Experience

Evolve PR

• Canada
• Computer Games
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Public Relations Specialist

  • Jul 2019 - Present

  Full-time PR specialist. In an agency offering PR, community management, original trailers, and data analysis, I manage teams that produce and executive full campaign proposals that incorporate ideas from all four of those departments. This demands high-level organization, writing, creative thinking, strategic planning, networking, extensive communication, and building relationships with the press and influencers. Initially supported senior staff while learning at the entry-level, graduated to client lead within months and was promoted to specialist in a year. Using Google Drive’s software suite, established processes and templates to better streamline company performance. For example, I shifted our full company to Drive’s custom template database and continue to push for uniformity in our company documentation and systems. I also created a live campaign template showcasing the moving parts of a developing plan in an easy-to-follow format that clients actively use. Both are examples of my guiding ethos of efficiency — streamlining multiple processes and lightening the overall administrative time investment. Ghostwrote and produced a variety of published content: - Professional internal blog series for a global Fortune 500 company - Consumer/enthusiast-facing two-part series for them - Tech enthusiast-facing article for them Remote event coordination (physical and digital) - Coordinated a thematic party for a client at PAX - Pitched, scheduled, and managed interviews for E3 and PAX events - Executed Cold War-themed private digital event outreach for the *Arma Reforger* announcement, providing flavor text and design ideas For our fully remote team, I created virtual workspaces that emulate in-person engagement. There are individual spaces for casual open discussion, team brainstorming, timed work, and LGBTQA+ staff. I regularly coach junior staff and offer spaces to discuss any concerns or potential blind spots that can arise in a remote workspace. Show less



Freelance (Self employed)

• Human Resources Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Expert Mock Reviewer, Video Games

  • Sep 2021 - Present

  I perform exploratory testing and expert analysis on video games in the late stages of development. Solo and with a team, I have explored a set of focal points including gunplay, reward systems and pacing, narrative design, game writing, and ability and/or system synergy. I provide my analysis via 1500 - 2000 word reviews and roundtable Q&A with the development team. - Title 1 - AAA studio first-person shooter, co-op campaign - Title 2 - AAA studio first-person shooter, large-scale multiplayer combat - Title 3 - AAA studio F2P online action RPG (in progress) Show less

• Writer/Editor — Gaming, Tech, & Entertainment

  • Jul 2012 - Jul 2019

  Feature Writer - From critical analysis to explorations of the humans behind the entertainment, I published at outlets like Playboy, Motherboard, VIE Magazine, and Pixelkin. Supporting indie and AA game studios or creators was the driving force for my writing. Reviewer - I wrote scored and unscored reviews for indie, AA, and AAA titles at publications like IGN, Pixelkin, and ZAM (Defunct). News Reporter/Columnist - I researched, pitched, and wrote news and columns for publications like UploadVR, Digital Trends, and Forbes. I traveled to Paris, France on assignment for Digital Trends, touring a studio and conducting extensive Ghost Recon: Breakpoint coverage. Editor - I served as a freelance editor for websites like The Redefined (Music and Film) and The Koalition (Gaming and Music). Show less



Shacknews LTD

• Online Audio and Video Media
• 1 - 100 Employee

• News Editor - Gaming & Technology

  • Jul 2017 - Mar 2019

  I researched, assigned, and produced news stories that were a mixture of tastemaker news for games or technology, current events, and more. My role extended to broadcast journalism via live coverage of major events and live stream production via Twitch. I also reviewed games for Shacknews as time allowed. I researched, assigned, and produced news stories that were a mixture of tastemaker news for games or technology, current events, and more. My role extended to broadcast journalism via live coverage of major events and live stream production via Twitch. I also reviewed games for Shacknews as time allowed.



CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital-New Braunfels

• Registrar

  • Sep 2015 - Sep 2016

  Great customer service was a priority as I manned the front line of patient interaction in the emergency room. I was to gather information in a hectic environment and assist with registration in other areas of the hospital if needed. Great customer service was a priority as I manned the front line of patient interaction in the emergency room. I was to gather information in a hectic environment and assist with registration in other areas of the hospital if needed.