Heath Marks Email & Phone Number

Seattle, Washington, United States

Planned and managed four weekly Dungeons and Dragons games for middle and high school playersTook orders and prepared food for cafe customersOversaw Learn to Play and Dungeons and Dragons birthday events

Created and ran roleplaying games in multiple game systemsDesigned custom rules and settingsBuilt experiences that helped players with problem solving and public speaking

Bellevue, Washington, United States

Cut and joined frames in a production oriented environment. Assisted with mounting high value prints for framing.

Greater Seattle Area

Took frames from raw wood profiles through cutting, joining, splining, sanding and applying finishesAdhered to conservation standards and dealt with high end public and private collectionsCut mats by hand and fit a wide variety of media into frames

Seattle, Washington

Dealt directly with customers and their design needsCut frames with mitre saw and foot chopper; joined by hand and with Cassesse underpinnerAdhered to conservation standardsCut mats by hand and with Wizard CMC

Edmonds, Washington

Dealt directly with customers and their design needsCut frames with mitre saw; joined by hand and with Cassesse underpinnerAdhered to conservation standardsCut mats by hand and with Wizard CMCHandled opening, closing, and scheduling

Gig Harbor, Wa

Worked on projects for high profile licensesDesigned and built menus and layouts for mobile appsCreated concept art and assisted in the design of in-house mobile gamesBuilt and tested rules and levels in a Match 3-style gameAssembled 3rd party assets into our proprietary engine

Dealt directly with customers and their design needsAdhered to conservation standardsCut mats by handHandled framing inventories and orderingInstructed sales people in framing standards and practices

Virtual Studio

Handled scheduling and critiques for a ten person TCG art team and critiques for video game artists to maintain style continuity between TCG and video game projectsCreated finished art assets and concept art for a TCG/video game projectAssisted with hiring by reviewing portfolios and interviewing candidates Managed art asset pipeline for all 2D art on the projectAssisted in developing and testing TCG rulesFacilitated production by preparing plate layouts and card lists for printers, and assisted with creating final card files for printingInitiated Kickster project and necessary steps beforehand (opening bank accounts, creating art assets for display, assisting with Kickstarter description editing)

Virtual Studio

Built art style guide and TCG asset database Handled scheduling and critiques for a ten person TCG art team Created finished art assets and concept art for a TCG/video game project Assisted with hiring by reviewing portfolios and interviewing candidates Managed art asset pipeline for all 2D art on the project Assisted in developing and testing TCG rules Facilitated production by acquiring quotes and specifications from printers

Evanston, Il

Dealt directly with customers and their design needsCut frames with mitre saw and foot chopper; joined by hand and with Cassesse underpinnerAdhered to conservation standardsCut mats by hand and with Wizard CMC

Chicago, Il

Created art style guides and concept art on six projectsManaged art teams ranging from six to fifteen artists on three projectsPainted 2D art for title screens, interaction boxes, UI, and animationBuilt, UV'ed, and textured numerous characters, skyboxes, and environmental pieces

Chicago, Il

Created, textured, and exported/edited every model in this 3rd person shooter Utilized 3DS Max for all game assets; textures produced in Photoshop Created and maintained asset database

Chicago, Il

Produced the illustrations for Miguel Kertsman’s album’s digipak and CDDesigned text layout for the digipak, CD, and four page bookletCreated an advertising poster for retail distribution

Chicago, Il

Produced 2D concept art and UI in Photoshop, Fireworks, and 3DS Max

Tokyo, Japan

Taught classes ranging in size from one to fifteen studentsCreated lesson plans dealing with business English, TOEIC, TOEFL, and casual conversationInstructed students not only at a middle school, but also at Toyota, Fossil, Peugeot, and Lego

Associates, Game Design

Activities and Societies: I was a member of Student Council for a year, acting as one of two Game Department representatives..

Bfa, Printmaking/Painting + Drawing

For printmaking, I concentrated in stone lithography, though I can also do intaglio and relief printing. For painting, I focused more.