Kendall Deacon Davis
About
Kendall Deacon Davis is from Santa Monica, California, United States. Kendall Deacon works in the following industries: "Computer Games". Kendall Deacon is currently Lead Writer - ARK: THE ANIMATED SERIES at Lex & Otis Animation. Kendall Deacon also works as Advisor at Kowloon Nights, a job Kendall Deacon has held since Jun 2020. Another title Kendall Deacon currently holds is Head Writer at Lex & Otis Animation. In Kendall Deacon's previous role as a Senior Narrative Designer - Global Adaptation at Lionbridge, Kendall Deacon worked in Greater Los Angeles Area until May 2020. Prior to joining Lionbridge, Kendall Deacon was a Creative Lead -- ARENA OF VALOR at Tencent and held the position of Creative Lead -- ARENA OF VALOR. Prior to that, Kendall Deacon was a Project Lead at Starbreeze Studios, based in Beverly Hills from Dec 2014 to Dec 2015. Kendall Deacon started working as Senior Story Designer at Telltale Games in Aug 2013. From May 2008 to Aug 2012, Kendall Deacon was Narrative Designer at Microsoft.
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Kendall Deacon Davis's current jobs
ARK: The Animated Series chronicles the story of a mysterious primeval land populated by dinosaurs and other extinct creatures, where people from throughout human history have been resurrected. When 21st century Australian paleontologist Helena Walker awakes on the ARK after tragedy, she must learn to survive and find new allies, or die again at the hands of ruthless warlords -- all while trying to uncover the true nature of their strange new world. Voice talent includes: Vin Diesel, Elliott Page, Gerard Butler, Michelle Yeoh, Jeffrey Wright, David Tennant, and Russell Crowe.
Kowloon Nights is a global fund dedicated to independent developers. We are a group driven by passion and our years of experience working closely with game developers. We provide project-based funding to talented teams whether they are working on their first game or well established.
Founded in 2018 by acclaimed animation director Jay Oliva, Lex and Otis is an independent, artist-driven studio that specializes in high-end animation production for TV and film. I oversee all narrative development and scripts for the studio. We make awesome things.
Helping clients across the video game industry tell better stories. Clients include BLUR, FOX, TENCENT, WARGAMING, SKYBOUND, DC COMICS, and more.
Kendall Deacon Davis's past jobs
Leading the Cultural Adaptation service: When the success of a game’s launch is dependent upon more than localization and translation, Lionbridge uses a creative process to translate the game’s core emotional elements (character, theme, and brand identity) into a form that resonates with the target market.
I run all story for the global launch of ARENA OF VALOR, the largest revenue grossing game in the world. I work on story for the global game, including: *worldbuidling *mythology *character bios *cinematics *DC Comics character integration
* Responsibility for project budget, team building, and project vision. * Sold developer assets, including next-generation dialog gameplay system, as part of $3 million transaction and exit. * Oversaw development of cinematics pipeline. * Sourced, performed diligence, negotiated contracts, and managed relationship with over a dozen vendors. * Designed and managed execution of AI animation system linking custom behaviour trees, dialog inputs, and next-generation facial animation.
Fables -- A Wolf Among Us, Episode 5: 86 Metacritic-rated, IGN Game of the Month, Game of the Year nominee IGN 2014 Best Game Story
HALO 4 XBOX * HALO 4 Narrative Designer * HALO 4 Cinematics Producer * Prototyped key narrative features for HALO 4 * Worked with senior leaders to identify huge gaps for Interactive Entertainment Business's talent development and recruitment strategy * Implemented solutions for complete overhaul of talent development program to create best-of-breed internship experience * Established college hire and recruiting pipeline * Managed cinematics pipeline development * Established creative vision for key pieces of experience * Owned production scheduling * Implemented rigorous internal QA strategy * Defined key performance indicators for user research and testing * Worked with senior Microsoft Office business leaders innovate educational software strategy by pioneering in depth qualitative user research and anthropological study of college students * Led design for social Netflix on Xbox features