Rose Simonds

• My duties as a Manager take on a lot of shapes and forms in the day to day
• On any given day I am balancing designating work to folks, making critical decisions and leading multiple projects, running meetings to best critically analyze the market we are so passionate about, and above all working alongside the others to really understand them best
• You will often find me working on sounds, 3D and 2D assets, world design, leading projects, and ultimately trying to be the best manager I can be in this role.
• Resolved staff member conflicts, actively listening to concerns and finding appropriate middle ground.
• Cross-trained existing employees to maximize team agility and performance.
• Established the Quality Assurance Department to best establish practices, policies, and ultimately what to look for in a great product to best assure that what we deliver can be as highest a quality as possible.

In this role I have done and continue to do contract work for sample packs, albums, films, and more to meet the best needs of the client. I work with programs such as Ableton Live 12 or FL Studio 20 and establish workflows to design the most high quality and convincing sound design to best elevate the quality of the work. I often am having to communicate with the client to be best determine both the scope and milestones while still maintaining the integrity of the client's vision.

I have worked with recorded speech, audio in all digital formats, and mixed and mastered musical compositions as well. I maintain and use my own sound equipment, including but not limited to a Zoom H4N Pro Field Recorder Microphone, a Shure SM58, and more.

• As a Project Lead at Tsunami Studios I was tasked with leading the World, Art and Audio departments within my projects to cohesively realize products that are cutting edge in the ever-growing market
• I like to take a hands on approach when leading so as to really understand the inner workings of the project and remain closely connected with the colleagues I direct

• Key member in the development of content such as Sonic the Hedgehog, Avatar Legends, and Spellrune, which helped establish how scripting would look in the future for the bedrock engine.
• Developed and implemented game levels with in-game mechanics.
• Improved existing gaming engines and tools for better productivity.
• Established documents outlining concept, art, deliverable specifications, game flow charts and overall content to help keep projects moving and teams working together cohesively.

In this role I was tasked with constantly redefining what was possible in the Minecraft engine's ability for world, level, and environment design. I was directly involved and a key member in the development of the Sonic the Hedgehog content, as well as Avatar Legends, and Spellrune, which helped establish how scripting within the Minecraft engine would look going forward.