Since starting his professional career as an early computer game designer in 1982, Jeff McCord has persued many other vocations and activities. Upon leaving California, Jeff began his studies in filmmaking at NYU, later working as a layout/production artist in New York for The Villiage Voice and National Lampoon.

In 1986 Jeff moved to Seattle, and after graduating from The Evergreen State College with a BA in 1990, founded and continues to operate his own freelance Graphic Arts business called Freelancelot, becoming a leading Photoshop and Electronic Prepress artist. Jeff was a speaker at Mac World and the Photoshop Conference in San Francisco, his work has been featured in the Photoshop WOW! Book, Mac User, and has had illustrations in Entertainment Weekly and Spy magazine. Jeff has taught periodically at the Art Institute of Seattle and other Northwest arts programs.

In 2001 Jeff formed a company called House to Home, moving a 5-bedroom Craftsman style house two-and-a-half blocks and restoring it at the new location. H2H now offers consulting services in areas related to the moving and history preservation of residential homes.

In 2002, Jeff founded another house restoration and development company called The Neighborhood Company, renovating the original house where REI (Recreational Equipment Corporation) was established in 1938 in West Seattle.

In 2004 and 2005 Jeff worked for a board game design company called Front Porch Classics, While there, he designed the 2005 FPC Catalog, their business card & letterhead, and he worked on several of their existing and future games from a graphic design and game functionality perspective. He also created the “Party Mixers” game tins series which has recently become commercially available. Jeff continues to freelance in the design and creation of traditional board, card, and electronic games!

Since 2006, Jeff also has been “rescuing” classic old houses by moving them to new locations, as the Seattle Representative for Nickel Bros House Moving. Houses are available for purchase online, deliverable to your water-accessible location!

In addition, Jeff helped found Fargoal, LLC with business partners, Paul Pridham and Elias Pschernig, and Playmasons, LLC with business parter, Steve Shippert. Playmasons also owns and operates the “Emerald City Search” in Seattle — a yearly public ‘treasure hunt’ — and has founded a new game company with Steve called Trouble Brothers, LLC. All of these ventures revolve around Jeff's love of games and game design. Check out each of the websites to learn more!