection - Short story anthology

World of Warcraft: Chronicle Volume IV - Lore reference book

World of Warcraft: The Dragonflight Codex: (A Definitive Guide to the Dragons of Azeroth) - Lore reference book

War of the Scaleborn (World of Warcraft: Dragonflight) - Novel

World of Warcraft: Exploring Azeroth: Islands and Isles - Lore reference book

World of Warcraft: Exploring Azeroth: Pandaria - Lore book

A is for Azeroth: The ABC's of World of Warcraft - Children’s book

Overwatch: Declassified - An Official History - Lore reference book

World of Warcraft: The Official Tarot Deck and Guidebook - Tarot cards

OVERWATCH２ ―鉄坂の守り人― (Overwatch 2 - Guardian of Kanezaka) - Comic

Starwatch: An Echo of Hope - Comic

Starwatch: Epilogue - Comic

Planes of Existence with PlatinumWoW | World of Warcraft Guardians of the Dream - Promotional lore video

World Tree Lore with PlatinumWoW | World of Warcraft Guardians of the Dream - Promotional lore video

WoW Lofi Beats To Chill To | Waiting for BlizzCon Promotional Video - Promotional video

And several more unreleased projects to come in 2024.

Bachelor of Arts in Games & Playable Media from University of California Santa Cruz. Graduated in 2018.

Advanced Storytelling with Kim MacAskill, Into Games. Game writing and narrative design course taught by industry veterans, 2024.

Gnomon course, Worldbuilding in Unreal Engine, Winter Semester 2023.

Del Mar Media Arts - Professional voice acting training courses. Voice Over 1, Voice Over 2, Beginning Animation, Audiobooks, Dialects, Narration. 2019.

Game Lead at the UCSC Game Design & Art Collaboration from November 2015 - June 2017.