Adam Simpson

San Francisco, CA  

(661) 549-4707  

AdamPlays@gmail.com 
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SUMMARY

I want to continue my career in game design and contribute my creativity and enthusiasm to make fun, quality games. My passion for games and puzzles is a large facet of my life. I enjoy all aspects of game development and fully immerse myself in the product.

• Familiar with all aspects of mobile game production including QA, Marketing, Production, Design, Art and Deployment
• Able to learn quickly and adapt to different situations
• Promoted twice within a year at Infospace, Inc.

 

EXPERIENCE

Page 44                                                  Jan 2008 – Current

Game Designer

• Level Design
• Sound mixing
• Game Play, rules development
• Character/camera placement,

 

TWISTBOX ENTERTAINMENT                    Jan 2007 – Dec 2007

Game Designer

• Designed new game concepts
• Adapted titles to different genres
• Created screen mock-ups of new concepts
• Developed story, style, and rules of new game ideas

 

INFOSPACE, INC.               May 2005 – Dec 2006

Associate Producer/Designer                Jan 2006 – Dec 2006

• Managed the development of several titles including Take Yer Meds For Prizes
• Managed changes and updates to the company website
• Designed unique mini-games and complex dialogue for a CBS project
• Created levels in SuperSlyder For Prizes

Deployment Coordinator                 Dec 2005 – Dec 2006

• Collected builds, emulators, doc files, and visual assets for new releases
• Submitted games to all major carriers (Verizon, Cingular, T-Mobile, etc)
• Created price plans
• Wrote marketing descriptions for the Play For Prizes platform

Quality Assurance               May 2005 – Dec 2005

• Tested mobile games for bugs, and ensured highest level of quality
• Lead QA team for processing and regressing bugs in Sharepoint-Bugtracker for various titles

 

EDUCATION

UC BERKELEY, CA                          2000-2004 
Graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in Theater 

STOCKDALE HIGH SCHOOL                         1996-2000 
Graduate with honors and 4.0+ GPA 

SKILLS & HOBBIES

• MS - Powerpoint, Word, Excel, Outlook, XML, Photoshop, Visio
• Highly-rated member of the United States Chess Federation
• Grand-prize winner on the game show Wheel Of Fortune
• Published puzzle creator in GAMES magazine
• Pixel Artist 
  

REFERENCES

Moish Brenman –Twistbox Creative Director – (415) 571-0358

Kevin Kuenstler – Infospace Program Manager – (650) 722-0137