My name is Elissa Snowball and I am from Auckland, New Zealand.

I am an Associate Producer at RocketWerkz in Auckland City and have been for the past 4 years. I am currently working on Icarus, a PC survival game, and Torpedia, an underwater submarine game.

I am also the Secretary of the NZGDA (the New Zealand Game Developer’s Association) for 2024.

I have completed a Bachelor’s Degree in Creative Media Production at Massey University in Wellington. I am interested in producing games and films and have specialised in this at university.

Experience:

• 4+ years at RocketWerkz as an associate producer, I helped launch Icarus in December, specifically working with Atlassian (Jira and Confluence), our Icarus FeatureUpvote (community service site) and the programming team.
  
• Member of the NZGDA Board in 2024.
• Running the Livestreaming of Icarus on Twitch regularly.
  
• Created gameplay trailers for Icarus.
  
• Video and Sound Production at 300 Level at University, specialising as a Producer and DOP.
• Project Manager for Year Three Game Major Project for Swibo.
• Organiser of University Game Testing event (2019)

• DOP and Producer in various years one – three projects, 2017-2018
  • Project Hermes – Producer, Video and Sound Production, 2018
  • A.I.R. – Producer, DOP and Editor, Crossmedia, 2018
  • Dead Silence – DOP, Video and Sound Production, 2017
  • The Muse Project – Camera Assist for Year Three Documentary Major Project, 2018 

Skills:

• Game Assistant Producer (2020-present)
• Game Production Project Manager (2019)
• Capable Event Planner
• Efficient with Google Drive and google software
• Competent with Trello and Atlassian software such as Jira and Confluence
• Skilled Photographer and Videographer