Jesse Blake McCann

Jesse Blake McCann

QA Tester at Respawn Entertainment

Mid-level QA / 16 yrs

Los Angeles, CA

Hire Me

Internal QA Tester

Titanfall (2014)

QA Tester

Final Fantasy XIII (2010)

QA Tester

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies (2009)

QA Tester

Star Ocean: The Last Hope (2009)

QA Tester

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker (2007)
Words and video games are my passion. As such, I have a strong background in creative writing and quality assurance for entertainment software. I have also picked up other talents in art and computer programs, which I use both professionally and on creative side projects.
Work History

  • Internal Quality Assurance

    Respawn Entertainment

    September 2013 - Present

  • Senior QA Tester

    Santa Monica Studio

    April 2011 - July 2013

    *Promoted to Senior QA Tester, acting as a QA point person for the studio.
    *Tasked with tracking critical bugs, which involved communicating with multiple departments in order to resolve issues.
    *Organized meetings, play tests, and team bug tracking activities within QA.

  • QA Tester

    Square Enix

    June 2006 - April 2011

    *Created test plans, searched for crashes and graphical glitches by extensive game play through, read and edited in-game text, and played games under different conditions.
    *Participated in ESRB and Nintendo Pre-Lot submissions.

  • Staff Writer

    El Segundo Herald

    March 2009 - August 2009

    *Wrote feature stories for the city, which involved attending events, interviewing sources, researching, and writing captions for the photos I took.