Ms. Erin Kajioka

Tuesday, March 26, 2024 | 5:00 PM PST
Marilyn McArthur Holland Theater, Lisser Hall, Oakland CA

Game Changer Summit: Google's Reseach Insights

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A promotional graphic for an event featuring Erin Kajioka, titled "Game Changer Summit: Google's Research Insights," presented by Girls Who Code. The layout has a retro-tech aesthetic with a green color scheme and playful, cartoon-like shapes and patterns. Erin Kajioka's photo is in black and white, framed in black on the left side of the design. Her name is bold in black text within a white bubble outlined in green. Below her name, the event title is displayed in a stylized, blocky font, evoking a retro video game feel. Decorative elements, such as checkerboard patterns, clover shapes, and sparkles, add a whimsical, vintage arcade vibe to the image.

Erin Drake Kajioka, Head of Game Design at Google Research, earned her Bachelor’s degree in Electronic Art and Philosophy at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She has served as a Game Designer for several gaming companies such as Zynga, Simutronics, and 1st Playable Productions, where she pitched and designed games for companies like Nintendo, before assuming the roles of CEO and COO at Sense of Wonder, an indie mobile game studio. She later joined Google in 2017 and became the Head of Game Design in 2021.