Daedra Christopher
Daedra Christopher
Senior Designer at Zenimax Online Studios
Middleton, United States

What do you get when you combine a voracious reader, an IT specialist, a gamer, and an artist? A level designer! I am an imaginative, creative person who has a zany, outgoing personality who is passionate about games. I work seamlessly on a team or on my own, understanding the ebb and flow of the gaming pipeline.

Level designers must keep their levels optimized, well-designed and fun which is something I strive to do with all my levels. Whether I am checking the stats, polycounts, or collision while play-testing, an enjoyable player experience is always paramount. Just as an author writes to an audience, a level designer, designs for the player experience.

Whether I am writing, creating art, or designing my next level, my work ethic is consistent. I am passionate, driven, and hard-working regardless of the project or design. I do not believe in doing a job, unless I do it to the utmost of my abilities which is why I constantly play-test maps and iterate. I believe I can add humor, kindness, dependability, creativity, imagination, humility, motivation, and hard-work to any team I am honored to be part of, will it be yours?

Skills

Level DesignLevel ArtEnvironment DesignWorld BuildingSet DressingScriptingPre-ProductionSource ControlGame DesignStorytellingNarrativeMission DesignHard Surface ModelingBug TrackingCommunicationOrganizationEducatingMentoring

Software proficiency

Unreal Engine
Unreal Engine
Unity
Unity
Maya
Maya
World Machine
World Machine
UVLayout
UVLayout
xNormal
xNormal
CrazyBump
CrazyBump
Photoshop
Photoshop
Illustrator
Illustrator
Premiere
Premiere
After Effects
After Effects
Scrivener
Scrivener
Perforce
Perforce
Jira
Jira

Experience

  • Senior Designer at Zenimax Online Studios
    Madison, US
    October 2023 - Present

  • Senior Level Designer at Ascendant Studios
    Middleton, United States of America
    September 2022 - Present

    Level designer for an unannounced IP.

  • Level Designer at Raven Software
    Middleton, United States of America
    October 2020 - August 2022

    Experience on both campaign and multiplayer level design for Call of Duty.

  • Level Designer at 343 Industries
    Redmond, United States of America
    July 2019 - September 2020

    Level Designer at 343 Industries working on the latest Halo IP!