SimGuru Spotlight: SimGuruJill

SimGuruJill has worked on some great things for The Sims 4. Learn more about her in the latest SimGuru Spotlight on The Sims official website!

Can you give a brief introduction to yourself?

My name’s Jill Johnson or you might know me as SimGuruJill. I’ll also respond to “Johnson”, “Tronson”, “Bubby”, “Jilly”, “Jillary”, or even “Jillian” (which is my actual real name). I’m a Producer on The Sims 4 and have been a lucky member of The Sims family for almost 10 years now. I started out by working all three MySims games before The Sims Medieval and then ultimately joining The Sims 4 team to help build up our new Create-a-Sim. Most recently I had the pleasure of Producing the lovely world of Windenburg for The Sims 4 Get Together Expansion Pack!

What do you do on The Sims 4?

One of the coolest things about being a producer is just how many different people and disciplines I get to engage with in just a single day. While about half of the time it might be conversations about open questions or bugs or status updates yadda yaddda, it’s most amazing when I get called over to see a quick animation playblast, sneak a peek at a fabulous new concept sketch, or I get to see a feature starting to come together and work at someone’s desk for the first time. It’s cool to see firsthand what a labor of love The Sims is, and watch it evolve from a concept on a piece of paper to a full-on experience.

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