Jessica Dolan
Hi, I'm Jessica Dolan. I'm a writer and game designer.
Jessica Dolan is an experienced writer transitioning into game design. She recently graduated as Valedictorian from Full Sail University with a degree in game design. She loves writing for games and working on game mechanics. In addition to design, she has beginning programming skills in C, C++, and is learning JavaScript, and Objective C. Jessica also has extensive experience in project management and operations.
Jessica Dolan's Background
Jessica Dolan's Experience
Project Manager at Deluxe Digital Studios
November 2008 - Present | Century City, CA
Jessica Dolan works onsite at 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. She is responsible for managing the new release Blu-ray and DVD operations for home entertainment. She creates the tech specs detailing how the Blu-rays and DVDs will be set up including programming instructions and localization specifications. She keeps projects on schedule, communicates with vendors, and solves problems as they arise. She also creates and maintains the budgets for each new release project. She has worked on high profile projects such as Avatar, Prometheus, and Life of Pi.
General Manager at First Meridian Services, Licensee of Starbucks Coffee Company
January 2007 - October 2008 | Burbank, CA
Jessica Dolan managed the overall operations of the cafe. She hired the employees, trained the employees to meet Starbucks standards, scheduled the employees' work hours, ordered products, communicated with vendors, sustained store equipment maintenance, monitored the inventory, maintained the budget, met store performance goals, and helped her team of employees develop strong relationships with customers, vendors, and each other.
Assistant Manager at First Meridian Services, Licensee of Starbucks Coffee Company
August 2005 - December 2006 | Burbank, CA
Jessica Dolan assisted the store manager in all of her duties. She was also responsible as the assistant manager for creating the schedule, ordering product, training employees, serving customers, and setting up product displays.
Jessica Dolan's Education
Full Sail University
2010 – 2012
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
Concentration: Game Design
Activities: Valedictorian, Advanced Achievement Award in Game Design, Course Director's Award in Storytelling
Concordia College
1998 – 2002
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
Concentration: English Literature (minor in Computer Science)
Activities: Credo Honors Program, Magna Cum Laude, Graduated with honors in English literature
Jessica Dolan's Interests & Activities
computer programming, app creation, learning Italian, attempts at Italian cooking, baking, kayaking, hiking, disc golf, storytelling, writing, reading (science fiction, mysteries, and anything with a good story)
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