David Yorke
Senior Lead Producer @Certain Affinity
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WORK HISTORY
Senior Lead Producer @Certain Affinity
Toronto, ON, CA
EDUCATION
Qantm
Diploma, Software Engineering Specializing in Games Development
SKILLS
ABOUT DAVID YORKE
As an industry veteran with over 20 years experience in the video games marketplace, I have the knowledge, drive, passion and expertise to create world class games.Australian and British CitizenBased in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 7+ Years in Production 6 Years in a Technical Director for Level Design Management Role8 Years in a Lead Level Designer Role14 Published Titles across PC, Xbox, Playstation and Nintendo HardwareProduction Expertise- Work with the core team to understand and convey overall game vision and high level requirements- Define and plan the project scope of specific deliverables (eg. level art, level design, audio, UI, VFX, narrative, gameplay etc)- Create the production schedule and maintain roadmaps of team deliverables, updating and adjusting as project needs shift and resources change- Liaise with interdependent departments to identify and track dependencies relevant to team needs- Track, monitor, analyze and adapt the production schedule, including rescoping and altering strategies where needed- Organize daily/weekly SCRUMs for AGILE production development within multiple departments and teams- Communicate to internal and external teams and stakeholders all relevant information required for maximum visibility and efficiency (reviews, pipeline processes, documentation, tools, teams channels etc)- Update Team leads of approval and debugging of deliverables to ensure up to date information on progress and issues- Sync with other Production Managers, Associate Producers and any relevant party to ensure consistency, remove blockers and mitigate risks- Regularly host post-mortems for detailed analysis of milestone/project performance to identify areas to improve and pipelines to streamline- Recruit and identify talent both internally and externally throughout production to ensure RPM and team structure can deliver both on budget, time and quality of staff and experience level- Have weekly 1on1 meetings with direct reports to evaluate, track and develop individual career progression for the benefit of both the team member and team as a whole- Foster a positive, fun work environment and a safe, respectful and non-discriminatory workplace cultureSpecialty Skillsets- Favro- GitHub- Jira- Miro- Confluence- MS Office- Perforce- In-House 3D toolsets / editors (map editors, model viewers, script editors etc)- In-House task and bug allocation databases
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