Jeff Spock

Nationality

USA with French residency

Skills

  • Game writing (world building, scenario development, dialogue writing, character development, map and level design integration, marketing materials, etc.)
  • Published author of science fiction, horror, and fantasy
  • Ability to manage projects to tight deadlines
  • Over twenty years spent on international teams in the US, Japan, and France
  • Familiarity with project documentation--user documentation, design documentation, quality assurance, knowledge management, version tracking
  • Multilingual, flexible team player

Education

  • 2004
    Clarion West Writers' Workshop; Seattle, USA
  • 1991
    INSEAD; M.B.A., International Management; Fontainebleau, FRANCE
  • 1984
    Brown University; ScB Computer Engineering, AB Japanese History; USA

Published titles

Strategy games (PC)

  • Heroes of Might and Magic V – additional scenario, dialogues, characters, in-game texts
  • Hammers of Fate (H5 expansion) – scenario, dialogues, characters, in-game texts
  • Tribes of the East (H5 expansion) – scenario, dialogues, characters, in-game texts

Action games (PC, Xbox)

  • Dark Messiah of Might & Magic – dialogues, cutscenes, tutorial design
  • Dark Messiah: Elements – dialogues, cutscenes, tutorial design
  • Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter – additional characters and dialogues
  • Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 – additional characters and dialogues

Adventure games (DS, Wii, Xbox, PS2)

  • Horsez / Alexandra Liederman – scenario, dialogues, gameplay integration
  • My Horse & Me 2 – scenario, dialogues

Achievements / Awards

  • Dark Messiah :
    • VE3D Best of E3 2006 Awards -- Best Action/Adventure game
    • GameStar Award for Best Action Game 2006
      (Okay, I didn't win the awards for the writing, but I'm very proud of the game!)
  • Online Writing Workshop's "Editor's Choice," November 2004 for "Everything that Matters"
  • Creation of fan level for "Thief" with Dark Engine level designer DromEd, 2000
  • Organizational Behavior final examination written in iambic pentameter (Shakespearean verse), INSEAD, 1991

Work History

  • 2002-
    FREELANCE WRITER / CONSULTANT
  • 2001
    STAFF & LINE: Operations Manager, EasyVista.com, FRANCE
  • 1999-2000
    CARREFOUR: Director, Business Intelligence Systems, CARREFOUR EUROPE
  • 1992-1998
    UNISYS: Director Business Development, JAPAN, FRANCE/EUROPE
  • Before 1990:
    Various other roles in the computer industry in the US and Japan