Sudsina

About Sudsina

I\'m JM, a producer who is at his best when producing and designing engaging interactive experiences for a diverse audience of players/users. Through my time in the gaming industry, I\'ve developed a keen understanding of what it takes to design, build, and manage these experiences, from concept to ship date and beyond. Leveraging my expertise in cross-disciplinary communication, I have a proven track record of empowering teams to delivery quality products under a unified vision. In short, I know what \"good\" looks like, and I know how to get my team there in one piece.My years in research and development at EA under CCO Rich Hilleman have developed into an aptitude for innovation and emerging technologies (i.e. VR, HTML5, streaming games), and fine-tuned my ability to deliver quality experiences with limited resources. Following that, my time as a Feature Producer for The Sims 4 taught me valuable lessons about the large-scale development of live service content that captures and retains the attention of Gen-Z consumers. Next, I put all of these skills to good use as the Content Producer on the Oculus Home team, designing monthly content releases based on telemetry and user research, and overseeing their development and release with a cross-functional team of vendors, internal artists, gameplay engineers, and marketers. If you\'ve ever worn an Oculus or Meta Quest headset, you\'ve seen my team\'s 3D art or environments!Nowadays, I am a Principal Creative Producer for the IP Strategy team at Riot Games. Despite the very legal sounding name, the IPS team essentially functions as a creative advisory team for Riot\'s core IPs (League of Legends and Valorant) spearheading everything from worldbuilding to style guides, long-term story strategy and frameworks for managing co-development of various projects across mediums within the same fictional world.

Experience

1. Principal Creative Producer - Valorant Ip

   Riot Games

   Jan 2024 — Present · Los Angeles, CA, US

   High-level- Partners with Creative Director, Valorant to build IP Strategy capabilities for the Valorant IP- Collaborate and communicate regularly with VAL creative leadership to develop deep understanding of VAL IP needs- In partnership with VAL Leads & IPS Leads, use understanding to develop & execute a plan to stand up full time creative advisory, creative foundations and tools capabilities specific to VAL needs- Act as an ambassador to the VAL IP in all interactions inside and outside of Riot- Participate in developing cross-riot planning (VAL x LOL x more)- Develop methods to communicate the growth of the VAL IP to key stakeholders across RiotOperational Responsibilities- Develop and oversee operational/production strategy of the VAL IPS & VAL Studio Worldbuilding efforts, ensuring clear work systems, resource allocation, staffing, capability planning, roadmapping, team alignment to deliverables, prioritization and goal setting, and integration into the overall IPS team- Create and manage team rituals, documentation, tools, and processes, including designing & implementing strong tracking systems.IP Management Responsibilities- Support CD in review of ongoing product creative development work to ensure alignment across active VAL products (VAL Tac, R&D games, Publishing, China)- Facilitate product team Creatives in developing creative IP solutions- Support cross-product/cross-org collaboration on large-scale IP activations- Understand, apply, and communicate Riot’s IP Strategy and Consistency framework, as well as Core Truths to product team partners- Lead discovery & build pipeline for VAL agent & world guides (how much do we need, when do we need it, how do we deliver it)- After discovery work is complete, lead effort to deliver agreed upon guideline output- Support VAL Creative leadership in identifying & prioritizing opportunities for VAL IP worldbuilding/foundational development (narrative and/or art)

Education

• University of Southern California- School of Cinematic Arts

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

  2011 — 2015

• University of Southern California

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

  2011 — 2015

Skills

• Singing
• Quality Assurance
• Microsoft Office
• Graphic Design
• Game Development
• Maya
• Adobe Photoshop
• Video Games
• Unity3d
• 3d Modeling
• Gameplay
• Public Speaking
• C#
• Screenwriting
• Unreal Engine 3
• Unreal Engine
• Acting
• Game Mechanics
• Video Game Production
• Team Leadership
• Social Media
• Animation
• Project Management
• C++
• Game Design
• Team Management