My work for Age of Empires 4:​

• I led a team of designers in the creation of the civilizations.

• I established the design process that would be used to guide the creation of the civilizations, including the documentation standard.

• This process included an initial phase of historical research on the civilization that we wanted to build. I both conducted research and reviewed the research of the other designers on the team.

• We also consulted with a history professor that was an expert for each of the civilizations to maintain as much of the history as we could in the final product.

• I encouraged the designers as much as possible to take ownership of certain civilizations, ideally to see the civilization through from design to final.

• While ownership was important, I also established frequent group discussions and reviews so no one got too isolated in their design. Designs didn't have to be completed to start, even early ideas were talked about.

• I coordinated the work with the other departments such as art, engineering, UI/UX, animation to ensure they had vision and input on the design through development.

• The civilizations team was responsible for the full implementation outside of dependencies from other departments. 

• I have a strong technical design background so I would help the other designers learn the tools if needed, or help with any issues that would come up.

• I triaged and assigned bugs for the civilizations team, ensuring that we maintained a low bug count throughout the project. 

• At the start of the project there was a significant engine change. During that time I worked to review and implement test behaviors to ensure everything was still okay in the new engine.  

• During this project I mentored a number of interns that came on the project through a yearly program with a local technical college.