Brian Jackson

Developer BIO

Mr. Jackson is currently the Creative Design Director at Nerjyzed Entertainment. Mr. Jackson is a 13 year industry veteran to the realm of Video Game Technology with a reputation of being a dedicated and versatile team player who brings projects in on time and under budget. Mr. Jackson is knowledgeable in all areas of production, including contracts, quality control and both internal and external development management. He is also a skilled team leader whose energy and motivation serve as an example to others. During his 13 year video game technology career, Mr. Jackson has worked for Electronic Arts, Microsoft, and most recently Bethesda Softworks. Games that Mr. Jackson has worked on include, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, IHRA Drag Racing – Sportsman Edition, NFL Fever, NBA Inside Drive, NCAA March Madness, Madden NFL Football, College Football USA, and Viewpoint.

Prior to working in the Video Game industry, Mr. Jackson had also worked for General Electric Aerospace, Lockheed-Martin (formerly Martin Marietta), and ALCOA.

Mr. Jackson is a well versed and speaker on the subject matter of the Systems Analysis and Design and the Software Development Life Cycle. Most recently, he was a panelist on the Video Games Workshop at the Red Stick International Animation Festival. Prior to that, Mr. Jackson was a Guest Alumni Speaker at “Serious About Games: A Computer and Video Games Workshop and Networking Event” on the campus of Howard University and has spoken on various campuses across the nation on the topic of, “Game Design and the Software Development Life Cycle” to students during career fairs and on campus employer days.

Mr. Jackson was featured in US Black Engineer, January 2001, Article: “Their Work Is All Play, Turning Pastimes into Careers in the Video Games Industry”. Mr. Jackson was also featured in the Source Magazine, Power Moves Section. Article: “Who Got Game?”

Most recently Mr. Jackson was featured in the April 2008, MTV article, "Black Professionals In Games: Nerjyzed’s Brian Jackson On The ‘Black College Football Experience,’ Developing Urban-Only Titles".

Mr. Jackson is also an established youth football coach. With more than 10 years of coaching experience, Mr. Jackson has coached in four different states and organizations, including the prestigious Peninsula Pop Warner in the Bay Area.

Mr. Jackson received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Computer Based Information Systems from Howard University. Mr. Jackson is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, Beta Chapter.

Websites

• Nerjyzed’s Brian Jackson On The ‘BCFX...’ -- MTV Interview with Brian Jackson on Black Professionals In Games: Nerjyzed’s Brian Jackson On The ‘Black College Football Experience,’ Developing Urban-Only Titles. (4/9/08)

Games Credited

Call of Duty: Roads to Victory (2007), Activision Publishing, Inc.
Call of Duty 3 (2006), Activision Publishing, Inc.
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Collector's Edition) (2006), 2K Games
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2006), 2K Games, Bethesda Softworks LLC
Tony Hawk's Project 8 (2006), Activision Publishing, Inc.
X-Men: The Official Game (2006), Activision Publishing, Inc.
Quake 4 (2005), Activision Publishing, Inc.
NFL Fever 2004 (2003), Microsoft Games Studios
NBA Inside Drive 2003 (2002), Microsoft Games Studios
Madden Football 64 (1997), Electronic Arts, Inc.
Madden NFL 98 (1997), Electronic Arts, Inc.
Madden NFL 97 (1996), Electronic Arts, Inc.
College Football USA 96 (1995), Electronic Arts, Inc.
Madden NFL 96 (1995), Electronic Arts, Inc.