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Work Experience
Cinematic Designer - Blizzard Entertainment

Cinematic Designer for Blizzard Entertainment's IGC department, part of Story and Franchise Development. crafting and implementing per-rendered and real-time cutscenes for Blizzard Games including Overwatch2 , and World of Warcraft.

Media Artist - Blizzard Entertainment

Capture Artist for Blizzard Entertainment's Video Post Production department, part of Story and Franchise Development. Gameplay footage capture for multiple Blizzard Franchises including Overwatch, Starcraft 2, Heroes of the Storm, Diablo, and World of Warcraft.

 

Game Promotional Asset Creator and Editor - OnLive Inc.

Captured gameplay footage and edited game trailers for promotional use in the OnLive Game Service. Worked with 400+ game titles from hundreds of publishers and developers.

Social Gaming Quality Analyst - Disney Interactive

Central resource contact for multiple Quality Analyst teams within Disney Social (Playdom - Disney Interactive). Performed Quality Assessment testing for Playdom's Social games on browser and Facebook platforms.

Skills

Cinematic Design
Game Capture
Video Recording

Video Streaming

Adobe Creative Suite

Final Cut Pro

HTML/CSS

Awards and Honors
Clio Entertainment Awards 2023 Short List Winner
Winner of the Short List Cilo Entertainment Award 2023

Medium: Games : Audio-Visual Craft
Category: Game Capture Cinematography

Presented to
Overwatch: Junker Queen Gameplay Trailer
Blizzard Entertainment
Kathryn Rieser

The Webby Awards - Official Honoree

2023 Official Honoree
Video: General - Trailer

Presented to
Overwatch 2: Date Reveal
Blizzard Entertainment
Kathryn Rieser

Education​
University of California Santa Cruz

Graduated with a Bachelors in Studio Art 

© 2025 KATHRYN RIESER

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