Jade Shames
Head Of Creative & Ops Co-Founder
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJade Shames is a creative leader and co-founder with six years of experience building distinctive tabletop games and leading brand storytelling across fintech and consumer products. As Head of Creative & Ops at Pillbox Games she guided the launch of Side Effects, a Kickstarter success that raised over $80K in 10 hours and earned an SXSW indie Game of the Year nomination, and now oversees titles distributed worldwide. Formerly US Creative Director at eToro and senior copy lead roles at Stash and Verifone, she blends strategic marketing, copywriting, and creative direction to shape cohesive brand experiences across channels. Trained as a writer (MFA, The New School) and a teacher of creative writing techniques she brings a narrative-first approach to product design and player experience. An unexpected throughline: she applies her original "4 Personae Theory" from her academic work to workshop ideation and game narrative development.
6 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Cheltenham High SchoolCompletion Creative writing for the stage and screen, Completion Creative writing for the stage and screen at Vassar CollegeMFA Creative Writing, MFA Creative Writing at The New SchoolBA Creative Writing with a concentration in poetry and a related area in theatre, BA Creative Writing with a concentration in poetry and a related area in theatre at University of Pittsburgh
Github Skills (38)
discord10
api-documentation10
discord-bot10
assertion9
api9
unity3d8
documentation8
https-server7
skill6
unity-networking6
networking6
mmo6
multiplayer6
game-dev6
bots5
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
bremea/tinfoil
Dec 2022 - Dec 2022
Small Discord API wrapper designed for scalability
Contributions:54 commits, 2 PRs, 37 pushes in 7 days
apiapi-wrapperdiscorddiscord-api-wrapperdiscord-bot
bremea/website
Aug 2020 - Mar 2021
Contributions:14 commits, 13 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
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