Katherine James
Creative Director at Zynga
- Role
- Creative Director at Zynga
- Location
- Denver, CO, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Katherine James
I am a Creative Director with over a decade\'s experience in game design. I am passionate about helping my team level up their skills by leveraging best mobile design practices, engaging in cross-disciplinary collaboration early in the design process, and always linking creative decisions back to player needs.During my time as an IC, I specialized in systems and mechanics design, but I have also done economy, puzzle, narrative, and content design. My past games have been almost exclusively mobile titles, and I am equally comfortable working on live products and new concepts.
Experience
Creative Director
Jun 2025 — Present · Denver, CO, US
Research and pitch new game concepts to studio leadership- Design and iterate on gameplay prototypes with small teams - Coordinate with partner teams in analytics, marketing, and publishing to launch live market tests for new game concepts- Evolve the small- to medium- size new game development process at Zynga and establish best practices that can be leveraged across the studio
Education
Entertainment Technology Center, Carnegie Mellon University
Master of Entertainment Technology, Game Design
2010 — 2012
Carnegie Mellon University
BA, Japanese, Creative Writing
2006 — 2010
Skills
- Professional Writing
- Creative Writing
- Game Design
- Communication
- Content Management
- Video Games
- Game Development
- Computer Games
- Mobile Games
- Social Games
- Game Mechanics
- Casual Games
- Level Design
- Console
- Multiplayer
- Storyboarding
- Gameplay
- Game Balance
- Xbox 360
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