
Linda Rendel
Producer – Video Games – Virtual Reality
I’m here to bring people together and help them make video games. I believe in the power of community, collaboration, and empathy.
About Me
Award-winning producer with 7+ years of experience, driven by empathy and passionate about supporting interdisciplinary teams to grow and create memorable and innovative experiences for players.
Linda also founded the #FemDevsMeetup in 2017 to empower diversity in the game industry and is an advocate for women’s rights and equality.
What I offer
Leadership
- Research and implementation of new methods of working and ensuring trusting relationships
- Heartfelt one-on-ones to coach team members and ensure they are set up for success to work autonomously on the project and their career path
- Advise management and teams on values, diversity, inclusion, and psychological safety
- Workshops and knowledge sharing on leadership and production
Production
- Establish a clear goal for the project and ensure it is met with a quality-focused approach
- Work with stakeholders to define the requirements of the project
- Create a timeline for the project and set milestones to be met along the way
- Keep stakeholders informed as milestones are completed or adjusted
- Work with cross-functional teams and ensure all team members are working together effectively
- Facilitate regular meetings across different time zones
- Ensure that deadlines are met and that tasks are completed in a timely manner
Achievements
Unannounced Project & Porting Projects – Production Director – Massive Miniteam
- Mentored the production team
- Established structure and communication processes for the porting team & publisher
- Advised the founder team on leadership and strategic topics
- Supported the transition from pre-production to production
Assassin’s Creed VR – Associate Producer – Ubisoft Düsseldorf
- Worked with the user research team to establish playtesting processes
- Initiated risk assessments to support collaboration between the content and tech teams to ensure target performance on the VR device
- Build and maintained relationships with international co-development teams in the UK, US, India, and Germany as well as several external stakeholders
Ubisoft Escape Games – Producer – Ubisoft Düsseldorf
- Upheld and maintained project vision and strategy for the Ubisoft Escape Games and produced
three location-based AAA quality VR games for the Assassin’s Creed & Prince of Persia brand successfully - Planned development and coordinated work for the release of Escape the Lost Pyramid, Beyond Medusa’s Gate and Prince of Persia: The Dagger of Time
- Facilitated feature validation processes driven by playtesting data with the design and QA team
#FemDevsMeetup – Founder
- Founded the non-profit #FemDevsMeetup community to foster knowledge sharing and diversity with a team of 12 volunteers, run on-site and online events, and a Discord community with 500+
members
Public Appearances
Awards
- 100 Oustanding Women in the Games Industry – SHE PLAYS GAMES 2022
- Förderpreis für junge Entwicklerinnen – Sonderpreis Film- und Medienstiftung NRW – Deutscher Entwicklerpreis 2019
- Escape the Lost Pyramid – Interactive VR Experience – VR NOW 2018
Talks & Interviews
- Benefits of local tech communities using the examples of gamedev meetups! Waterkant Festival Kiel
- Working for games in NRW: perspectives from working for AAA studios, indie companies and freelancing. #FemDevsMeetup Cologne
- Fem Devs Meetup: Interview mit Linda Rendel und Leonie Wolf – Insert Moin
- Wie #FemDevsMeetup Frauen in der Gaming-Branche unterstützt – Xbox Wire
- #FemDevsMeetup: Gemeinsam mehr erreichen – Gamerrepublic
- Game Changers 2021 – #FemDevsMeetup -Gamesindsutry.BIZ
- Linda Rendel – Womenize! – Inspiring Stories – Womenize!
- Frauen im Gaming: Empathie ist wichtiger als das eigene Ego – Linda Rendel, Producerin bei Ubisoft Düsseldorf – Xbox Wire