What I do

I believe that my clients know what they want, are capable of achieving it, and need some guidance to get there.

Career coaching/branding:

Using my non-chronological storytelling approach to resume writing called the VIP Pillars™, we will revamp your resume/CV, cover letter and online presence (LinkedIn, portfolio, etc) to best spotlight your skills, experience, and accomplishments. We’ll craft a professional package designed to get hiring managers to notice you! My experience: 7+ years in the games industry, working with 700+ clients in entertainment, tech, and more on their career packages. 

• Get clear on what hiring managers are looking for
• Craft a resume/CV and cover letter that shows you are a fantastic candidate
• Boost your confidence because you know your best work is on display
• Increase callbacks and interviews
• Resources for interview tips, salary negotiation, portfolio best practices 

Packages start at 3 hours for early career, with additional time needed for mid to late-career clients. 

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Executive coaching:

Together we work on:

• Defining big goals from a proactive place, instead of reactive 
• Building projects and milestones for big goals 
• Identifying obstacles and opportunities
• Reframing personal and professional narratives – self-management, taking ownership of your strengths and dazzling brilliance 
• Mitigating blind spots, internal criticism, getting you out of your own way  
• Mind Mapping your goals 
• Develop and refine leadership competencies
• Executive communication
• Strategic perspective – Creating vision and strategy, innovative thinking, guiding change
• Execution – Achieving results
• Collaboration – working across boundaries 
• Influence – Mobilizing teams and partners 

Executive coaching begins at a 3-month commitment of 6 hours.

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Interpersonal Design Coaching: We’ll design a coaching program that fits your needs. Maybe it’s a little bit of career coaching, self-leadership, accountability, life coaching – it will be what works for you. We’ll dive deep into your Values, what’s Important, and co-design what your Path is moving forward. 

Interpersonal Design coaching begins at a 3-month commitment of 6 hours.

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I use a flexible pricing model to help as many people as I can.

Mentor Relationships: Getting Started as a Mentor/Mentee

Writing Resumes for the Games Industry

One Game at a Time: The First 5 Years of an Indie Studio

• New Zealand GDC 9/19
• GCAP (Game Connect Asia Pacific) 10/18
• Poznan GIC 10/18
• IGDA Games Leadership Summit 9/18
• Jalloo Festival of Animation & Gaming 6/17 – KEYNOTE

Stories that Haunt and Heal: Serious subjects in game narrative / PTSD & Sexual Violence in Video Game Narrative

• Berlin Games Week – Womenize 10/20
• New Zealand GDC 9/19
• Women in Games Boston 5/19
• Game Developers’ Conference 3/19
• PAX Australia 10/18
• GCAP (Game Connect Asia Pacific) 10/18
• Munich Talk & Dev 10/18
• Grace Hopper Conference 9/18

Accidental Educators: What 10-year-olds taught us about our tech startup

• PAX Australia 10/18
• TEDx Collingwood 10/17
• Women in Games Boston 4/17
• Capital Gaming Expo 4/17

Storytelling in Games /Writing Interactive Narratives for Games

• Power-Up Digital Games Conference 1/17
• Women in Virtual Reality and Film (Brussels) 10/16
• San Diego Comic-Con 7/16
• Yeti-Con 6/16
• Bouchercon 11/14
• Bloody Words 6/14