Hope Pavlich – SMB Entrepreneur

Hope graduated from the Institute of Audio Research with a certification in Audio Engineering and earned an honors scholarship for Long Island University C.W. Post, where she achieved a BA in Fine Arts. She has a black belt in Mixed Martial Arts, studying for over 12 years. Hope is a yogi, practicing Vinyasa, YIN, and Astanga yoga, and all help her connect to her truest self and highest potential. 

After graduating from LIU, Hope was hired as an assistant audio engineer at Sony Music Studios and worked for industry greats like Dave Chappell, Robin Williams, Mark Anthony, Jennifer Lopez, Shakira, and P-Diddy. 

She was introduced to the Video Game Industry at Sony Music Studios, by working with Electronic Arts, recording dialog for NBA Live 2004 with Marv Albert and Mike Fratello. 

She was later hired by Electronic Arts as a Dialog Designer and learned how to produce, record, and implement dialog for video games. Her passion for learning and growing helped her to level up in the video game industry enabling her to move vertically into larger and higher level positions for companies such as Sony Playstation in Foster City CA and Santa Monica CA, Sucker Punch Productions, Machine Zone as well as others. She’s worked as a Dialog Supervisor, Lead Producer, Script Supervisor, and Director of LiveOps Design. Ultimately, she identified most as a Producer/Project Manager because of her ability to work with the team to drive business outcomes. 

Her passion was working with the creatives Producing stories for video games. Hope’s greatest career breakthrough was in her role as a Director of LiveOps Design at Machines Zone where she led a team of designers and writers while driving game design that helped retain and convert players, as well as generated revenue for the company.