LEVEL UP YOUR STUDIO
35+ combined years of gaming industry experience
SERVICES
Pitch Perfection
Elevate your pitches with reviews and feedback, ensuring your first impressions are compelling and productive with minimal blindspots. Also, get an assist with introductions and warm connections to industry investors and publishers.
BizDev Ronin
Too small to have a full-time BD team, but too large for your founders to keep spending so much time on it? Leverage our connections for invaluable feedback, partnerships, and funding opportunities, acting as your industry liaison.
Production Evaluation
Benefit from direct feedback on milestone deliverables and process, as well as publisher level feedback on builds and documentation.
Operational Insights
Navigate beyond game ideas with tailored operational strategy, pinpointing essential actions for strategically planned growth, and building healthy team rituals and culture.
Playtesting Strategy
Support in developing effective playtesting programs for wider improvement, focusing on usability, player sentiment, marketability, and fun.
Partnerships Facilitation
Let us connect you with a carefully curated variety of industry proven vendors and partners who can solve your specific needs, based on our deep well of connections.
ABOUT
J. has also built and advised early-stage startups firsthand, so he understands the resource constraints and critical decisions you're facing. He's also a Mentor in the IGDA Indies SIG, Board member for the indie non-profit Cave Bear Collective, a long time gamer, photographer, and avid Maker, as well as a Board Member/Treasurer for a Non-Profit running the Las Vegas Hackerspace/Makerspace, SYN Shop. Additionally, he's versed just well enough in coding to be a danger to himself in his free time, and an avid contributor to many Open Source projects.
linkedin.com/in/jeckert
PRIMARY SKILLS
General Operations
Business Development
Developer Relations
Industry Partnerships
SECONDARY SKILLS
Funding Strategy
QA Management
Live Operations
Team Growth
With 13 years in the industry, Erika started as a production assistant for the VO recording of BlazBlue Chronophantasma and has since worked their way through the production ladder at Riot Games, Google, Humble Bundle, and Xbox. She's also a regular public speaker (GDC, PAX West, SLICE, etc.) and mentor (Gameheads, IGDAF, WIGI, QWE, etc.), and serves on the Board for GGWP, a Non-Profit focused on supporting women and other marginalized voices in the industry. She's also occasionally lent their voice to music tracks (Hisako’s theme in Killer Instinct, Evelyn’s theme in League of Legends, and the Clash theme in League of Legends). That part she'll throw in for free just because it’s fun. ;)
linkedin.com/in/erikamolsen/
PRIMARY SKILLS
Production
Product Management
Games Publishing
General Operations
SECONDARY SKILLS
Localization
QA Management
User Research
Marketing
WHY PIXEL STRATEGY
Do you need help on the operations side on how to grow and scale your team, with best practices for day-to-day operations, building healthy culture, and building frameworks and policies for long term success through the common growing pains of those stages? What about the business aspects of fundraising, publisher conversations, or even straight up hands-on BizDev support? How about Publishing, Production, Project Management and Development pipeline guidance & support? Whether you need a few hours of strategic guidance monthly or regular embedded support, Pixel Strategy can adapt to what your team actually needs.
We’re excited to take all of our combined knowledge and support you, setting our focus on translating our hard-won experience into practical solutions for your specific stage and constraints.
PAST PROJECTS
League of Legends
J. ran the 3rd Party Ecosystem team, providing game data to dozens of third parties and tens of millions of players, as well as managing strategic relations with our partners throughout the industry. Erika provided production support to a variety of business units including InfoSec, Merch, and Product Management.
Xbox Game Studios
Erika managed four unannounced AA and AAA titles in development for XGS Publishing ranging from single player to liveops multiplayer, providing milestone feedback, acceptance/rejection of deliverables, presenting to executives at major gates, and setting a sustainable rhythm of business.
Rival Peak
The first Massively Interactive Live Entertainment (MILE) reality show, powered by AI and controlled by thousands of viewers in real time.
Genvid Technologies
The world's first MILE SDK technology company, J.built out both California offices from scratch, growing the team from 15 to 100 people as GM.
Humble Bundle
Erika supported 12 indie titles in various stages of development from concept to post-release, providing milestone feedback, defining acceptance criteria for key phases, acceptance of deliverables, contracts, and wrangling vendors.
EA Games
J.shepherded dozen of SKUs through the 1st Party Certification process, including the Dead Space, Mass Effect, Rockband, and Sims franchises as well as Digital Publishing and internal DevRel leadership.
Honored
J.founded the world's first attempt at a player data aggregation platform designed to reward gamers with tangible rewards and merchandise for the achievements in-game.
SYN Shop
J.sits the Board of Directors as Treasurer for the non-profit operating a 25,000 sq ft makerspace, managing operations of the shared facility for a hundred members.
