Scott Jon Siegel

Scott Jon Siegel

Game Designer at Zynga

San Francisco Bay Area

Current
Past
  • Game Designer / Columnist at The Escapist
  • Columnist / Professional Blogger at Joystiq
  • Game Design Intern at area/code
  • Game Design Intern at area/code
  • Correspondent at Game Politics
Education
  • Bard College
  • University College Dublin
  • L'Institut de Touraine
Connections
148 connections
Industry
Computer Games
Websites

Scott Jon Siegel’s Experience

  • Game Designer

    Zynga

    (Privately Held; Computer Games industry)

    June 2008Present (1 year 2 months)

    Conceptualize new social gaming titles, as well as updates to existing Zynga properties; draft detailed documentation, wireframes and other details for social games on Facebook, MySpace, iPhone and iPod touch. Lead Designer on Scramble Live for iPhone and iPod touch.

  • Game Designer / Columnist

    The Escapist

    (Computer Games industry)

    July 2007November 2008 (1 year 5 months)

    Designed non-digital games for publication on website; delivered detailed postmortems on design process as part of monthly column.

  • Columnist / Professional Blogger

    Joystiq

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Writing and Editing industry)

    September 2006July 2008 (1 year 11 months)

    Composed daily news reports, features, event coverage, and interviews for prominent video game blog; Contributed bi-weekly "Off the Grid" column, focused on delivering reviews and various features on non-digital gaming to Joystiq's vast readership.

  • Game Design Intern

    area/code

    (Partnership; 1-10 employees; Computer Games industry)

    June 2007September 2007 (4 months)

    Assisted in the development and playtesting of large-scale ARGs and advergames; wrote creative copy for Sharkrunners [http://sharkrunners.com]; collaborated in design of Chain Factor [http://chainfactor.com].

  • Game Design Intern

    area/code

    (Computer Games industry)

    June 2006August 2006 (3 months)

    Assisted in the development of large-scale urban games; provided creative feedback; playtested; maintained company’s blog;

  • Correspondent

    Game Politics

    (Computer Games industry)

    September 2005March 2006 (7 months)

    Contributed news coverage to political games blog.


Scott Jon Siegel’s Education

  • Bard College

    B.A. , Integrated Arts , 20032007

    Four years studying Literature and the Integrated Arts, with a concentration in game design; completed senior thesis entitled "Designing for Design," focused on creating a theoretical academic curriculum for teaching game design.

  • University College Dublin

    English, Linguistics 20062006

    One semester as an international student studying English and Linguistics; January, 2006 to May, 2006.

  • L'Institut de Touraine

    20052005

    Four-week, intensive French program involving thirty hours in-class time per week, and home-stay; June 2005.


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Scott Jon Siegel’s Honors:

Recipient, International Game Developers Association Student Scholarship for GDC 2007.


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