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Edinburgh, GB

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

• Achievements
• Created and directed a complex VR production for online clothing retailer ASOS.
• Created and directed a team of 20 artists and software developers to produce a VR experience for Royal Bank of Scotland, within a 6 week period from brief to deployment inside a dome projection system and 50.
• Led the environment production for the Gorillaz 360º music promo Saturnz Barz.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

• Responsibilities
• Directing the creative output of a studio of 20 artists, software developers and QA staff.
• Planning, scheduling and tracking internal and outsourced development teams to ensure the smooth and efficient running of the studio.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

• Responsibilities
• Directing the creative output and production management of an art department of 12 designers and animators.
• Project planning and task management of the art team resources.
• Recruitment and the career development of the art department staff.Achievements
• Drove the creative look and feel for a major 3 year engagement with Audi to promote their brand within Sony PlayStation Home, providing the art direction and production management for multiple virtual environments.
• Delivered a major re-development of Sony Europe’s core environment spaces for the PlayStation Home online environment.

Glasgow, United Kingdom

• Responsibilities
• Directing the creative output and production management of a team of 3D artists and animators.
• General maintenance of and development strategy for all IT systems, including fibre cable Storage Area Network and backup protocols.Achievements
• Lead the development of a 5 minute stereoscopic animated film for Mercedes-Benz, working with production CAD data to create a representation of the "birth" of a car on the production line.
• Worked as a senior designer and animator on a wide variety of motion graphics and interactive projects for clients including Orange, BBC, The London Transport Museum, and Turner Prize winning artist Simon Starling.
• Created a production ready CGI department from scratch within a 2 month period, recruiting personnel, purchasing equipment and identifying and activating training schedules for the team.

Dundee, United Kingdom

• Authored and delivered a 12 week series of lectures and tutorials for honours year Digital Arts students on Production Management within the Creative Industries.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

• Responsibilities
• Overall responsibility for the output of 60 artists in 4 separate development studios around the UK.
• Recruitment of, and career development for, the studio art team.Achievements
• Undertook and delivered a number of due diligence and streamlining projects during a period of acquisition resulting in the successful integration of newly acquired art departments.
• Inspired and maintained a strong and united team spirit under pressure of tight deadlines, through periods of significant business change.

Dunfermline

• Responsibilities
• Directing the output of a team of 8 artists.
• Enhancing the studio development pipeline through the development of plugins to bridge the gap between proprietary and off the shelf software.Achievements
• Directed a complex and ground breaking motion capture shoot involving the motion capture of horses and stuntmen.

Bachelor’S Degree, Publishing

Education record