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Professional Experience
Content Game Designer Social Games
Ubisoft - San Francisco, CA - United States(Full-time - Since June 2011)
- Review and assess the game design potential of 3rd Party games
- Ensure that our games are engaging, innovative, creative, and satisfying.
- Champion and drive higher standards through recommendations, reports, or direct involvement in development.
- Ensure that proper documentation and game version are available to be presented according to the Ubisoft internal process.
- Participate in the creation of game concepts with the Content Team
Core Team Game Designer / Trainer
Ubisoft - Montréal, QC - Canada(Full-time - February 2010 - June 2011)
- Core Team Game Designer on the conception of an undisclosed AAA game..
Benchmarking, Design research, Pitch propositions - Assassin's Creed Brotherhood PC:
Design of a PC-only online feature "Rome Global Economy" for the single player mode. - Training department: creation of an internal self training wiki for game designers.
- Core Team Game Designer on the conception of an undisclosed (canceled) AAA game.
Design Research and Development, Prototyping.
Senior Game Designer
Ubisoft - Pune - India(Full-time - September 2009 - January 2010)
- Facebook games
Lead game designer (4 game designers) within a 15 people team.
Lead 2 online social games from conception to prototype state in order to obtain validation from HQ editorial team in Paris. - Consulting
Over all the studio's projects, on Iphone, DS, XBLA, PSN and PC.
Sharing best practices: studio communication and activities (in charge of a treasure hunt for all the employees) - Coaching
For junior designers. Set up of a training program for 8 game designers.
Game Designer
Ubisoft - Montréal - Canada(Full-time - July 2008 - September 2009)
- Shaun White: World Stage (Wii Balance Board)
Design of the entire learning curve of the game (Tutorials, Reward System)
Design of the Online Leaderboard system. - My Healthy Cooking Coach (DS/DSi)
Unique game designer on the project, with a lot of responsibilities.
Design of the entire UI and Menus.
Tweak and design of features and tutorials with a lot of playtests oversee.
Game Designer
Ubisoft - Montpellier - France(Full-time - July 2006 - July 2008)
- Rabbids Go Home (Wii)
Entire conception. Design of the Game and World structure.
Design of the Scope of the game, mission types and Rational Game Design. - Rayman Raving Rabbids (Wii & Ps2)
Design and tweak of mini games with a big design team (10 people).
Playtests oversee (with children and adults).
Asset Manager
OUAT-Entertainment - Angoulême - France(Internship - June 2005 - September 2005)
- Trivial Pursuit let loose (DVD-I)
In charge of assets production and integration for all 4 languages.
Distance working with Hasbro, located in London, and Little Worlds Studio, located in Lyon (France)
