Sr. Producer at Paramount Pictures
Greater Los Angeles Area
- Current
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- Sr. Producer, Games at Paramount Pictures
- Past
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- Producer at Emergent Game Technologies
- Development Director at Electronic Arts
- Producer at High Voltage Software
- Director of Corporate Development at Silver Platter Software
- Director of Corporate Development at Horizon, A Glimpse of Tomorrow
- Education
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- Pomona College
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Ben Hoyt’s Experience
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Sr. Producer, Games
Paramount Pictures
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; VIA; Entertainment industry)
July 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)
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Producer
Emergent Game Technologies
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Games industry)
November 2006 — April 2008 (1 year 6 months)
At Emergent Game Technologies, I am the Producer in charge of creating compelling demos of our products. Primarily, this means creating small, game-like, applications using the Gamebryo game engine that highlight the features and capabilities of the engine. To do so, I manage a small internal team of developers, as well as several external outsourcers/contractors, and coordinate with many industry-leading middleware partners.
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Development Director
Electronic Arts
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; ERTS; Computer Games industry)
September 2005 — August 2006 (1 year)
As a Development Director at EA Chicago I was in charge of managing the schedule and production plan for the cross-platform (PS3 and Xbox 360) Def Jam: Icon project, particularly with regards to the Art team.
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Producer
High Voltage Software
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Games industry)
July 2003 — July 2005 (2 years 1 month)
As a Producer I was in a project management position. I managed a team of 20-30 artists, designers, and programmers in the development of a video game. My primary responsibilites included the management of "the 3 P's": Process, Personnel, and Publisher.
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Director of Corporate Development
Silver Platter Software
(Computer Games industry)
January 2002 — May 2003 (1 year 5 months)
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Director of Corporate Development
Horizon, A Glimpse of Tomorrow
(Computer Games industry)
May 2000 — January 2002 (1 year 9 months)
Ben Hoyt’s Education
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Pomona College
BA , Economics , 1996 — 2000
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Video games, soccer, movies, scuba, politics, technology, television, fantasy football, video game production
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