Jake ‘Gilla’ Gilfillan
Senior Technical Designer

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Experience & Accomplishments

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• Developed a library of ‘BungieScript’ tools to enable rapid prototyping and creation of gameplay items, taking ownership of the long term standards, processes, and documentation of that workflow.

• Supported improvement of the software tools (C#) and gameplay architecture (C++) used by Marathon’s systems and economy designers.

• Wrote, recorded, and produced the studio’s new hire “Bungie Basics” video training series to facilitate high quality onboarding amidst Bungie’s rapid growth.

• Collaborated directly with engineering and the content teams they supported to advocate for workflow improvements, drive process and communication improvement, and triage tooling and client stability issues and blockers.

• Designed and implemented a tool using C#/WPF for batched modification of world art content to remove a high friction operation in the stand up of a new Destiny 2 destination or faction.

• Implemented a “Designer First” support desk system to provide design staff with rapid response and accurate tracking of technical and workflow issues.

Professional History

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1. Senior Technical Designer

   SEP 2024 - PRESENT

   Bungie

   Collaborated directly with designers, engineers, and producers to force multiply the Systems team in development of a new Bungie release.
2. Senior Production Engineer

   MAR 2023 - AUG 2024

   Bungie

   Embedded with Marathon's Systems team to improve content creation workflows and build technical content frameworks and standards.
3. Senior Production Engineer

   JUN 2021 - MAR 2023

   Bungie

   Embedded with the art teams working on Destiny’s destination content, while helping to develop studio processes, documentation, & training.
4. Senior Systems Administrator

   MAR 2018 - MAY 2021

   GGLO

   Supported company infrastructure with a focus on providing staff with the support and systems they needed to be effective designers.

Game Releases

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1. Marathon - Unreleased

   7 July 2077

   Release Unreleased Marathon

   Senior Technical Designer working with Marathon’s Systems & Economy teams.
2. Destiny 2: The Final Shape

   4 June 2024

   Release Live Game Destiny

   Senior Production Engineer working with Destiny’s Shared Art teams.
3. Destiny 2: Lightfall

   28 February 2023

   Release Live Game Destiny

   Senior Production Engineer* working with Destiny’s Shared Art teams.
4. Destiny 2: The Witch Queen

   22 February 2022

   Release Live Game Destiny

   Production Engineer working with Destiny’s Shared Art teams.

Skills & Proficiencies

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Programming Languages: C++, C#, Lua, Unreal Blueprints, Python, GDScript

Engines, Frameworks, & SDKs: Unreal, Godot, Unity, WPF, Dear ImGui

Tools: Perforce, Git, Confluence, Office Suite, Figma, Blender

Contact Information

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