Jen Grier

Current

Freelance Audio / Game Design at Self-Employed
Score Copyist (Self-employed)

Past

Assistant Producer / Sound Designer / Game Designer at SMERC Design
Level Design Intern at SMERC Design
Phone Sales Representative at Nationwide Wireless

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Education

New York University
Moravian College

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Connections

98 connections

Industry

Music

Jen Grier’s Summary

I am currently a freelancer in audio and game design! I am contracted to a wonderful company in Europe where I design top secret sounds for a top secret kid's MMO... coming soon!

Game Design (play them at JenGrier.com!):
- Thesis Hunter
- PAC-Type

Level Design:
- Avatar: Path of Zuko (Nickelodeon)
- Petpet Park (Neopets) (MTV/Viacom)

Audio Design / Documentation:
- Madagascar 2 - Flight Plan/Bag Bonk (Dreamworks)
- Vectorious - (SMERC/Kongregate)
- Petpet Park (Neopets) (MTV/Viacom)

I am a recently graduated masters student at NYU: Steinhardt. I completed a thesis in advanced game audio soundtrack work. I also published a white paper and presented for the 135th AES Conference in London, the first to focus on game audio!

Skills:

- Sound design for interactive purposes
- Game design/implementation
- Game documentation
- Audio programming
- Composition/arranging
- GREAT gameplay!

Jen Grier’s Specialties:

- Interactive Audio Design
- Game Design
- Academic Research
- Game Design Education
- Transcription
- Commissioned Works
- Copyist Work
- Sibelius / Finale / MIDI
- Cakewalk / Sonar
- ProTools
- SoundForge 9
- Band-in-the-Box for Jazz Education
- Saxophone Instructor

- MatLab
- Max/MSP
- Java (specifically JSyn and JMSL)
- Flash / ActionScript 3
- Development with the Unreal Tournament 3 engine

Jen Grier’s Experience

Freelance Audio / Game Design

Self-Employed

(Music industry)

May 2009 — Present (7 months)

I do freelance audio and game design, including game documentation needs and interactive audio for online games! Feel free to check out my latest projects at JenGrier.com! Let me know if I can do anything for you!
Score Copyist

Self-employed

(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Music industry)

2005 — Present (4 years )

Music transcription for composers with little time! Special proficiency in Sibelius.

Jen Grier’s Education

New York University

M.M. , Music Technology , 2007 — 2009

Study in Game Audio Design, Max/MSP, Digital Signal Theory, Digital Audio Processing, the KYMA system, Music Information Retrieval, Java Music Systems, and Physical Computing

Activities and Societies:

Music Technology Research Group, Game Design Seminars
Moravian College

B.M. , Music Composition, Jazz Saxophone Performance , 2003 — 2007

Activities and Societies:

WRMC (school radio station), Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Eta Sigma, Delta Omicron, BIG Band, Saxophone Ensemble, numerous arrangements for chamber ensembles