Experience

ArenaNet LLC

• United States
• Computer Games
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Editing Lead

  • Jun 2013 - Present

  For Guild Wars 2 and related projects, duties in order of priority: • Manage and train direct reports; maintain style guide; support Narrative, Voice-Over, and Localization teams; produce or review technical documentation; produce and maintain tools for the above teams; supervise voice-over sessions if extra support is needed; triage bug queues as needed; and copyedit in-game and out-of-game materials as needed.

• Principal Editor

  • Sep 2012 - May 2013

  For Guild Wars 2, duties in order of priority: • Copyedited in-game and out-of-game materials; maintained style guide; supervised voice-over sessions; supported Narrative and Localization teams; and triaged bug queues. • Special: Provided narrative editing for Guild Wars: Sea of Sorrows, a novel by Ree Soesbee.

• Writer/Editor

  • Nov 2009 - Aug 2012

  For Guild Wars 2, duties in order of priority: • Authored in-game text and voice-over; copyedited in-game text; maintained style guide; supervised voice-over sessions; and triaged bug queues. • Special: Copyedited Guild Wars: Edge of Destiny, a novel by J. Robert King.

• QA Editor

  • Mar 2009 - Nov 2009

  For Guild Wars and Guild Wars 2, duties in order of priority: • Copyedited in-game text and update notes; reviewed voiced lines for text mismatches; published update notes for Guild Wars; completed QA test passes as assigned.



Owlcat Games

• Cyprus
• Computer Games
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Freelance Localization Editor

  • Aug 2017 - Dec 2018

  For the Pathfinder: Kingmaker CRPG: • Localized translated text for American English.



Pole To Win

• United States
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Freelance Localization Proofreader

  • Sep 2013 - Mar 2014

  For Travel Adventures with Hello Kitty (3DS), LoveLive! (iOS), and LoveLove! School Idol Festival (iOS): • Proofread localized text.



Nintendo

• United States
• Computer Games
• 700 & Above Employee

• QA Editor

  • Jan 2007 - Feb 2009

  For numerous titles (including Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Animal Crossing: City Folk, The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, and many more), duties in order of priority: • Reported in-game text errors; copyedited out-of-game materials; coordinated QA editing efforts on large projects; triaged editing bug queues; and performed ad-hoc and directed testing as needed.



Microsoft Game Studios

• Game Tester

  • May 2006 - Jan 2007

  For Too Human and Crackdown: • Performed ad-hoc and directed testing.

• QA Tester

  • Feb 2002 - May 2006

  For numerous titles (including Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Animal Crossing: Wild World, and many more): • Performed ad-hoc and directed testing.