Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Industry Skills
Conference Attendance
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Melvin Bañares

Quezon City

Summary

Experienced game producer with expertise in project management and creative problem-solving. Proven success in game production to achieve company goals.


Highly organized and detail-oriented developer successfully manages projects, plans productions and leads teams.


Result-oriented, has great passion for games, has a strong sense of responsibility, possesses strong work ethic and determined.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience

Work History

Game Producer

Anino Inc.
01.2017 - Current

Game producer managing multiple game projects with 20+ game developers.


Projects; Double Win Vegas, Battle Spins

Game Producer

Anino Playlab Inc.
08.2014 - 12.2016

Worked on company IP games as a full-time game producer.


Projects: Dragon Cubes, Playlab Casino

Game Producer / Engineering Director

Anino Games
01.2011 - 05.2014

Worked as a game producer as my primary role and continued to assume engineering director roles and responsibilities.


Projects: Diner Town Pets, Anna's Arts & Crafts, Lego Ultra Agents, Virhevisa


Engineering Director / Project Lead

Anino Games
04.2008 - 12.2010

Oversaw engineering department and provided training, process improvements & enforcement, assisted in hiring, and technical requirements for game pitches. Worked on small to medium end-to-end games/apps and porting projects.


Major Projects: Turbo Subs, Littlest Pet Shop, Cake Mania Main Street, Crazy Chicken: Star Karts, Lego, Deal or No Deal: Vegas Gold

J2ME Programmer

Anino Mobile Inc.
07.2006 - 03.2008

Worked on mobile games for Mobliss, YDreams, Cellufun clients as a mobile game programmer.


Major Projects: X Games, Cristiano Ronaldo Underworld Football, Blokus

Web Developer

National Electrification Administration
02.2004 - 05.2006
  • Coded company website using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript languages.


Jave ME Programmer

Boogs Software
10.2003 - 02.2005

Developed mobile games for the Series 40 and Series 60 platform. Worked with ABS-CBN Interactive client.


Projects: Boogs Adventure, Game KNB?

Education

Short Course - Game Design

Phoenix One Knowledge Institute
Ortigas, Metro Manila
2005

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

De La Salle University
Metro Manila
2003

Skills

  • Expertise in all areas of game production including design coding, art, analytics and testing
  • Leadership abilities to organize and direct group of creative individuals to work as a cohesive team
  • Advance understanding of game development process from conceptualization, quality assurance and live operations
  • Excellent communicator with organization, technical and teamwork abilities
  • Comfortable working independently and in team settings
  • Proficient in Jira, Trello and similar project management tools
  • Experienced in user acquisition and community management

Industry Skills


  • Project Management
  • Data Analytics
  • Game Design
  • User Experience
  • Game Programming
  • Process Improvements and Enforcement
  • Quality Assurance
  • User Acquisition
  • Community Management

Conference Attendance

  • Casual Connect (Singapore), 2012
  • Game Developer Conference (San Francisco, USA), 2016

Timeline

Game Producer

Anino Inc.
01.2017 - Current

Game Producer

Anino Playlab Inc.
08.2014 - 12.2016

Game Producer / Engineering Director

Anino Games
01.2011 - 05.2014

Engineering Director / Project Lead

Anino Games
04.2008 - 12.2010

J2ME Programmer

Anino Mobile Inc.
07.2006 - 03.2008

Web Developer

National Electrification Administration
02.2004 - 05.2006

Jave ME Programmer

Boogs Software
10.2003 - 02.2005

Short Course - Game Design

Phoenix One Knowledge Institute

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

De La Salle University
Melvin Bañares