Sagarika D Rana
Philadelphia,PA
Summary
Enthusiastic and passionate technical producer skilled in scheduling and management with 9 years of experience shipping 7+ games and 3 location-based experiences; including top seller Among Us VR with over 1 million copies sold worldwide. Possesses demonstrated ability to develop and implement successful strategies to meet tight deadlines . Proven ability to advocate for teams ,striving to practice servant-leadership style, always asking how to be of help and how to get to the root of any pain points
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Associate Producer
Brass Lion Entertainment
01.2024 - Current
- Directed and collaborated with technical teams to identify features, ensuring we hit the goals to support main game pillars
- Maintained Jira for a 30 plus person combat team which consisted of : Design, Engineering, Tech Art , Audio, Animation, and Online
- Proactively identified blockers/risks, updated agile processes to iterate processes
- Facilitated cross functional teams to identify necessary deadlines to preserve timelines and budget
- Streamlined communication channels and processes for cross-functional teams to ensure alignment using regular meetings, executive summaries, slack organization and updated project documentation
- Directed Feature Reviews and Playtests for rapid iteration to ensure a highly polished feature for milestone deliveries
- Uncovered risks and created high level strategies to optimize solutions within scope
- Analyzed current processes to find areas of improvement and collaborated with technical teams for solutions
- Created pipelines for individual contributors to optimize efficiency across departments
- Created intake forms to manage requests to external vendors to ensure smooth intake and integration
| Silent Slayer, Among Us VR, Lost Recipes
Producer, Schell Games
08.2021 - 01.2024
- Championed the vision of 3 games with 25+ sized teams , from pre-production to launch, using traditional agile methodologies
- Facilitated day-to-day operations for the project team including : scrum, implementation breakdowns, meeting notes, kickoffs, communication channels, risk mitigation, dependency charts , priorities, scope, schedule, budget and retrospectives
- Resolved struggling team dynamics by rebuilding trust by focusing on open communication and feedback channels, circling back on action items in retrospectives and one-on-ones, and asking how to best support team members in all phases of the project
- Solved scheduling issues with Art, Tech, and Design Directors
- Managed internal demos, coordinating playtests, feature reviews and refining feedback processes
- Hit sprint goals and preserved high level schedule by creating implementation breakdowns, sprint pulldowns, backlog management, Gantt charts, and pipeline trackers with team
- Ensured feature health with discipline leads by creating workflows, timelines and dependency charts across multiple sprints to hit delivery deadlines
- Advocated on behalf of the team, the client, and studio to senior management at all times
- Assisted 5+ large scale marketing efforts
Senior Project Producer , Manager, Developer
GRID - Rutgers University
01.2016 - 08.2021
- Launched 7 games by collaborating with art, design, tech leads to schedule, track, and manage the project’s production requirements to ensure that project tasks are completed on time.
- Developed of production management processes for Intake, Pre-production, Development, Delivery and post launch support
- Set up Minecraft for Education workflows, servers, scope. workshops, and upkeep with student workers servicing over 10K+ guests
- Coordinated and communicated both medium and long term development plans, as well as day to day tasking, predicting issues and troubleshooting where needed.
- Ensured project team is up to date on project information , working through difficult creative differences constructively
- Guided team to use agile methodologies
- Asset creation - sounds, models, storyboards, scripts, graphics
- Instructional Design for coursework and for upcoming games
- Managed team and student workers, their schedules and workload
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Cognitive Psychology
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, NJ05.2016
Skills
- Interpersonal Communication & Relationship building
- Iterative & collaborative goal setting
- Agile & Scrum Production Processes
- Development Pipeline Creation
- Live Game Service Production
- Familiarity with JIRA, Confluence, Microsoft Azure & Office , Excel, Asana, Trello, Kanban and Miro
- Project Scheduling & Roadmapping Management
- Risk identification, tracking and management
- Experience in production of : Combat, Technical Animation, Engineering, Progression, Audio, Narrative, Character, Cinematic Animation, Art, & Design
- Dependency Tracking
- Team Building
- Conflict Resolution Skills
- External Beta Testing experience
- Strategic Planning
- Build notes : bugs, milestone deliveries, playtesting, feature reviews
- Content Development
- Game design
- Rapid Prototyping Management
- Internal and External Team Management
- QA Pipeline Management / Bug Tracking
- SOW Creation & Negotiation
- Client Management & Negotiations
Portfolio Link
sagarikadrana.com
Notable Titles : Among Us VR, I Expect You To Die 3: Cog in the Machine , Lost Recipes, Silent Slayer: Vault of the Vampire, Minecraft for Education @ Rutgers University , Rutgers Newark Orientation, Patient Simulator,
Timeline
Associate Producer
Brass Lion Entertainment
01.2024 - Current
| Silent Slayer, Among Us VR, Lost Recipes
Producer, Schell Games
08.2021 - 01.2024
Senior Project Producer , Manager, Developer
GRID - Rutgers University
01.2016 - 08.2021
Bachelor of Arts - Cognitive Psychology
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
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