James (Jamie) McNeely

Senior Director of Production, Studios @ Zynga

Country

Canada

City

Toronto

Industry

Computer Games

Skill

Video Games, Game Development, Casual Games, Multiplayer, Social Games, Gameplay, MMO, Mobile Games, Computer Games, Game Design, Xbox 360, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox, Online Gaming

Experience

Senior Director of Production, Studios

Zynga

2024-5 - Present · 2 yrs 5 mos

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

- Operations lead on unannounced premium multi-platform title

Director of Production, Studios

Zynga

2022-5 - 2024-5 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Enabling brilliant internal Zynga studios to achieve their full potential - Publishing producer on Social Point's Top Troops! road to launch - Acting EP on unannounced title from Gram Games

Studio Development Director

Jam City

2021-11 - 2022-5 · 7 mos

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Partnered with studio GM to transition a successful F2P studio to P2E & blockchain titles - Champions: Ascension a P2E Blockchain title - Unannounced P2E title

Lead Producer

Zynga

2018-11 - 2021-11 · 3 yrs 1 mo

Toronto, Canada Area

Expanded the Zynga Poker audience by building new platforms and grew the Zynga Production community as a company Production leader. - Zynga Poker (Mobile, Facebook, Web)

Senior Producer

Big Viking Games

2016-8 - 2018-11 · 2 yrs 4 mos

Toronto, Canada Area

Established and led teams developing leading edge games for HTML5 on messenger platforms. - Galatron (Facebook Messenger) - Tap Adventure Party: Reinforced! (Facebook Messenger)

Senior Producer

DHX Media Inc.

2014-7 - 2015-12 · 1 yr 6 mos

Toronto, Canada Area

As contract producer led distributed team developing online educational titles for children and families based on DHX owned brands. - UMIGO Appisodes 1 to 8 (Web Browser, iOS, Android)

Senior Producer, Online

Warner Bros. Entertainment

2010-9 - 2014-6 · 3 yrs 10 mos

Montreal, Quebec

Established and built a team to develop WB's first F2P MMO for kids. Built the operational capability for two MMOs by coordinating Tech Ops, Dev Ops, CS, BI, and development teams across three studios. - Cartoon Universe (Unity Webplayer, iOS) - LEGO Legends of CHIMA Online - www.chimaonline.com (Unity Webplayer, iOS)

Development Director II

Electronic Arts (EA)

2007-11 - 2010-2 · 2 yrs 4 mos

Redwood Shores, California

Led external developers to create titles for the Hasbro Brand. Managed distributed teams to build and operate the F2P Littest Pet Shop Online MMO service. - Littlest Pet Shop Online (Flash browser-based MMO) - GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra (X360, PS3, Wii, PSP, PS2, NDS)

Development Director

Electronic Arts (EA)

2003-4 - 2007-10 · 4 yrs 7 mos

Orlando, Florida

Managed large internal develop teams to develop new sports and action IPs. NFL Street (Xbox, PS2, Gamecube) NFL Street 2 (Xbox, PS2, Gamecube) Superman Returns: The Game (X360, Xbox, PS2) Madden 2008 (X360, PS3)

Executive Producer

Strategy First

1998-5 - 2003-4 · 5 yrs

Led product development efforts for internal and external developers on several award-winning PC strategy titles. Internal Development (All PC) Man of War II: Chains of Command Disciples: Sacred Lands Disciples II: Dark Prophecy O.R.B.: Off-World Resource Base Third Party published titles include: Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns Hearts of Iron Waterloo: Napoleon's Last Battle Europa Universalis I and II Patrician II: Quest for Power

Producer

Gray Matters LLC

1994-3 - 1997-9 · 3 yrs 7 mos

Toronto, Ontario

Grew from a QA position to leading development teams for projects with several high profile publishers. RBI Baseball (SNES) NHL All Star Hockey (Sega Saturn) NBA Action (Sega Saturn) The Crow: City of Angels (PlayStation, Sega Saturn, PC) Perfect Weapon (PlayStation, PC) Manic Marbles (PC)