Matthew Bromley

Work History

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  Senior Designer

  Crystal Dynamics

  September 2019 - Present

  Bay Area, CA, United States

  TBA
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  Lead Level Designer

  Downpour Interactive

  March 2019 - September 2019

  Home

  Shipped versions 1.6 & 1.7 of Onward VR for Steam VR & Oculus
  - Lead the design team in shipping their largest-to-date map and kicked off a new map using Unity Asset Store resources
  - Lead and assisted in cleanup, optimization, and organization of existing map content
  
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  Senior Content Designer

  2K Games

  July 2017 - August 2018

  Bay Area, CA, United States

  - Explored designs in a first-person shooter framework

  

• Senior Level Designer

  2K Games | Hangar 13

  October 2013 - July 2017

  Bay Area, CA, United States

  Shipped Mafia III for PC, PS4, XBoxOne on 10/07/16 and Sign of the Times DLC on 07/25/2017
  - Researched and designed proprietary tool improvements
  - Significantly contributed to multiple missions; documentation, greymaps, scripting, optimization, and finalization
  - Owned design tasks on E3 2016 mission presentation
  

• Senior Level Designer

  2K Games | 2K Marin

  October 2011 - October 2013

  Bay Area, CA, United States

  Shipped The Bureau: XCOM Declassified on XBox360/PC/PS3 08/20/13
  - Designed a user-tested abstract tutorial; used learnings on the game’s first/tutorial level
  - Significantly contributed to multiple missions; documentation, greymaps, scripting, optimization, and finalization
  - Created DLC technical roadmap and standards

• Senior Level Designer

  THQ | Kaos

  August 2007 - June 2011

  New York City, NY

  Shipped Homefront on XBox360/PC/PS3 03/15/11
  - Evaluated technology and designed tool improvements
  - Owned design tasks on 2009 and 2010 E3 presentations, main mission level, and bugs and optimization on other levels
  - Inherited, iterated on, and shipped a DLC multiplayer level
  Shipped Frontlines; Fuel of War on XBox360/PC/PS3 06/26/07
  - Created optimization reports with design recommendations

• Project Manager/Level Designer

  UCMP (Ultimate Community MapPack)

  November 2004 - September 2008

  Responsibilities: Develop levels and level assets independently and as a co-author. Manage team and potential incoming members. Create and iterate on team schedule and development plans. Conduct PR on behalf of the team, especially around releases. Design, implement, and update team website and forums along with associated graphics. Create and release video promotion in conjunction with release schedule.
  • UCMP1 Mappack was included on DVD packaged with UK Magazine PCZone's June 2005 issue

• Editor

  Hourences

  August 2006 - June 2008

  • "The Hows and Whys of Level Design", Second Edition, Sjoerd De Jong; 2008, 04/08 - 06/08
  • "The Hows and Whys of the Games Industry", Sjoerd De Jong; 2007, 08/07 - 10/07
  • "The Hows and Whys of Level Design", Sjoerd De Jong; 2006, 08/06 - 10/06
  Responsibilities: Proof and edit manuscript, return to author in a timely manner. Provide feedback and minor content additions.
  • One of several industry professionals interviewed for “The Hows and Whys of The Games Industry”
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  Level Designer

  nFusion Interactive

  May 2006 - August 2007

  New Jersey

  Significantly contributed to multiple missions; documentation, layout, scripting, lighting, particles, & polish