American Greetings
Software Engineering Manager – Interactive Products
2016 – 2022
As Manager and Technical Lead for American Greetings' entire suite of Unity projects, I owned planning and technical delivery across Creative, UI, and QA for the beloved Jacquie Lawson brand — translating business requirements into prioritized engineering work, delegating across developers, and architecting core application components. A look at the titles I helped ship.
Nordic Advent Calendar
A Scandinavian-themed advent calendar — a snowy Nordic village to explore across the 24 days of December, each door opening onto a hand-illustrated scene, animation, or activity. Built in Unity.
Paris Advent Calendar
A Parisian advent calendar set among a snow-dusted Louvre, Sacré-Cœur, and Haussmann rooftops — a new interactive scene waiting behind each of the 24 doors. Built in Unity.
Sussex Advent Calendar
An English-village advent calendar set on a snowy Sussex high street — 24 doors of festive shops, homes, and hidden surprises to discover. Built in Unity.
Country Cottage
A cozy decorating experience — design and decorate your own English country cottage, earning rewards through games to spend on furniture, upholstery, and décor, with expansion packs like Summer Garden and Kitchen. Built in Unity.
Curio Collection
A web-based collection of puzzles and activities — word searches, hidden-object scenes, and more — that I served as Technical Lead on, programmed in Pixi.js and TypeScript.
Also shipped
More work under the Jacquie Lawson brand:
London Advent Calendar
Another Unity advent calendar in the Jacquie Lawson series, delivered to the brand's audience of holiday fans.
300+ e-cards, Flash → HTML5
Led a yearlong initiative converting 300+ legacy Flash e-cards into an HTML5-friendly format for the Jacquie Lawson website — keeping a beloved catalog alive as Flash was sunset.