Jon Grande is a high-skilled professional, working in Amazon on the position of Head of Marketing, Amazon Game Studios since 2017. This expert gained professional experience in more than 14 positions at different companies. Jon Grande went to the Pacific Lutheran University and received education from 1988 to 1992. Redmond, Washington is the city, where this professional was lastly known to settle. This professional's e-mail and phone can be easily accessed through Connexy by request.
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John Grande,
Jonathan Grande
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Last Update
Jul 3, 2022
Email
jo**@bigfishgames.com, jo**@hotmail.com
Location
Redmond, WA
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Head of Marketing, Amazon Game Studios
Lakeland, FL
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Work History
Head of Marketing, Amazon Game Studios
Amazon Game Studios (AGS) is brining Amazon’s relentless focus on the customer to bear in delivering amazing entertainment across PC, console and mobile platforms. We are building on Amazon'...
from Dec 2017
Senior Director of Product Management
Leading a team of top-shelf Product Managers, Marketing Managers and Game Data Analysts for Sky Rocket Studios within Big Fish Games. Sky Rocket is building and managing multiple games as se...
Dec 2014 — Nov 2017
Chief Product Officer and General Manager
Responsible for all aspects of product strategy, product development, hiring and studio operations. Established product vision, production methodologies and decision making processes. Initia...
Nov 2013 — Aug 2014
Advisor
Debut game Card Hunter described by Gameinformer as "wildly inventive"
Winner PC Gamer Most Original Game of Year 2013
Game Developers Choice Awards "Best Debut" Nominee 2014
Mar 2013 — Dec 2013
Senior Director of Product Management
Responsible for franchise management including the product roadmap, the P&L, forecasting, analytics, and marketing (from “Go to Market” thru “Harvest”) for several PopCap franchises on platf...
May 2011 — Jun 2013
Advisor
Acquired by Visa for $190M, in 2011. PlaySpan (http://PlaySpan.com) provides monetization solutions for over 1,000 online games and social networks worldwide. PlaySpan's digital goods moneti...
2007 — Feb 2011
Evp, General Manager - Online Services
Responsible for the product/service strategy of the social gaming platform integrating casual games, social game mechanics and licensed Hollywood movie content. Managed the production and de...
Mar 2009 — Aug 2010
President, Chief Operations Officer and Board Member
Digni is the creator of Blade3D - the first full 3D game development system built on top of Microsoft's XNA platform. Blade3D is designed to be powerful, yet accessible for everyone from stu...
Oct 2007 — Mar 2009
Advisor
FigurePrints (http://FigurePrints.com) creates physical 3D figurines from players World of Warcraft accounts. The completely custom figurines are offered at a premium price-point through a s...
2007 — 2007
Vice President, Business and Legal Affairs
Responsible for strategic planning and Sigil's overall P&L
oversees marketing, PR & legal affairs
and manages Sigil's relationships with key publishing and licensing partners (Sony, Micro...
Jun 2005 — Nov 2006
Lead Product Planner
Managed strategic planning for a portion of Microsoft Game Studios (2nd party) publishing portfolio and owned development relationships with several of Microsoft's top partners including Bio...
Jan 2000 — Jun 2005
Co-Founder and Product Planner
Started the organization that evolved into the MSN Gaming Zone, Microsoft's first investment in online gaming (pre-dating XboxLive by 5
years). Wrote the proposal that secured resources fr...
Jan 1996 — Dec 1999
Product Planner
Managed product planning for Microsoft's early Windows game titles - including Microsoft Arcade, Microsoft Golf, Close Combat (War Game of the Year from PC Gamer), and Microsoft Flight Simul...
Jan 1994 — Dec 1995
International Product Manager
Managed international marketing for Microsoft Works and Microsoft's early game portfolio (Flight Sim, Microsoft Golf, etc). Developed worlwide marketing strategies and managed local market e...
Jun 1992 — Dec 1993
Education
Sep 1988 — May 1992
1985 — 1988
Occupations
Artist
Entertainment Professional
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Senior Director
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Video Games
Game Development
Product Management
Monetization
Game Design
Mobile Devices
Social Games
Casual Games
Online Gaming
Mobile Games
Start Ups
Project Management
Strategy
E Commerce
Mmo
Scrum
Business Development
Product Development
Computer Games
Digital Distribution
Software Development
Go To Market Strategy
Gaming
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Xbox 360
Iphone
Mobile Applications
User Experience
Community Management
Executive Management
Community Sites
Agile Methodologies
Social Networking
Digital Media
Integrated Marketing
User Interface
User Interface Design
Ios Development
Cross Platform Development
Mobile Content
Content Strategy
Agile Project Management
Crm
Mobile Internet