Lisa Weeks

Background

About Lisa Weeks

Lisa Weeks is a composite of 25+ years marketing experience in the retail/entertainment/digital media industries. She is currently the CEO and founder of XenoMode- a hybrid art studio, marketing agency, and fashion house. She is also the organizer of the Seattle Game Developers Meetup, which has grown to include 2500+ members, with featured sponsorship from Unity, EA, Kabam, and Amazon. Throughout her development of the Seattle Game Dev Meetup, she has served as the Chief Marketing Officer for GeekWire, Hashbang Games, Turboplay, and many other game industry startups. Prior to her work in the Seattle startup community, Lisa has worked with Nordstrom, Lucas Arts, Cartoon Network, Disney, Mattel and Microsoft. Her award-winning product development, merchandising and costume design work have been featured in magazine publications ranging from Vogue, Lucky, and InStyle, to Ibuki and NewType. Lisa won Best Costume at SakuraCon 2004, and the fearless fusion of her personal passion for cosplay with her professional passion for marketing and technology solidified her “authentically weird” personal brand. She is an accomplished speaker and presenter, most notably The Economy of Weird from TEDxSeattle 2013, in which she advocates that we can all “wear our capes to work”.