Polymath Studio :: arcade

# a playable arcade cabinet inside the studio, rendered in webgl. its screen lists ross's work from 2002–2009 -- the titles he shipped at atari, then the clients of the independent practice that followed.

role ..........
Documentation Specialist
period ........
2002–2005
volume ........
5 million+ video game assets printed and shipped: cover graphics, jewel case art, packaging, collateral.
companies .....
Atari, Hasbro, Disney, Cartoon Network, NCsoft
freelance clients
6
markdown ......
/lab.md
human .........
/lab

── SCOPE ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

  • - Documentation and packaging for 217 titles at Atari.
  • - As many as 17 running concurrently in the pre-holiday release rush.
  • - Layouts printed at up to five million units per franchise.
  • - Inside licensor approval chains and console-platform certification.
  • - Translation and localization coordinated across international releases.

── VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY, 2002–2007 ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

  • Atari 2002–2005
  • - Godzilla [DOC+PKG] — Documentation and retail packaging, inside the licensor approval chain.
  • - Transformers [LEAD] — Lead writer and graphic designer. Documentation and retail packaging, inside the licensor approval chain.
  • - Dungeons & Dragons [LEAD] — Lead writer and graphic designer. Documentation and retail packaging, inside the licensor approval chain.
  • - The Matrix [DOC+PKG] — Documentation and retail packaging, inside the licensor approval chain.
  • - Unreal Tournament [DOC+PKG] — Documentation and retail packaging.
  • - RollerCoaster Tycoon [LEAD] — Lead writer and graphic designer. Documentation and retail packaging.
  • - Sid Meier's Pirates! [DOC+PKG] — Documentation and retail packaging, inside the licensor approval chain.
  • - MLB / NBA / NFL / MLS / NHL [DOC+PKG] — Documentation and retail packaging across the licensed sports lines, on the annual release calendar.
  • - Deer Hunter [DOC+PKG] — Documentation and retail packaging.
  • - TONKA [DOC+PKG] — Documentation and retail packaging, inside the licensor approval chain.
  • - Dora the Explorer [DOC+PKG] — Documentation and retail packaging, inside the licensor approval chain.
  • - Blue's Clues [DOC+PKG] — Documentation and retail packaging, inside the licensor approval chain.
  • Cartoon Network 2005
  • - GameTap [LEAD] — Lead. Cartoon Network, 2005.
  • NCsoft 2005
  • - Auto Assault 2006 [LEAD] — Lead. NCsoft, 2006.
  • Disney 2007
  • - Hannah Montana: Music Jam [LEAD] — Hannah Montana: Music Jam. Lead. Disney, 2007.
  • - Ultimate Band [LEAD] — Lead. Disney, 2007.
  • - Think Fast [LEAD] — Lead. Disney, 2007.

── FREELANCE DESIGN, 2005–2009 ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

  • - Color Kinetics — Senior graphic designer and technical writer for the startup that invented and patented RGB architectural lighting, continuing through the Philips era.
  • - Philips — Marketing and technical communications across the lighting product line, through the Philips era of Color Kinetics.
  • - Sealy — Motorized bed platform launch. Marketing and technical communications, inside Sealy Corporate and Posturepedic brand standards.
  • - Starwood (Marriott) — Client of the freelance design practice, 05-09.
  • - Deltek — Client of the freelance design practice, 05-09.
  • - Waters Corporation — Client of the freelance design practice, 05-09.