Jade Raymond

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Jade Raymond
Born 1975
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupation Video game producer
Employers Ubisoft Montreal

Jade Raymond (born 1975 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada[1][2]) is a Canadian video game producer and a host of G4's program The Electric Playground.

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[edit] Biography

Raymond graduated from McGill University with a Bachelors of Science in computer science. She started her career as a programmer developing educational games for IBM and consulting in Microsoft’s Advanced Research Group.[3] Her first job in the video game industry was programming games for Sony. A few years later, she moved into a producer role at EA, and she has since been producing games.[4] Raymond was the producer of the popular The Sims Online video game, but most recently, she was the lead producer of Ubisoft Montreal's action-adventure game Assassin's Creed.[5]

She also has a degree in fine arts.[3]

She is a member of the Quebec board of directors of LOVE, a non-profit organization dedicated to reducing youth violence in Canada.[3][6]

[edit] Games

[edit] Sony Online Entertainment

[edit] Electronic Arts

[edit] There Inc

[edit] Ubisoft Montreal

[edit] References

  1. ^ Bjørn-Hansen, Søren. "En kvinde blandt nørder", Metro International, 2007-11-06. (Danish) 
  2. ^ Bjørn-Hansen, Søren. "En spelproducent som sticker ut från mängden", Metro International, 2007-11-08. (Swedish) 
  3. ^ a b c d Jade Raymond Bio at Ubisoft (DOC). Ubisoft (2007-06-20).
  4. ^ Meyer, Frank. "Jade Raymond Q&A", G4 (TV channel), 2005-03-30. 
  5. ^ Israel, Samantha. "Mover: Get over it guys", Financial Post, 2008-01-08. 
  6. ^ The Quebec Board of Directors of LOVE
  7. ^ Interview with Jade Raymond on Xbox Gazette
  8. ^ The Sims Online Credits
  9. ^ There Credits

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