Maia Krulevich
Game Designer II at Full Circle Studio- Claim this Profile
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Joseph Scotchmer
I worked with Maia on the design team for Wizard of Oz: Magic Match and assisted with training her when she was initially hired at Zynga. When she was added to our team she quickly showed her talents as a designer by creating numerous fun and inventive levels for our game, while also designing new hazards for the game. More than just her skills as a designer, Maia also showed great drive and initiative while working on our project. She was always looking for ways to improve our game, and would regularly volunteer to take on new tasks. Unwilling to accept low quality experiences for our players, Maia would take the necessary steps to fix any issues she encountered without needing to be asked. Maia was a valued member of our team, a talented designer, and a great coworker. She will be a great asset for any design team lucky enough to have her.
Jim Poole
Maia is an extremely passionate and talented designer. While managing Maia, the first thing I noticed is her attention to detail and willingness to go the extra mile. Every task that I threw at Maia she was able to handle quickly and efficiently. I'm excited to see Maia grow as a designer and know she will continue to excel and do great things.
Joseph Scotchmer
I worked with Maia on the design team for Wizard of Oz: Magic Match and assisted with training her when she was initially hired at Zynga. When she was added to our team she quickly showed her talents as a designer by creating numerous fun and inventive levels for our game, while also designing new hazards for the game. More than just her skills as a designer, Maia also showed great drive and initiative while working on our project. She was always looking for ways to improve our game, and would regularly volunteer to take on new tasks. Unwilling to accept low quality experiences for our players, Maia would take the necessary steps to fix any issues she encountered without needing to be asked. Maia was a valued member of our team, a talented designer, and a great coworker. She will be a great asset for any design team lucky enough to have her.
Jim Poole
Maia is an extremely passionate and talented designer. While managing Maia, the first thing I noticed is her attention to detail and willingness to go the extra mile. Every task that I threw at Maia she was able to handle quickly and efficiently. I'm excited to see Maia grow as a designer and know she will continue to excel and do great things.
Joseph Scotchmer
I worked with Maia on the design team for Wizard of Oz: Magic Match and assisted with training her when she was initially hired at Zynga. When she was added to our team she quickly showed her talents as a designer by creating numerous fun and inventive levels for our game, while also designing new hazards for the game. More than just her skills as a designer, Maia also showed great drive and initiative while working on our project. She was always looking for ways to improve our game, and would regularly volunteer to take on new tasks. Unwilling to accept low quality experiences for our players, Maia would take the necessary steps to fix any issues she encountered without needing to be asked. Maia was a valued member of our team, a talented designer, and a great coworker. She will be a great asset for any design team lucky enough to have her.
Jim Poole
Maia is an extremely passionate and talented designer. While managing Maia, the first thing I noticed is her attention to detail and willingness to go the extra mile. Every task that I threw at Maia she was able to handle quickly and efficiently. I'm excited to see Maia grow as a designer and know she will continue to excel and do great things.
Joseph Scotchmer
I worked with Maia on the design team for Wizard of Oz: Magic Match and assisted with training her when she was initially hired at Zynga. When she was added to our team she quickly showed her talents as a designer by creating numerous fun and inventive levels for our game, while also designing new hazards for the game. More than just her skills as a designer, Maia also showed great drive and initiative while working on our project. She was always looking for ways to improve our game, and would regularly volunteer to take on new tasks. Unwilling to accept low quality experiences for our players, Maia would take the necessary steps to fix any issues she encountered without needing to be asked. Maia was a valued member of our team, a talented designer, and a great coworker. She will be a great asset for any design team lucky enough to have her.
Jim Poole
Maia is an extremely passionate and talented designer. While managing Maia, the first thing I noticed is her attention to detail and willingness to go the extra mile. Every task that I threw at Maia she was able to handle quickly and efficiently. I'm excited to see Maia grow as a designer and know she will continue to excel and do great things.
Credentials
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Electronic Arts CLIMB Program
MettacoolOct, 2022- Sep, 2024 -
Visual Elements of User Interface Design
CourseraDec, 2019- Sep, 2024
Experience
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Full Circle Studio
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Advertising Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Game Designer II
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Jan 2023 - Present
World Designer, working on SKATE World Designer, working on SKATE
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Electronic Arts (EA)
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United States
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Entertainment Providers
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700 & Above Employee
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Game Designer
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May 2021 - Present
FIFA Mobile • Live Content Design - Creating and implementing campaigns, limited-time offers, and store deals. Unannounced title (Mobile) • Feature Design - Ideate and design unique and engaging gameplay features • Gameplay Design - Create compelling gameplay for players FIFA Mobile • Live Content Design - Creating and implementing campaigns, limited-time offers, and store deals. Unannounced title (Mobile) • Feature Design - Ideate and design unique and engaging gameplay features • Gameplay Design - Create compelling gameplay for players
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Game Designer
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Feb 2020 - Aug 2020
"Kitchen Scramble 2" for iOS/Android • Pipeline Optimization - Created tools to automate parts of the world creation process. • Feature Design - Ideated new features to allow for current content to be replayed. • Economy Design/Balance - Conducted a thorough market analysis in order to balance the game economy. • Localization - Reorganized game data to allow for the game to be localized to multiple languages; liaised with a third party localization company to translate all the game content. Show less
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Zynga
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United States
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Computer Games
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700 & Above Employee
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Associate Game Designer
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Jul 2018 - Sep 2019
"Wizard of Oz: Magic Match" & "Wonka's World of Candy" for iOS/Android • Gameplay Design - Designed new game mechanics; created wireframes, specs; pitched the design to the team and collaborated with other disciplines (engineering, art, animation, PMs, producers, QA) to being the mechanic into fruition. • Level Design - Created, tested and tuned Match-3 levels. • Game Balancing - Conducted an analyses of the levels and then used the data to redesign levels accordingly in order to improve KPIs. Show less
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Gameloft
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France
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Computer Games
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700 & Above Employee
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Game Designer
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May 2016 - Aug 2016
"UNO & Friends" for iOS/Android • Documentation - Updated the Game Design Document and reformatted it so that information was more easily accessible. • UI Design - Created wireframes, prototypes and implemented a new instructional system. • Icon Design - Generated standalone rewards icons for the updated VIP system. • Localization - Responsible for communicating with the localization team and updating the localization document. • Playtesting - Logged bugs and ensured they were fixed in a timely fashion. Show less
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Wallman Architects
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Canada
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Architecture and Planning
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1 - 100 Employee
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Architectural Intern
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Sep 2013 - Aug 2014
• Newtonbrook Plaza Redevelopment - 3D and Physical model creation, site drawings in AutoCAD. • Leslie Nymark Revitalization - 3D and Physical model creation, site drawings in AutoCAD. • Newtonbrook Plaza Redevelopment - 3D and Physical model creation, site drawings in AutoCAD. • Leslie Nymark Revitalization - 3D and Physical model creation, site drawings in AutoCAD.
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Yashar Architects
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Israel
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Architecture and Planning
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1 - 100 Employee
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Architectural Intern
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May 2011 - Apr 2012
• Ayalon Conceptual Competition entry - Created model and renders using Rhino and Vray for Rhino. • Ayalon Conceptual Competition entry - Created model and renders using Rhino and Vray for Rhino.
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Education
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2014 - 2018
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Integrated Technology (Honours), Game Development and Entrepreneurship -
2010 - 2014
University of Waterloo
Architecture
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