Senior Game Designer with art background and experience shipping 40+ games; led design on 25. Strong background delivering products with cross-disciplinary teams, driving feature ownership from concept through launch, and iterating based on playtest insights. Known for clear documentation, accessibility-focused design, SME collaboration, high attention to detail, and creating player-centered experiences across diverse mechanics.

SKILLS

Design: Core Gameplay Design • Systems Design • UX • UI • Human-Computer Interaction • Onboarding & Tutorial Design • Player-Facing Writing & UX Copy • Progression & Economy Design • Balancing & Tuning • Level / Puzzle Design • Narrative Design • Prototyping & Iteration • Playtesting • Documentation & Specs 

• Storyboarding • Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration • Design Strategy • Leadership

Technical & Production: Unity • Visual Scripting • Probuilder • Playmaker • VR Prototyping

• Photoshop • Git • Jira • Miro • Agile/Scrum

Bonus Skills: Accessibility Design • GameMaker (GML Scripting) • 3D Modeling/Texturing • Audio Design & Implementation • QA/Build Testing • Video Editing (Premiere)

EXPERIENCE

Simcoach Games - Game Designer | 2017–2025

• Primary designer on 25 shipped games; contributed design to 36 games total.

• Designed core gameplay mechanics, progression systems, puzzles, and moment-to-moment interactions across multiple genres.

• Created and pitched original game concepts internally. Built rapid prototypes in Unity and GameMaker to validate gameplay, UX, and core loops.

• Facilitated playtests, synthesizing data to iterate on mechanics, pacing, difficulty, and UX.

• Established and maintained design documentation to align multidisciplinary teams.

• Designed and tested UI layouts, interactive feedback, menus, and HUD elements.

• Designed with accessibility in mind to balance clarity with depth, enabling broad audiences to quickly understand and enjoy play.

• Provided consistent QA and build testing support across product lifecycles.

• Collaborated with domain experts to translate complex real-world concepts into approachable gameplay mechanics and experiences.

• Proactively supported production while driving preproduction planning.

• Initiated and led “Design Tigm,” a studio-wide cross-discipline design discussion group.

Simcoach Games - Game Artist | 2015–2018

• Contributed 3D and 2D art for 30+ shipped projects.

• Modeled, textured, and rigged optimized assets for Unity pipelines.

• Collaborated to support gameplay and UX, gradually taking on full game design responsibilities.

Contract Game Artist | 2010–2015

Delivered commercial 3D and 2D game assets including models, textures, rigs, and animations,

worked in-studio with Simcoach Games prior to full-time hiring.

EDUCATION: B.S, Game Art and Design - The Art Institute of Pittsburgh | 2007–2010