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I'm Thomas Cunningham, a senior manager and narrative designer with over a decade of leadership experience, primarily guiding writers, producers, and artists. I've built and aligned global IP expressions, shaped campaign release strategies, and shepherded production pipelines across gaming and media, always with an eye for narrative voice and sustainable creative processes. I'm passionate about gaming, performing arts, and family, and I thrive mentoring teams to craft compelling stories, cohesive worlds, and resonant characters that engage players and audiences alike.…I'm Thomas Cunningham, a senior manager and narrative designer with over a decade of leadership experience, primarily guiding writers, producers, and artists. I've built and aligned global IP expressions, shaped campaign release strategies, and shepherded production pipelines across gaming and media, always with an eye for narrative voice and sustainable creative processes. I'm passionate about gaming, performing arts, and family, and I thrive mentoring teams to craft compelling stories, cohesive worlds, and resonant characters that engage players and audiences alike.

Thomas Cunningham

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I'm Thomas Cunningham, a senior manager and narrative designer with over a decade of leadership experience, primarily guiding writers, producers, and artists. I've built and aligned global IP expressions, shaped campaign release strategies, and shepherded production pipelines across gaming and media, always with an eye for narrative voice and sustainable creative processes. I'm passionate about gaming, performing arts, and family, and I thrive mentoring teams to craft compelling stories, cohesive worlds, and resonant characters that engage players and audiences alike.…I'm Thomas Cunningham, a senior manager and narrative designer with over a decade of leadership experience, primarily guiding writers, producers, and artists. I've built and aligned global IP expressions, shaped campaign release strategies, and shepherded production pipelines across gaming and media, always with an eye for narrative voice and sustainable creative processes. I'm passionate about gaming, performing arts, and family, and I thrive mentoring teams to craft compelling stories, cohesive worlds, and resonant characters that engage players and audiences alike.

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I’m Thomas Cunningham, a senior manager and narrative designer with over a decade of leadership experience, primarily guiding writers, producers, and artists. I’ve built and aligned global IP expressions, shaped campaign release strategies, and shepherded production pipelines across gaming and media, always with an eye for narrative voice and sustainable creative processes.

I’m passionate about gaming, performing arts, and family, and I thrive mentoring teams to craft compelling stories, cohesive worlds, and resonant characters that engage players and audiences alike.

Skills

Leadership

Voiceover

Copywriting

Experience Level

Leadership

Expert

Voiceover

Expert

Copywriting

Expert

Work Experience

Manager of Content Writing at CoStar Group

December 1, 2023 - March 1, 2025

Established and led a team to improve Homes.com's video content; mentored on QA methods, cross-team production alignment, and creative storytelling; voiced, coached, and supervised in-house voiceover content; revised narrative and voiceover pipelines to raise quality and efficiency; collaborated across photographers, editors, writers, and leadership to elevate product quality and sustainability.

Lead Narrative Designer at Eschatology Entertainment

March 1, 2023 - December 1, 2023

Founded the narrative department, established best practices, design processes, and a production pipeline; defined the narrative vision for gameplay content and world building; served as final stakeholder for all narrative and audio design content (level, mechanics, character/creature, voiceover); coached reports and career planning; partnered with the creative director to set future goals for the department's development.

Senior Manager and Head of Narrative at Riot Games

April 1, 2018 - April 1, 2022

Oversaw development for all narrative content for League of Legends; mentored a team of 15 writers, editors, and producers; merged two production teams into one unit and instituted Agile workflow; led cross-division narrative charter and job-leveling competencies; served as final stakeholder for LoL, Wild Rift, and Team Fight Tactics narrative content; collaborated with art, design, and production leadership to set goals and timelines; analyzed player sentiment data and market metrics to inform direction and budgeting; identified IP strategy opportunities and cross-property voice standards; created in-house narrative style guides and cross-property audio standards.

Chair of Voice and Speech, Theatre at Virginia Commonwealth University

August 1, 2015 - August 1, 2016

Managed six faculty; led curricula selection, syllabus creation, class design, and standardized evaluation; partnered with the director of graduate studies to screen and hire adjuncts; taught dialects and vocal health for theatre majors and devised Shakespeare, dramaturgy, and vocal performance curricula.

Director of Public Speaking, Department of Theatre at Virginia Commonwealth University

August 1, 2010 - August 1, 2015

Supervised twenty courses per semester; implemented interdisciplinary curricula with the School of Education; administered all course levels from undergraduate to post-doctoral and pre-med.

Education Director (NPO) at Richmond Shakespeare Festival

July 1, 2014 - August 1, 2015

Oversaw education workshops for 6-12 graders within the Virginia Public School System; interviewed and managed fourteen instructors and curriculum developers; wrote grants and oversaw grant dispersal with NEA and VA State School Board; designed workshops focusing on English and Italian Renaissance literature and theatre.

Freelance - Game Development and Commercial Production, Editorial, and Voice Over at Various Clients

January 1, 2017 - Present

Freelance work across game development, editorial, and voice-over. Notable clients include Blackbirds TTRPG (2024–Present), Theorycraft Studios (2024–Present), Wayward Realms (2023–Present), Green Willow Games (2019), and Virginia State Fair (2017, 2019).