About Me
Hello, I'm Rae.
Hey, nice to meet you! I go by Rae or Rachel (either one works, truly), and I am an under(tale)graduate
Honors Dean's List student at Northeastern majoring in Combined Computer Science & Music with a Concentration
in Music Technology.
One of the primary reasons I chose this path is for the intersections between art and technology,
particularly for video games. I figured that video games need programming & they need music; what better
major to pursue? I'm also focused on the overall creative applications of programming and software in
general, outside of gaming.
Previously, I had the opportunity to intern at Black Soup GmbH in Berlin as a Software Engineering &
Marketing Co-Op/Intern, where I gained hands-on experience in video game marketing, influencer outreach,
media planning, and campaign execution. I led 4 organic marketing campaigns for video game titles (Lost
Records: Bloom & Rage, Memoriapolis, Palia, Rooftops & Alleys), executing influencer outreach and digital
strategy that collectively garnered over 5M impressions and 250K engagements across social platforms.
Furthermore, I acted as a primary point of contact for clients (KRAFTON, Radical Theory, Riot Games,
Singularity 6). A very fun part of the job involved managing and coordinating with content creators to
facilitate content creation, and I directly contributed to driving over 1M combined views on
campaign-related content. I also engineered Google Apps Scripts to automate media planning and reporting,
and contributed to designing a centralized campaign database. One of my favorite parts involved getting to know
the incredible creators of the game
PEPPERED ---
Vas & Nat.
I got to proofread some of the script for the game, and seeing their love and drive for the project was
genuinely so incredibly inspiring, and made me learn even more about what it really takes to put out
a great game. Go check PEPPERED out on Steam!
I'm also delving deeper into my interest in building practical, user-centric software and taking full
ownership of projects from concept through deployment. Developing web applications or software tools that
enable people to improve their lives or their impact on the planet is something that got me into computer
science initially. You can see examples of this found on this website's portfolio page.
I also have an extensive musical background spanning 15 years in music theory and piano
training. My encompassing early training, combined with one of my earliest languages being tonal (Mandarin Chinese)
and potentially some genetics, has led to the development of me possessing absolute pitch (or, in colloquial
terms, "perfect pitch", though it's actually far from a "perfect" skill in any individual).
I am currently looking for opportunities in game music composition, audio middleware software development,
fullstack software engineering, and more. Let's connect to discuss projects, game trivia, or new tech news,
and see if you can find the hidden treasure on this website!