SELECTED PROJECTS
Game projects
Arid - Survival Game | 28 Developers
Main Role: Producer, Project Lead, Outsourcing Manager, Product Owner
Supporting Role: System Design, Marketing & Community
Release: Steam and PS4
Some of my responsibilities:
- Setting up communication pipelines, team contract and a clear schedule for the team, to improve efficency and try to keep the human connection even during a remote-developed game.
- Introduce Scrum and Agile methodologies and adapt them to the needs and unique characteristics of the team.
- Onboard the team to the use of Jira Software for planning and bug fix.
Levis Umbra - Stealth Game | 14 Developers
Main Role: Producer, Project Lead, Game& System Design, Product Owner
Supporting Role: Outsourcing Manager, Scrum Master, Marketing,
Release: PC on Itch.io
Some of my responsibilities:
- In charge of setting sprint goals and milestons, negotiate deadlines, reduce the scope and apply both Scrum and Waterfall.
- Collaborate with Programmers, Artist, Designers, Level Designers and Sound Designers, in order to create a flexible feature plan with estimates and budget expenses.
- Setting the framework for bug fixing with Kanban and JIRA.
Sea of Slaps - Game/Level Designer & Producer | 8 Developers
Main Role: Project Lead, Game Designer, Level Designer, Producer
Supporting Role: Sound Design, Vision Holder
Release: PC
Some of my responsibilities:
- Responsible for the Design and Level Design from concept to release.
- Responsible for the Product Backlog and making sure the new team members are onboarded correctly to our process and vision.
- Create vision documents and forms to be sure that the team is aligned in the same direction and are working towards the same vision.
- Onboard the team to the use of Trello Software and manage their work with weekly and bi-weekly sprints from concept to release.
PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE
Other projects
Comingsoon.it (AnicaFlash srl) - Executive Editor In Chief
As an editor at the movie section of Comingsoon.it (italian media magazine with over 20mil views per month), I've been put in charge of creating a subsection for games. During this experience, I learned more about the type of leading role I want to be, Goal Oriented management and marketing communication.
By being the main PR representant, I learned a lot about game companies and public relations. I have been invited to private dinners, press events and conventions where I could practice my communication soft skills with developers and PRs.
As main reviewer, I also gained great knowledge about game genres. I schedule articles for each release over the span of 6 years and wrote over 400 reviews and historical analysis, from the yearly sport games to undiscovered gems and retrogames.
Summary
- Main Role: Executive Editor in chief, Public Relations, Reviewer
- Team Size: 4
- Work Experience: 5 Years
Responsibilities:
- In charge of structure and requirements of the game section
- In charge of maintaining relationships with game and press companies
- 400+ reviews and critical analysis of games from every genre
- Weekly schedule of articles and reviews with clear deadlines
- Communication with Marketing team for collaboration opportunities
- Approval of articles and budget expenses
- Changes of article plans based on marketing goals and shifting trends
- News Editor & Copy for movies and games related articles
Skill
Project Management Skills
Design Skills
- Scope Check and Monitoring
- Setting Milestones and Deadlines
- Scrum & Agile Methodologies
- Waterfall
- Budget & Scope Breakdown
- Scrum Master
- Product Owner
- Product Backlog Planning
- Sprint Planning
- Sprint Retrospectives
- Playtesting Pipelines
- Market Analysis of competitors
- Risk Analysis
- Team & Game Representation
- Project Presentations
- Outsourcing Management
- Kanban Board for Bugfixing
- Communication with Marketing
- Community Management
- Extensive Competitor Analysis
- Integration of DevOps
- Setting and tracking of KPI
- Data Informed Decisions trough Analytical Tools
- Game Design Documentation with visuals.
- Level Design with iterations from Nodemap to Whitebox, based on player feedback from the target customer.
- Design decisions backed up by research on existing games and mechanics up to the golden age of videogames.
- Design of expandable systems.
Other Skills
- High Knowledge of games and game history due to writing 400+ reviews, historical analysis and a vast game collection.
- Professional Tenor career started at 10 years old and high musical proficency. Practiced Piano, Drums, composing & Music Theory.
- 5 years experience as theatre actor and ballet dancer.
Software
- Engines: Unreal Engine 4, Unity 5 (beginner).
- Project Management: JIRA, Slack, Google Drive, Trello, Office Suite.
- Other Programs: Photoshop CC, Perforce P4V, Semplice, Maya, Blender, Sketchup.
Contact
information —
Feel free to reach out to me any time. I prefer to talk over email, especially since we may be a few time zones away (currently CET).
Write me: rikdigiovanni@hotmail.it
Latest
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Current
availability —
Available for Internship starting July 2021.
