Jonathan Zabel's Email Addresses & Phone Numbers

Development Manager @ Riot Games - The Development Manager skillset can be broken into three specialties: Project Management, Team Facilitation and Agile Coaching.- Accountable for leading teams to world-class performance and the continuous delivery of player value on League of Legends:... PIE Content, which created all of the “skins” for player expression. Learned how to scale art...

Development Manager @ Riot Games - The Development Manager skillset can be broken into three specialties: Project Management, Team Facilitation and Agile Coaching.- Accountable for leading teams to world-class performance and the continuous delivery of player value on League of Legends:... PIE Content, which created all of the “skins” for player expression. Learned how to scale art pipelines with 50+ devs.... Live Gameplay, which kept the game balanced across a wide range of skill levels. Learned how to work with designers.... Champion Update, which updated the art and gameplay of legacy champions. Learned how to foster collaboration on a cross-functional team that included design, engineering and art.... Telemetry Engineering, which created a load test harness to make sure the platform scaled to meet massive load as new features were shipped. Learned how be effective in a highly technical domain without deep SME knowledge. From 2013 to 2018 (5 years) Santa Monica, CASr. Product Manager, Platform @ Booyah - Managed all platform features for two unannounced IPs:... Revenue: Unified Store... Reach: Gamertag, Group Quests... Retention: Leaderboards, Multi-Device Play From 2012 to 2013 (1 year) San Francisco, CAProduct Manager @ Breaktime Studios - Ran live operations for Pocket Potions, Sweet Shop and Dream Dresses.- Led a team of artists, engineers and PMs.- Designed features that could be tuned without submitting a new build to Apple:... Revenue: Advertising Mediation, Dynamic Promotions... Reach: Facebook Connect, Notifications... Retention: Cross-Promotion, User Segmentation From 2011 to 2012 (1 year) San Francisco, CAProduct Manager @ Jam City (formerly MindJolt) - Designed features for a casual games portal:... Revenue: Tournaments, Virtual Currency... Reach: Score Challenges, Social Leaderboards... Retention: Daily Bonus, Game Recommendation Algorithm From 2010 to 2011 (1 year) San Francisco, CAAssistant Producer @ Electronic Arts - Conducted usability testing on:... the tutorial in Mirror's Edge.... "Family Play" mode in Madden NFL 2009.... an early build of Dead Space.- Prepared competitive analysis for an unannounced IP in the rhythm genre. From 2008 to 2009 (1 year) Redwood City, CAInterim Director of Product @ Super Evil Megacorp https://catalystblack.com/Product + process consulting, serving the incredible team making Catalyst Black. Senior Producer @ Scopely (formerly FoxNext Games) - Responsible for execution on a mobile 4X game based on the Avatar IP.- Ensured the following questions were answered well: What are we making? Why will players love it? How are we making it? When will it ship?- Co-authored the feature, content and release pipelines. Coached/mentored producers involved in tactical delivery.- Deeply involved in operational strategy: organized the team into cross-functional pods based on key outcomes, trained high-potential devs as Product Owners and implemented focus time. From 2018 to 2020 (2 years) Associate Product Manager (Virals) @ Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International - Helped define the virality "playbook" in the early days of Facebook Platform.- Contributed to the development of a Viral CMS to rapidly optimize newsfeed creative.- Optimized the gifting and invite flows in Mobsters 2: Vendetta, Sorority Life, Wild Ones and Lucky Farkle.- Managed the Scrum process for the team working on an unannounced IP in the business simulation genre. From 2009 to 2010 (1 year) Mountain View, CA