Danielle Irwin

Development Manager • Producer

Contact Developer Experience
727-804-8288 Hyper Vital | Development Director | Dec 2017 – Present
DLIRWIN8@gmail.com An emergent survival game developed by 18 students in 8 months at FIEA.
DanielleIrwin.com • Built the Jira backend including establishing work flows, creating issue types and screens, and
granting different role/user permissions.
• Adjusted agile methodologies including scrum and spiral to better fit the expectations and work
Education style of the project.
• Worked with the project lead to define strategy to execute against milestones.
M.S. in Interactive • Scheduled, monitored, and analyzed both work hours and task completion to help alleviate
Entertainment – blocks/dependencies, increase work flow efficiency, and cater to individuals.
Production • Developed art approval pipelines for 3D assets, particle systems, materials/shaders, and
Expected Graduation animations that stopped a 100% approval rate by creating clear guidelines and expectations.
December 2018 • Improved a level design pipeline that lessen dependencies while also allowing level designers
University of Central an efficient way to incorporate gameplay, story, and aesthetics into levels.
Florida – FIEA • Established a bug pipeline including reporting requirements, bug categorization, bug priority,
and bug workflow.
B.A. English – • Managed the bug pipeline via Hansoft to ensure bugs were routed correctly and tracked to
Creative Writing completion as well as to collect data such as totals per type, new vs closed, percentage of type,
Graduated May 2012 time to close, and if certain people create certain bugs.
University of Central • Used Excel/Jira to analyze data to track project quality, delivery, and predictability.
Florida • Created an individualized performance improvement plan based on data analysis which
improved this team members task completion and communication.
Skills Universal Project | Project Lead / Communicator | Jan 2018 – April 2018
Jira A prototype for a potential future attraction developed by 11 students in 4 months at FIEA.
Hansoft • Established, maintained, and monitored project timelines to ensure deliverables were met.
Agile Development • Facilitated and supported cross-functional disciplines to achieve planned objectives.
Excel – Macros & VBA • Communicated weekly progress updates to our Universal subject matter expert contacts.
Organization • Revitalized a demotivated team when I replaced the project lead at the request of Universal.
Scheduling • Created milestone presentation PowerPoints for progress updates.
PowerPoint
Perforce Other Experience
Renewal Underwriter | Braishfield Assoc. Inc. | Nov 2014 – Apr 2016
Awards/Honors A broker insurance company with a specialty in difficult-to-place risks.
Press Play Conference • Established a pipeline to ensure all business for binding/brokerage authority renewals was
Girls & Games 2018 completed on time.
Panel Member • Trained new employees on best practices for issuing and invoicing binding authority
endorsements, cancellations, reinstatements, and loss control reports.
FIEA • Developed client relationships through face-to-face visits, phone calls, and marketing.
Voted Most Organized Editorial/Support Manager | Databanq Inc. | Aug 2012 – Nov 2014
Person in the Cohort by
my peers An internet marketing company running multiple websites.
• Oversaw production, delivery, editing, and publishing content across multiple websites.
• Hired and managed a team of 10+ content copywriters including copywriters oversees.
The Florida Review • Handled 50+ business alliance network relationships.
Outstanding Editorial • Created the company support documentation and process.
Assistant • Established a QA regression testing document for bug reporting.