Consulting Creative Director & Executive Producer for the Core, Casual and Social Games Sectors
Vancouver, Canada Area
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- Game Design & Business Consultant at Self Employed
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- Instructor, Team Management at Vancouver Film School
- Producer at Relic Entertainment
- Senior Interactive Project Manager (Contract) at Decode Entertainment
- Producer, New Business at MacLaren McCann Interactive
- Senior Producer (Contract) at Check Six Studios
- Executive Producer & Co-Founder at Moderngroove Entertainment
- Associate Producer at Electronic Arts Canada
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Adrian Crook’s Summary
• Named 2006 Producer of the Year by the Canadian New Media Awards
• Awarded 2006 Game of the Year, Canadian Awards for the Electronic and Animated Arts
• 14 years of Producer experience, including 5 years at industry leader Electronic Arts
• Credited on 13 titles across 7 platforms, from Genesis and SNES to PC, PS1, PS2, Xbox 360 & Wii
• Led 4 original titles from concept to completion with one product selling more than 1M units
• Certified ScrumMaster with proven ability to efficiently manage large teams (~100 developers)
• Secured content and development licenses, a publishing deal and a NASDAQ listing
• Spoken at conferences such as GDC 2008, SXSW 2008, Casual Connect 2009 and ICE 08
Adrian Crook’s Specialties:
Interactive project management, new product conceptualization, high level design consultation, documentation, product representation, online strategy development.
Adrian Crook’s Experience
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Game Design & Business Consultant
Self Employed
(Computer Games industry)
January 2008 — Present (1 year 11 months)
• Design and production of casual, online, flash, OpenSocial, console or free-to-play projects
• Clients include: TV production companies, kids entertainment multinationals, console game publishers, gov't agencies, etc. -
Instructor, Team Management
Vancouver Film School
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
August 2007 — August 2008 (1 year 1 month)
- Teach Team Management course in Game Design Program.
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Producer
Relic Entertainment
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; THQI; Computer Games industry)
June 2004 — January 2008 (3 years 8 months)
• Shipped The Outfit, Relic’s first console title and THQ’s first and only Xbox 360 launch window title
• Founded Relic Labs, a concept incubation group
• Implemented agile development (SCRUM) methodology to increase efficiency of large team -
Senior Interactive Project Manager (Contract)
Decode Entertainment
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Games industry)
October 2003 — June 2004 (9 months)
• Led internal and external teams to develop Blobheads PS2, game based on Cartoon Network TV show
• Led design, development of Be The Creature PC, game based on National Geographic TV show
• Created an original IP for both games and TV that is currently in development
• Conceptualized Franny's Feet and Bromwell High websites, published to critical acclaim -
Producer, New Business
MacLaren McCann Interactive
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; IPG; Marketing and Advertising industry)
September 2002 — September 2003 (1 year 1 month)
• Lead Producer on Microsoft and Rogers/AT&T online advertising accounts
• Won 2003 Advertising & Design Club of Canada award for Best Animated Single
• Drafted and administered budgets ranging from $15,000 to $500,000 on up to 16 concurrent projects -
Senior Producer (Contract)
Check Six Studios
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Games industry)
January 2002 — May 2002 (5 months)
• Development-side producer on Aliens: Colonial Marines (PlayStation 2)
• Represented product on all occasions to publisher (Fox Interactive) -
Executive Producer & Co-Founder
Moderngroove Entertainment
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; MODG; Computer Games industry)
November 1999 — May 2001 (1 year 7 months)
• Conceived, designed and produced Moderngroove: Ministry of Sound, an original PS2 title
• Negotiated and secured a major worldwide license (Ministry of Sound) for product
• Designed and launched moderngroove.com, a commercial streaming music website -
Associate Producer
Electronic Arts Canada
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; ERTS; Computer Games industry)
February 1995 — October 1999 (4 years 9 months)
• Created, pitched and Associate Produced Sled Storm PSX, a 1M unit seller (1998 - 1999)
• Led the design of ReBoot PSX, based on successful TV series (1996 - 1998)
• QA Lead on NBA Live ’96 SNES & Genesis (1995)
Additional Information
Adrian Crook’s Websites:
Adrian Crook’s Groups:
- International Game Developers Association (IGDA)
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Women in Games International -
GamesProducers -
Association of Virtual Worlds -
FREE ONLINE MMORPG & MMO GAMES | MMO hub.org -
Casual Games -
Game Developers -
MMORPG / MMO Games industry and VC money -
Canadian Interactive Experts -
Free 2 Play Assembly -
Game Creator's Network -
International Online Developers Association for Games -
EA Alumni Group -
VideoGame Professionals -
Flash Game Developers -
MASSIVE ONLINE GAMER Group -
New Media BC -
THQ - Current & Past THQ Employees -
Game Payments -
Linked:Vancouver -
Relic Entertainment - Current & Past Relic Entertainment Employees -
Kids MMOG and Virtual Worlds -
Gamesrecruit -
Datascope Games Jobs -
Toy & Entertainment Jobs -
Game Gurus -
Game Tweets -
OPM Games Network -
Interactive Ontario -
Location Based Games
Adrian Crook’s Honors:
- 2006 Canadian Producer of the Year, Canadian New Media Awards
- 2006 Game of the Year (The Outfit), Canadian Awards for the Electronic and Animated Arts
- Advertising and Design Club of Canada 2003 Award of Merit in the "Single - Animated" category
- Electronic Gaming Monthly "Game of the Month" for Sled Storm PSX
- GamePro "Editors Choice" for The Outfit Xbox 360
Adrian Crook’s Contact Settings
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