nickmado (at) nickmadonna.com

Nicholas Madonna

Video Game Producer

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Professional Profile

- Successful team leader with valuable production and game design experience.

- Proven effective writer with excellent communication skills.

- Disciplined in management and art techniques.

Technological Skills

- AutoDesk Maya 5.0 - Current

- Adobe Photoshop 5 - Current

- Final Cut Studio

- Apple Shake

- Apple Garage Band

- Adobe Premiere

- Adobe Go Live

- Microsoft Office

- Windows and Mac Operating Systems

- DevTrack - Project and Defect Tracking Tool

- Perforce Project Management Software

Awards and Accomplishments

- Placed 3rd in a Marvel Comics Short Story Contest.            2004

- Vivendi Games “Tester of the Month” Award                       2007

Online Portfolio

www.nickmadonna.com

• Resume
• LinkedIn
• Shipped Games
• Contact Information

Experience

- Saber Interactive – Associate Producer             Millburn, NJ                        2007 / Present

• Responsible for project management from concept to completion.
• Regular travel to Saint-Petersburg, Russia to work with creative leads.
• Collaborate with creative leads to help mold interesting visuals and creative gameplay.
• Write, edit and maintain design documents.
• Assist in planning and directing voice over and motion capture sessions.
• Collaborating with external writers to plan, write and finalize in-game script and dialog.
• Creating original logos, artwork and trailers.
• Designing and building gameplay prototypes in Maya.
• Various other day-to-day duties.

- Vivendi Games - QA Lead / Playstation 3 Tech             Los Angeles, CA            2006/2007

• Managed a team of testers on-site in Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
• Maintained a large bug database
• Collaborated with producers and studio management on all things QA.
• Wrote and maintained PS3 “How-To” documents for floor testers.
• Performed PS3 system updates and maintenance for other projects.

- Square Enix - QA Analyst / Localization Team             Los Angeles, CA            2006/2006

• Analyzed and documented errors and bugs related to gameplay and translation.

- Fissionchips Team – Project Lead / Designer / Artist             Philadelphia, PA            2005 / Present

• Leading a team through development for an independent game on multiple platforms.
• Designed and modeled multiple environments for an animated short.

- Long and Foster Real Estate - Graphic Designer             Devon, PA            2005/2006

• Designed original flyers and mailing materials for an office of 30+ real estate agents.
• Assisted in weekly newspaper layouts.
• Wrote and edited newspaper ads.

- Atom One 5 Animation - Freelance Asset Modeler             Philadelphia, PA            2005

• Responsible for creating hard surfaced models for an instructional construction video.

- Full Sail / Marvel Comics “Moon Knight” Short Film - Environment Artist             Winter Park, FL            2004/2005

• Created an original and fully detailed apartment where the main character resided.
• Fully modeled and implemented a “City Generator” used for background shots and fills.

Education

- Full Sail - Winter Park, FL

2003 - 2004 Associate of Science in Computer Animation

- Delaware County Community College

2001 - 2003

- Philadelphia University - Philadelphia, PA

2001 - 2001 Industrial Design Major

In Production

- Inversion (Multi SKU) - Microsoft Xbox 360 and Sony Playstation 3

Shipped Titles

- Final Fantasy XII - Sony Playstation 2

- F.E.A.R. (Multi SKU) - Microsoft Xbox 360 and Sony Playstation 3

- TimeShift (Multi SKU) - Microsoft Xbox 360, PC, Sony Playstation 3