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Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

Concept Artist on SUPERCELL's Squad Busters, with adhoc support work on their various apps & key art content. Providing ideation sketches, color, design layouts, final rendering and file handling of promotional character content and in-game skins. Working closely with the art team at Mooncolony and direct client interfacing with SUPERCELL in Helsinki.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Design and Art Direction on animated shorts series IPs including characters, environments, concept frames, and overall story.

Singapore

Providing artistic direction to guide production by creating briefs, concept art and art style guides. Establish artistic benchmarks, guiding and supporting the team in the exploration and creation of concept and pre production art. Perform timely art reviews and ensure consistency in the team’s deliveries. Manage project stakeholders and liaise with.

Batam, Riau Islands, Indonesia

3-month creative contract for Art Direction, Game Art production, UI Design, and Animated Video Promo for a mobile game reskin pitch.

Rome, Latium, Italy

Sketches and value paintings for 10+ slot game IPs including background, slot reels, and symbol set.

HONG KONG SAR, China

Character & environment concept design for RELIC RUMBLE, a hyper casual museum-themed arcade shooter. Responsible for concept variations, character posing, expressions and color design, as well as background concepting, color/lighting and final rendering.

Hong Kong

Oversaw creative concept development & execution, strategy, staffing, and training at PLAYSTUDIOS ASIA. Responsible for recruiting and Art Management on the Creative Team, UX design direction, and creative direction of app branding, game design, marketing, and live operations. Managed vendor pipelines to scale output and ensure the quality standard was.

Hong Kong

Worked closely with Product Owners, Producers, and Engineers to direct and deliver art content for apps to be released under the PLAYSTUDIOS ASIA brand. Responsible for recruiting and managing artists on the creative team, concept design of products, and creative direction of current and upcoming apps and promotions. Worked closely with and managed vendor.

Burlingame, CA

Leading a team of artists to create in-game assets for partner promotions, game events, and "Quest" mini-games in the MyVEGAS suite of gaming apps (MyVEGAS Slots (Web), MyVEGAS Slots (Mobile), and MyVEGAS Blackjack). Responsible for concept design of content, delegating tasks, interfacing with internal stakeholders and external partners, managing vendor.

Burlingame, CA

Responsible for creating art content to be used in marketing for the MyVEGAS web and mobile apps including illustration, digital painting, animation, layout, and design. Designed assets for social media marketing and in-game graphics for game events and promotions.

Minneapolis, MN

Designed characters, concepts, and storyboards for internal and commercial projects and pitches, as well as 2D Animation and Art Direction.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Gave presentations of my experience and practice as a professional artist for:* 2013 sophomore seminar class* 2012 sophomore seminar class* 2012 MFA grad seminar class

Minneapolis, MN

Helped to teach animation to high school students in a two week summer course.