Manuel Villaseñor

Project manager for creative industries.

Game developer turned project manager, based in Mexico City.

Now: Project Manager at Pintacomex
Certified: CAPM® · Project Management Institute
Works in: English and Spanish

Operator

Résumé: experience, education, certifications and skills.

I started in game development because I like building things from nothing: systems, mechanics, worlds. Games trained my creativity. Shipping projects trained my discipline.

Experience

2025 — Now

Project Manager · Pintacomex

Lead cross-functional retail IT initiatives from planning through rollout. Turn operational needs into executable plans, coordinate office and field stakeholders, and drive digital transformation and process improvements.
2023

Community Manager, internship · Insiders Café & Cowork, Montreal

Built and ran an events calendar and community programs to grow engagement and retention, working with partners and creators.
2021 — 2022

FQA Tester · Keywords Studios, Mexico

Game QA and functional testing. Wrote clear, reproducible bug reports with annotated evidence, improving triage speed and product quality.
2021

Game Designer / Project Manager · Oh My Games!

Led small cross-functional teams across multiple mobile game releases, balancing scope, schedules and production realities.

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Portrait of Manuel Villaseñor — Manuel Villaseñor, Mexico City

Education

2022 — 2023
AEC, International Business Management · Greystone College, Montreal
2018 — 2021
BSc Game Design, Diploma of Interactive Animation · SAE Institute, Mexico

Certifications

2025
Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)® · PMI
2023
Google Project Management Certificate · Google
2023
Computational Thinking using Python · MITx

Skills

Project management: Planning and delivery, stakeholder alignment, risk and scope, agile and hybrid methods
Game development: Game and systems design, 3D modeling, prototyping, QA
Tools and engineering: Python, process automation, data and reporting, Unity, Blender, Maya
Communication: English and Spanish, team leadership, community management

Operations

Projects I have planned, led and shipped.

2025 — Now
Retail IT rollout

Project Manager · Pintacomex

Cross-functional retail IT initiatives taken from planning to rollout, with office and field teams.
2021
Mobile game production

Game Designer / PM · Oh My Games!

Multiple mobile game releases with small cross-functional teams, iterating on gameplay, UX and content.
Thesis
Project Phobia

Lead Designer & Narrative Director · Unity, Maya, Blender

A psychological puzzle-platformer set in a lab that studies human fears: three phobia levels, three endings each.

Engine
Unity
Levels
Thalassophobia, Claustrophobia, Arachnophobia
Endings
Three per level

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Academic
Spirit Forest

Gameplay Designer & World Builder · Unity, Photoshop

A low-poly platformer for players aged 7 to 14: escape a burning forest as guardian bears.

Engine
Unity
Audience
Ages 7 to 14

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