Freelance Game Writer and Narrative Designer

​9/2015 - present

 

• Rewrote the script for Jumanji: Wild Adventures (Outright Games, 2023)

• Wrote new/supplemental dialog for an untitled game expansion project (Larian, 2021)

• Wrote the script for Adventure Time: Pirates of the Enchiridion (Outright Games, 2017)

• Wrote the script for the most recent Ben 10 game for (Torus Games, 2017)

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Digital Content Creator and Copywriter

Novonesis, Franklinton NC

​10/2022 - present

 

Collaborate with an international creative team to write and design websites, write video and animation scripts, write articles and social media posts, and craft ads for a variety of platforms to promote industrial and agriculture biosolutions.

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Senior Copywriter

N-able, Raleigh NC

​5/2022 - 10/2022

 

Collaborate with an in-house creative team to write video scripts as well as web and social content. Work with event teams and designers to create messaging for conferences and other live events. Strategize with creative directors and product leads to create campaigns to promote N-able’s suite of solutions for IT managed service providers.

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Senior Content Writer

Centerline Digital, Raleigh NC

​9/2016 - 5/2022

 

Write and deliver live-action and animation scripts, interactive, web, social, blog, and paid promotional content—as well as long-form pieces like whitepapers and technical briefs—for high-profile tech companies like IBM, Ping Identity, Spectrum, Lumen, and others. Showcased my skill of finding and writing in client and product voice to work with internal creative teams and clients to create diverse, engaging content for verticals ranging from cybersecurity and finance to medical and manufacturing.

 

Associate Application Programmer

Rho, Inc., Chapel Hill NC

​4/2016 - 9/2016

 

Combined my writing and web design skills to build and implement internal and client-facing websites for clinical trials. I also worked with the software development and web teams to write and edit software process documentation to standardize website implementation, as well as writing and executing test plans to verify that sites functioned properly and met all applicable regulatory requirements.

 

 

Writer/Senior Designer

Vicious Cycle Software, Morrisville NC

​8/2005 - 11/2015

 

Acted as the studio design lead and story/scriptwriter, often working in both capacities over the course of each project. I assisted in the selection and direction of our voice talent for our original titles, and worked with actors and directors from film and animation on licensed titles. For our licensed games, I collaborated with producers and creative teams from studios including Cartoon Network, DreamWorks, Universal, and others to ensure that our games were a perfect fit for their established worlds.

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• Writer and/or Lead Designer (usually both) who lead teams of 6-45 developers to ship 16 interactive titles on 15 platforms in 10 years.

• Writer of the WGA-winning voiceover script for the critically acclaimed zombie noir comedy, Dead Head Fred.

• Creator and writer of the Spike TV Video Game Award-winning Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard, a satirical first-person shooter starring the voice talents of Neil Patrick Harris and Will Arnett.

• Extensive experience as writer and creative lead on dozens of high-profile licensed games based on top franchises including Adventure Time, Kung-Fu Panda, Ben 10, and Despicable Me.

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Senior Designer/Wrier

Random Games, Morrisville NC

​2000 - 2002

 

Designed the user experience and implementation of three board and card game compilations published by Microsoft in 2000 and 2001, including an original board game. In addition, I wrote and programmed detailed tutorials for every game included in each compilation.

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Senior Designer/Writer (and more)

MicroProse Software, Chapel Hill NC

​1992 - 2000

 

Learned the video game business from the ground-up, starting in customer service, and then moving to QA and, eventually into game design and writing. I assisted in the early play testing of the Civilization II prototype, and went on to design, write, and program the multimedia Civilopedia for the final product. In addition to contributing to the design of several other Civilization products, I was integral to the popular X-COM series—first, as designer of the fourth game in the franchise, then as creative lead for the entire brand. As a writer, I contributed to a number of games, including writing the story and VO script for Star Trek: Klingon Honor Guard.

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