Difference between revisions of "Pamela Kelly"

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CartridgeCulture (talk) 05:56, 12 November 2021 (EST)

First 8 years of her career were spent in the entertainment industry/Hollywood, notably working as a manager (of marketing?) at New Line Cinema.
Hired by SoA in 92 to bring "Hollywood-style" marketing to Sega and specifically the Sonic franchise.
"Won a couple of big-time marketing awards" (doesn't say which ones)
After leaving Sega, went to Mattel to work with their interactive division/game development subsidiary. Notably worked on (produced?) the big-selling Barbie games.
Later left to work at LeapFrog, heading their Leapster division. She soon turned it around and made it profitable.
Later head of global marketing for The Sims franchise at Electronic Arts.
S&K was launched and marketed less like a game and more like a Hollywood motion picture. Came up with the idea/organized Rock the Rock.
S3/S&K split happened because of the US McDonalds Happy Meal schedule, this is the third ref I've seen for it.
Worked with Sonic Team at SoJ on the design of Knuckles. They got to decide he was an echidna, and she got to choose his name!!

CartridgeCulture (talk) 07:22, 12 November 2021 (EST)

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 *Later head of global marketing for The Sims franchise at Electronic Arts.
 *S&K was launched and marketed less like a game and more like a Hollywood motion picture. Came up with the idea/organized [[Rock the Rock]].
-*RTR: "Round one" was a one-night worldwide Sonic 3 tournament taking place in Hard Rock Cafe locations.
-*RTR: Winners were dressed in prison attire, had a briefcase handcuffed to them, and were driven to a nearby airport to be flown to San Francisco, CA (Alcatraz). This is hilarious.
-*RTR: Alcatraz tournament happened the next day, with participants ferried over sometime in the morning.
-*RTR: MTV was seemingly only involved with the Alcatraz side of the tournament, but that needs to be verified.
 *S3/S&K split happened because of the US McDonalds Happy Meal schedule, this is the third ref I've seen for it.
 *Worked with Sonic Team at SoJ on the design of Knuckles. They got to decide he was an echidna, and she got to choose his name!!
 [[User:CartridgeCulture|CartridgeCulture]] ([[User talk:CartridgeCulture|talk]]) 07:22, 12 November 2021 (EST)