Résumé


WALKER KEEL
(908) 458–1163

OBJECTIVE
To secure a job as a design/development intern or QA tester at a company in order to immerse myself in the game design career. My dream job would be to work at Valve Software, a company that has made games that I admire such as Left 4 Dead, Portal, and Team Fortress 2, as well as the Steam program.

WHAT MAKES ME TICK
I have been fascinated by games from a young age and want to be part of the driving force behind this fascination.


RELATED EXPERIENCE / SKILL SETS
Experience with Photoshop and Adobe InDesign
Experience with audio production tools (ProTools, Audacity) and the process
Experience with video shooting and editing
Experience with Adobe Flash
Capable of working in a team-oriented environment
Easily bugged by small details that don't look like they belong where they show up
General knowledge of the game design industry

EDUCATION
B.A., Communication – Game and Interactive Media Design, Class of 2013
High Point University, High Point, NC

Diploma, June 2009
Ridge High School, Basking Ridge, NJ

RELATED COURSEWORK
Digital Game Prototyping
Theory and Design of Games
Theory and Criticism of Games
Level, Puzzle, and Obstacle design
Game Development
Senior Seminar: Game Design & Development
Audio Production I
Human Communication
Mediated Communication Systems
Intro to Computer Programming
Intro to Educational Technology
Communicative Design

OTHER EXPERIENCE
Signature Inc.
Houston, TX
October 2013 - December 2013
Sales Associate
Worked as a sales associate in numerous retail stores advertising products that are not normally sold on store shelves by pointing out the perks of the product and its uses. This form of advertising involves direct contact with people passing by, allowing them a more hands-on feel for the product before they choose to buy it. Other duties included keeping track of and moving store inventory.

Somerset Hills Country Club
Somerset, NJ
Summers of 2009 – 2013
Junior Tennis Instructor
Served as a leader and role model to six kids. Taught them tennis very basic movements, strategies, and tactics using interpersonal communication and patience.

Somerset Hills Country Club
Somerset, NJ
Fall 2006-2007
Court Maintenance
Responsible for getting the courts ready for play. Operated different tools & machinery to clean & polish the appearance of grass & clay tennis courts. Tasks included painting/brushing off lines, re-filling water coolers stationed on the courts, and cleaning up.

CAMPUS/COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
Video Game Club, HPU, Member

Nehemiah Center, Houston, TX, Assistant teacher

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Biography & Experience

I was born in Connecticut and had been fascinated by video games since I was 4. During most of my childhood, I lived in and visited places such as South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, & even far out into Australia. Having been there for such a long time, I got to learn so much about the far-eastern world. At around 10, I moved to Michigan, but moved to New Jersey at 14, and spent my high school years there.

It was around that time period that I went touring down south and looking at possible colleges to attend. That was when I came across High Point University, which was the only one of the colleges I looked at that had a major dedicated to game design. I applied there under the "early action" term and was accepted.

I am currently a junior at High Point, and my options as to what I exactly want to do with game design are still broadening. In order to fulfill credit requirements, I had to take a multitude of communications courses, game design-related and otherwise. But however I turn out, I feel that if there is a role I can take on that is needed, I shall gladly do so. So far, I have worked with Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Flash, Audacity, ProTools, & the Valve Hammer editor (a map-making tool) to certain extents. This was all for a total of 5 college semesters.
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