Garron Ballard

Role
Global Product Inclusion & Experimentation Lead Xbox & Windows Ecommerce at Microsoft
Location
Seattle, WA, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers
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About Garron Ballard

I\'m a perceptive and purposeful empath adept at driving clarity of decisions through…

Experience

  1. Global Product Inclusion & Experimentation Lead Xbox & Windows Ecommerce

    Microsoft

    Dec 2018 — Present

    One of 3% of employees that received the 2021 Platinum Club: Outstanding Achievement Award • Collaborated with Engineering, Legal, PR, D&I, Data Science, Design, Marketing and Business teams to ship new features, optimize UX, and elevate digital gaming monetization • Founded and led the strategic evolution, execution, and positive measurable impact of the entertainment industry’s first cross-category product inclusion program across games, movies, TV, and apps on Xbox and Windows Store Clients launching never-before-seen experiences with Asian and Pacific Islander, Black, disability and neurodiversity, Hispanic/Latinx, and Indigenous communities—plus women. Featured creators and inclusive content year-round including 5 gaming industry firsts • +565% YoY global expansion of product inclusion strategy and experiences into 147 regions with +330 bps YoY usage/UU above catalog average • +213% YoY amplification of 154 underrepresented game creators contributing to nearly 2x indie revenue growth at $2.5B over 3 years. • Accelerated YoY gaming experimentation effectiveness including increased volume (+40%), reductions to inconclusive rate (-67%), and increases to completed user studies (+800%)—resulting in improved MBR insights, publisher decisioning, and understanding of customers. • Partnered with Engineering and 5 game publishers to design and ship a 20-iteration experiment series (largest to date) for a game edition upsell experience resulting in incremental revenue and committed feature development

Skills

  • Leadership
  • Accessibility
  • Graphic Design
  • Html
  • Social Media Marketing
  • Content Strategy
  • Videography
  • E-Commerce
  • Digital Media
  • A/B Testing
  • Digital Photography
  • Heuristic Evaluation
  • Xml
  • Javascript
  • Css
  • Localization
  • Adobe Creative Suite
  • Product Management
  • Web Design
  • User Research
  • Marketing
  • Customer Experience
  • Agile Methodologies
  • Information Architecture
  • Sitemaps
  • Copywriting
  • Data Analytics
  • Wireframes
  • Project Management
  • User Experience

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