Laralyn Mcwilliams Email & Phone Number | Award-winning executive manager, senior producer and creative director for innovative and successful products, and inspirational speaker about creativity, design, data, and game/product development Awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2021 from the Game Developer's Choice Awards Performed as Creative Director for Free Realms, a ground-breaking casual MMO (20+ million players), which the New York Times called "a triumph of the company's own reinvention" Frequent conference speaker including headlining GDC 2019 as a Main Stage keynote speaker, and delivering one of 2018's top-rated talks (You're Not Broken) One of Gamasutra's Top Ten Game Developers of 2014 Shared the #1 spot on Massive Online Gaming’s 2010 list of the Twenty Most Influential People in MMOs Included in Beckett's list of the top women in MMOs for 2010, and one of Gamasutra's 20 most influential women in games in 2008 Pioneer in the use of data to inform game and product design, along with integrating data with the creative process Lead designer for the most nominated game of E3 2003: Full Spectrum Warrior, which went on to become 1Up's Player's Choice for Best Simulation/Strategy of 2004, and received nominations for 2004 game of the year for Most Innovative Design (IGN), Most Innovative Game (Gamespot), and the AIAS Action/Adventure Game of the Year Effective manager, strong leader, and enthusiastic motivator for teams Experienced process and project manager who understands the balance between making a great game, meeting budget and calendar goals, and building creative and productive teams Exceptional depth of experience across a broad range of genres, platforms and development environments Specialties: Console Games, MMOs, Online Games, Virtual Worlds, Social Games, Game Design, Creative Director, Pitches, Original IP, Content Design, Writing, Level Design, Systems Design, Video Game Development, Video Game Production, Video Game Design

Laralyn Mcwilliams

Award-winning executive manager, senior producer and creative director for innovative and successful...
Seattle, Washington, United States

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Work Experience

Self Employed

Conference Speaker

2007-04-01 00:00:00 - 2024-05-01 00:00:00

Microsoft

Principal Creative Design Director, MARVEL

2020-01-01 00:00:00 - 2024-05-01 00:00:00

Skydance Interactive

Chief Creative Officer

2013-01-01 00:00:00 - 2018-04-01 00:00:00

Iwin

VP, Creative

2011-08-01 00:00:00 - 2013-01-01 00:00:00

Sony Online Entertainment

Senior Producer

2006-08-01 00:00:00 - 2011-03-01 00:00:00

Edge Of Reality

Game Director

2004-04-01 00:00:00 - 2006-04-01 00:00:00

Pandemic Studios

Lead Designer

2002-04-01 00:00:00 - 2004-04-01 00:00:00

High Voltage Software

Lead Designer

2001-04-01 00:00:00 - 2002-04-01 00:00:00

Studio 23

Vice President, Design and Development

1999-01-01 00:00:00 - 2001-01-01 00:00:00

Media Station

Sr. Producer/Lead Designer

1997-04-01 00:00:00 - 1999-04-01 00:00:00

The Gloating Goat

Owner

1994-04-01 00:00:00 - 1997-04-01 00:00:00

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Laralyn Mcwilliams is a Award-winning executive manager, senior producer and creative director for innovative and successful products, and inspirational speaker about creativity, design, data, and game/product development Awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2021 from the Game Developer's Choice Awards Performed as Creative Director for Free Realms, a ground-breaking casual MMO (20+ million players), which the New York Times called "a triumph of the company's own reinvention" Frequent conference speaker including headlining GDC 2019 as a Main Stage keynote speaker, and delivering one of 2018's top-rated talks (You're Not Broken) One of Gamasutra's Top Ten Game Developers of 2014 Shared the #1 spot on Massive Online Gaming’s 2010 list of the Twenty Most Influential People in MMOs Included in Beckett's list of the top women in MMOs for 2010, and one of Gamasutra's 20 most influential women in games in 2008 Pioneer in the use of data to inform game and product design, along with integrating data with the creative process Lead designer for the most nominated game of E3 2003: Full Spectrum Warrior, which went on to become 1Up's Player's Choice for Best Simulation/Strategy of 2004, and received nominations for 2004 game of the year for Most Innovative Design (IGN), Most Innovative Game (Gamespot), and the AIAS Action/Adventure Game of the Year Effective manager, strong leader, and enthusiastic motivator for teams Experienced process and project manager who understands the balance between making a great game, meeting budget and calendar goals, and building creative and productive teams Exceptional depth of experience across a broad range of genres, platforms and development environments Specialties: Console Games, MMOs, Online Games, Virtual Worlds, Social Games, Game Design, Creative Director, Pitches, Original IP, Content Design, Writing, Level Design, Systems Design, Video Game Development, Video Game Production, Video Game Design

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experience in the following industries:
Self Employed | Microsoft | Skydance Interactive | Iwin | Sony Online Entertainment | Edge Of Reality | Pandemic Studios | High Voltage Software | Studio 23 | Media Station | The Gloating Goat

Laralyn Mcwilliams has the following professional experience:
Self Employed | Microsoft | Skydance Interactive | Iwin | Sony Online Entertainment | Edge Of Reality | Pandemic Studios | High Voltage Software | Studio 23 | Media Station | The Gloating Goat