Joe Francia

• Designed, prototyped, and programmed gameplay features and events for The Mystery Society using Photon Quantum 2

• Monitored live gameplay stats and implemented hotfixes for game balance and bugs

• Designed and implemented UX animation flows and game "feel" feedbacks

• Designed developer-facing and designer-facing features to improve game performance and to speed up design iterations

• Implemented and enforced engineering team procedures, guidelines, and documentation for code quality

• Refactored large swaths of legacy code to improve scalability, modularity, and performance

• Supported the hit puzzle games Cookie Jam and Cookie Jam Blast

• Fixed bugs & implemented features to spec

• Refactored and refreshed areas of the code base that were inefficient

• Designed, coded, and launched 2 original mobile games to accompany Coldplay's Music of The Sphere's tour

• Designed and coded AR-assisted educational augmented reality games and experiences in Unity

• Developed various game systems for projects on demand

• Sourced external development studio and worked closely with them to build new back-end systems

• Designed interactive prototypes using Adobe XD

• Managed cross-disciplinary team of artists, engineers, and designers to launch Songpop Party on Apple Arcade

• Ran all SCRUM ceremonies; daily standup, sprint planning, and retro

• Developed and managed project roadmap, including timelines for feature development, user testing, marketing efforts, and release schedules for multiple platforms

• Ran weekly game design meetings with team to build the most fun and playable experience

• Acted as point of contact between FreshPlanet and platform holders (Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, etc.)

• Designed and developed mobile games and augmented reality experiences using Unity3D for Nick and NickJr

• Created and presented pitches for new team projects upon request, including games, products, and internal tools. Generated prototypes to demo key features and components

• Participated in regular meetings with designers, artists, and play testers to suggest and implement changes

• Spearheaded effort to bring Nick Games to Facebook Instant games platform

• Trained teams of incoming engineers in the basics of Unity 3D

• Supported web team staff and 3rd party game development vendors in troubleshooting compilation, deployment, and live production issues for HTML5 and JS based web games

• Worked closely with clients and off-shore development team to design games that meet vision and is manageable given time and budget restraints

• Created detailed and illustrated game design documentation

• Iterated on game's design throughout project to optimize for shifting

• project priorities, technical limitations, and play-testing

• Acted as producer, setting priorities for features and bug-fixes, leading meetings, ensuring everyone has what they need to produce results

• Sourced studios, freelancers, and other professionals to help meet project's needs

• Reviewed technical implementation and game architecture to ensure best practices followed and make suggestions

• Developed, refactored, and maintained codebases for Nick.com and Nickjr.com on both back-end and front-end

• Provided support during live events such as Kids Choice Sports

• Assisted in the development of new corporate content management system's front-end

• Refactored components of content management system from Angular1 to Angular2

• Developed standard set of tools and procedures to create, update, and share common Angular2 UI components across multiple teams

• Built Augmented Reality tour for visitors using Microsoft Hololens

- Mentored junior developers

• Supported professional development tools for K-12 teachers

• Developed both front-end and back-end to create intuitive and effective web apps

• Followed strict standards to write clean, efficient code

• Reviewed teammates' code on a daily basis for suggestions

• Worked closely with teammates following agile design practices

• Created 100+ Google Adwords and Bing Adcenter accounts for a diverse array of businesses

• Hired, trained, and supervised pay-per-click account managers

• Implemented account management procedures for training and quality assurance

• Fostered strong client relations for long-term retention

• Programmed Adwords scripts using Google API to improve performance and reduce overhead

• Wrote programs for building conversion-optimized landing pages, developed them into a product that made the company thousands of dollars in new revenue while reducing manpower