BECOMING: Design Leadership

IGDA Seattle is partnering with Diversity Collective+ to bring you an online talk series called “Becoming”, where games industry professionals reflect on their career path and retrace their journeys through the industry in their respective fields.

This month, we are featuring an excellent panel of people in Design leadership roles in the industry.

Join us on https://twitch.tv/igdaseattle for this talk as our panelists talk about their journey to becoming who they are today and hopefully inspire you to follow in their footsteps.

Moderated by August Belhumeur (@augustbelhaha), Board Member at Seattle Indies and Diversity Collective+ (Seattle).

ASL Interpretation

ASL interpreters will be provided and broadcast through the event in same video feed as the live event itself on the Twitch page.

Nominated Charities

This month's panelists have nominated the following organizations to potentially receive a $500 donation from our sponsors Premack Rogers P.C. and Seattle Indies.

Attendees will be asked to provide their input on the charity that they'd like to see the donation.

The Panelists

• Linsey Murdock (@LinseyMurdock) - Game Director at Riot Games
• Jayce Diaz (@jayce_face)- Senior Level Designer at ZeniMax Studios
• Annie VanderMeer (@murderblonde) - Senior Game Designer at ArenaNet
• Claude Jerome (@claude_jerome) - Principal Gameplay Designer at Firewalk Studios
• Kelsey Pickinpaugh (@SpacedCadette) - UX Director at Undead Labs

IGDA Seattle

IGDA Seattle is a local chapter of the International Game Developers Association, a 501(c)(6) non-profit professional association and a global network of individuals from all fields of game development - from programmers and producers to writers, artists, QA and localization.

For more information, visit IGDASeattle.org or find us on Twitter (@IGDASeattle).

Diversity Collective +

Diversity Collective + is an inclusive community in Seattle with a mission to support diversity and discuss issues and solutions for minority figures in gaming and VR/AR/XR. We host quarterly events with different formats at each event, such as panels, round-table discussions, mentoring, portfolio reviews, Q&A sessions, interview practice, and mixers.

For more information, you can find them on Twitter (@DCPlus_Seattle).