Marlena Abraham

Marlena Abraham's work experience includes a current position as a Senior Game Designer at Steel Wool Studios, starting in 2022. Prior to this, Marlena worked as the owner of Bonfire Blueprints LLC, providing game design and writing services to small teams and larger enterprise projects starting in 2020. Marlena also served as the President and Co-Owner of Bit Bridge LLC, a community for indie game creators in Pittsburgh, PA, from 2017 onwards. At Bit Bridge, Marlena organized events and co-ran a round table at GDC 2018 for community organizers worldwide.

From 2021 to 2022, Marlena worked as a Learning Content Creator - Interactive at BetterUp. Previously, from 2016 to 2021, Marlena held the role of Project Director + Advanced Game Designer at Schell Games. Prior to that, Marlena was a Project Director + Lead Game Designer at Alchemie from 2015 to 2016, where they worked on a puzzle mobile game related to organic chemistry.

Marlena also gained experience as a Game Design Intern at Schell Games in 2015, where they contributed to building a version of the puzzle game Water Bears for VR platforms. In 2014, Marlena worked as a UX Design Intern at Microsoft, and in 2013, they served as an Interaction Design Intern at Carnegie Learning. Their earlier experience includes a Software Development Internship at Uncorked Studios in 2012, where they worked on building and updating iPhone apps.

Marlena Abraham earned a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Art from Carnegie Mellon University. Marlena attended the university from 2011 to 2015.