Jesse Smith

aka: Jesse S. Smith, Jessie S. Smith
Moby ID: 33955

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Jesse is a Lead Game Designer on FarmVille 2 at Zynga. During his career, which began in 1997, he has worked at Zynga, Firaxis Games, Activision, and Absolute Quality in Design, Production, and QA. He is a designer/programmer that utilizes programming skill to iterate rapidly on gameplay ideas, prototype new concepts, and polish games to a very high quality

Game industry path:

  • Tester (1997)

  • Lead Tester (1998)

  • QA Account / Shift Manager (2000)

  • Publisher Production (2001)

  • Game Studio Production (2003)

  • 50+ person triple-A product team leader (2006)

  • Game Designer (2010)

  • Principal Game Designer (2013)

  • Lead Game Designer (2014)

Credited on 40 games

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Sid Meier's Civilization: Revolution 2 (2014, Android) Additional Production
XCOM: Enemy Unknown (2012, PlayStation 3) Additional Production
Sid Meier's Civilization: Revolution (2009, iPhone) Additional Production
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization (2008, Windows) Senior Producer
Sid Meier's Civilization: Revolution (2008, PlayStation 3) Additional Production
Sid Meier's Civilization: Revolution (2008, Nintendo DS) Additional Production
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword (2007, Windows) Producer
Sid Meier's Pirates! (2007, PSP) Producers
CivCity: Rome (2006, Windows) Production Consultants
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Warlords (2006, Windows) Producer
Sid Meier's Civilization IV (2005, Windows) Producers
Wakeboarding Unleashed featuring Shaun Murray (2003, Windows) Associate Producers
Sid Meier's Civilization III: Conquests (2003, Windows) Producer
Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer (2003, Windows) Production Thanks
Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure (2003, Game Boy Advance) Activision Thanks
Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure (2003, PlayStation 2) Special Thanks
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 (2002, Game Boy Advance) Associate Producer
Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX 2 (2002, GameCube) Special Thanks
Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX 2 (2002, Game Boy Advance) Producer
Street Hoops (2002, PlayStation 2) Thanks to

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