Joey Ziolkowski
Senior Design Manager at Toontown Rewritten
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJoey Ziolkowski is a Senior Design Manager and game designer with a decade of experience creating immersive, multiplayer, and VR experiences that connect people and spark joy. Based in Pittsburgh, he leads design teams at Schell Games, currently directing an unannounced immersive superhero attraction while mentoring the studio’s Design Department. His hands-on portfolio includes directing Party Versus, level-leading I Expect You To Die 3, and designing the Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser Bridge Experience and large-scale theme park attractions built in Unreal Engine. Joey also brings community-centric product experience from leading Toontown Rewritten as Creative Director and Community Manager, where he balanced safety, quality, and fan engagement. He pairs a formal education in game programming and computer science with practical leadership in prototyping interactive systems for kids and therapeutic VR. Known for shipping playful, people-first designs, he blends studio leadership with grassroots community insight.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s, Game Programming & Development, Bachelor’s, Game Programming & Development at Southern New Hampshire UniversityUMBC
Github Skills (19)
css-grid8
vscode7
ttr6
accessibility6
consumption5
networking4
code-review4
api4
go4
github3
visual-studio-code3
digital-signage2
bots2
game-engine2
game-development2
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
ToontownRewritten/ToontownReleaseArchive
Oct 2020 - May 2021
Contributions:6 reviews, 28 commits, 21 PRs in 7 months
chrismcintosh/Scratch-Pro
Nov 2017 - Oct 2018
A Genesis Framework Starter Theme focused on Accessibility and Performance. Ready to go with ES6, CSS Grid, and all the developer goodies.
Contributions:1 release, 53 commits, 29 pushes in 11 months
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