Senior Social Systems Designer
February 2022 – Present
Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS

• Currently working on an unannounced project.

Senior Game Designer (Montreal Studio)
December 2020 – present
Helsinki, FINLAND

• Currently working on an unannounced AAA sandbox game using Unreal Engine.
• Feature owner in a cross-functional unit. Systems and tools design for core project pillars.

Design Craft Lead & Director (Battle Studio)
June 2020 – December 2020
Helsinki, FINLAND

• Rallied the eight-strong design department and set up a new standard of excellence through coaching and goal-setting. Set up cross-project knowledge sharing programs for the designers.
• Created a new studio strategy as a part of the leadership team and established a prototyping laboratory with three parallel teams.

Lead / Senior Game Designer (Battle Studio)
May 2017 – June 2020
Helsinki, FINLAND

• Responsible for spearheading Battle Studio’s expansion into real-time PvP action genre across multiple prototypes.
• Senior Game Designer on an unannounced real-time PvP action game using Unity. In charge of battle and economy systems.
• Lead Designer on Phoenix Rangers, a mobile RPG using Unity, from concepting to live operations. Owned the creative vision and coordinated the design and QA teams.

Senior Game Designer
March 2016 – March 2017
Barcelona, SPAIN

• Worked on Titan Brawl, a mobile MOBA using Unity. Planned the first year feature roadmap and ensured live game growth by analysing data, identifying problems in key areas and implementing solutions.
• Designed the social and event systems, and their economy.

Creative Lead / Senior Game Designer
August 2015 – March 2016
Berlin, GERMANY

• Lead Designer on Jelly Splash. Set up a long-term feature roadmap and revitalized the project and the team.
• Facilitated career development for level designers who wanted to design game systems. Organized workshops and one-on-one coaching sessions.
• Participated in executive prototype analysis across all Wooga studios. Formalized design best practices and a prototyping pipeline.

Product Lead (Adventure Studio)
July 2013 – August 2015
Berlin, GERMANY

• Responsible for delivering Agent Alice, a sequel to Pearl’s Peril, from pitch to live operations.
• Built and led a cross-functional team of 24. Integrated a pipeline with external art-production studios.
• Oversaw game and economy design throughout development and launch. Ensured live game growth.

Game Designer (Adventure Studio)
November 2011 – July 2013
Berlin, GERMANY

• Created gameplay systems for Pearl’s Peril, a hidden object game. Designed reward and city management systems as well as user progression mechanics.
• Composed the game’s narrative vision.
• Oversaw production pipeline from storyboard to playable content. Ensured narrative compatibility with gameplay and resource limitations. Created three years worth of weekly updates.

Game Designer
May 2011 – November 2011
Toronto, CANADA

• Worked on Written Legends, Cursed Memories CE, Nightfall Mysteries CE for PC and Mac.
• Responsible for imagining worlds and translating them into hidden object puzzles and point and click adventures.
• “Collector’s Edition” award from BigFish Studios were granted on two projects for their narrative and gameplay excellence.

Game Designer Trainee
September 2009 – December 2009
Mons, BELGIUM

• Responsible for creating high-level game concepts and game design documents aimed at publishers and IP holders.
• Conceived a GDD for the Creatures game series, which would later be greenlit and become Creatures Online.

Master’s in Game Design & Project Management
SupInfoGame
2009

Multimedia & Infography Technician
ETPA, 2005