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Emmanuel Valdez Email & Phone Number
Art Director
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Autumn Games
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@vcentertainment.com
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Emmanuel Valdez is listed as Art Director at Autumn Games, based in San Diego, California, United States. AeroLeads shows a work email signal at vcentertainment.com, phone signal with area code 760, and a matched LinkedIn profile for Emmanuel Valdez.
Emmanuel Valdez previously worked as Art Director at Visual Concepts and Adjunct Professor at Laguna College Of Art And Design (Lcad). Emmanuel Valdez holds B.S. Industrial Design, Environmental Design from Artcenter College Of Design.
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About Emmanuel Valdez
Over 30 years as an art director, multi-disciplined artist, game designer and team manager. Directed AAA console games and free-to-play social mobile casual games. Founded console and mobile game development studios. Established entire creative internal development departments including art, game design, animation, audio, cinematics, concept design, technical art, outsourcing production and motion capture. Identified, recruited and mentored top talent in all artistic disciplines. Emmanuel Valdez is currently Lead Artist at Visual Concepts Entertainment, a 2K studio. He was also an Art Director at Daybreak Game Company, Studio Art Director and Animation Director at Machine Zone San Diego and Studio Art Director, Animation Director, Game Director, and Co-Founder of Appy Entertainment, a social mobile game publisher and entertainment company. Prior to Appy, Emmanuel co-founded independent game developer High Moon Studios and was the Game Director of The Bourne Conspiracy and co-creator of the vampire western FPS, Darkwatch. Emmanuel is also an adjunct professor in the MFA Art of Game Design program at the Laguna College of Art and Design since 2015.Emmanuel was also the creator of Ready 2 Rumble Boxing and sequel Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2 for Midway Home Entertainment. His other video game credits include B.I.O. Freaks, ESPN Extreme Games, NFL Gameday, and ESPN Baseball Tonight. He also worked at Sammy Studios, Sony Computer Entertainment, and Park Place Productions.Emmanuel has been featured in numerous industry books and publications including Game Development Essentials: Mobile Game Development (2012), The Art of 3D Computer Animation and Effects (2001), and Game Design: Secret of the Sages (1999).Specialties: Art team management, studio art direction, game direction, interactive game design (console & mobile), game studio business, new IP development, art direction, animation direction, motion capture, technical art, concept art direction, outsourcing, game development startups, social games, casual games, and user interface design.
Listed skills include Video Games, Game Development, Game Design, Xbox 360, and 46 others.
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Art Director
Current-Art directed, supervised, and mentored an internal art team for LEGO 2K Drive-Established art style and direction through visual development-Identified and cultivated partnerships with external developers-Games: LEGO 2K Drive, NBA 2K25 (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, PC,PlayStation 4, Xbox One)
Jun 2019 - Present
Adjunct Professor
CurrentCo-instructing Player-Centric Game Design and Management Psychology classes in the MFA Art of Game Design program.
Sep 2015 - Present
Art Director
-Established art direction and art style guide for an Unannounced MMORPG-Built and supervised an art team and managed outsourcing companies for visualdevelopment and art content production-Games: Unannounced MMORPG (PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One), Planetside Arena (PC)
Mar 2017 - May 2019
Studio Art Director And Animation Director
-Established, supervised, and art directed 2D and 3D art content production for internalgame development and in-sourcing support for MMO games-Games: Mobile Strike (iOS, Android), Game of War (iOS, Android), Unannounced titles(iOS, Android)
Sep 2014 - Nov 2016
Co-Founder/ Studio Art Director/ Animation Director/ Game Director
-Co-founded this bootstrapped, independent mobile social game development company-Successfully pivoted from a premium to a free-to-play mobile game developer, acquired35 million downloads, achieved top twenty status in their category, and all apps featuredin the Apple App Store-Built efficient 2D and 3D art production pipelines for proprietary and middleware gameengines-Established strategic partnerships with outsourcing art production companies-Games: Disney's Where's My Perry: Calling All Agents (iOS, Android), Disney's Where's MyMickey (iOS), Disney's Where's My Water 2 (iOS), FaceFighter Ultimate (iOS), Spellcraft:School of Magic (iOS), Animal Legends (iOS), Trucks and Skulls (iOS), Tune Runner (iOS),Zombie Pizza (iOS), Candy Rush (iOS)
Oct 2008 - Sep 2014
Co-Founder/Chief Creative Officer/ Studio Art Director/ Game Director
-Co-founded studio, established and supervised all creative departments-Game Director of AAA third-person action title, The Bourne Conspiracy, led a team ofover 100 developers-Co-designed fight choreography and collaborated with Jason Bourne movie franchisefight coordinator, Jeff Imada-Contributed to the studio sale and acquisition by Vivendi Blizzard-Co-created concept for original intellectual property, Darkwatch-Games: The Bourne Conspiracy (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360), Darkwatch (PlayStation 2,Xbox)
Jun 2005 - Aug 2008
Co-Founder/Chief Creative Officer/ Studio Art Director
Sammy Studios
-Co-founded this startup video game publishing company-Identified and enlisted top talent for creative staff for multiple internal developmentteams-Established all creative departments: art, game design, audio, cinematics, technical art,animation, concept art, and motion capture-Directed and supervised creative departments, mentored the art and game design leadsto endeavor to deliver high-quality content, and closely collaborated with theprogramming and production departments to develop the best gameplay experiences
Jan 2002 - Jun 2005
Game Director/ Lead Artist/ Game Designer
-Creator of the Ready 2 Rumble Boxing franchise. Provided the vision and leadershipthroughout the development of both games: Ready 2 Rumble Boxing and sequel Ready 2Rumble Boxing: Round 2-Directed, managed, and mentored artists and game designers-Personally directed Michael Jackson's motion capture performance and audio recordings-Directed and scripted the Ready 2 Rumble Boxing Xbox announcement video-Games: Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2 (PlayStation 2, Dreamcast, PlayStation,Nintendo 64, Gameboy Advance), Ready 2 Rumble Boxing (Dreamcast, PlayStation,Nintendo 64, Gameboy Advance), B.I.O. Freaks (Nintendo 64, PlayStation)
Aug 1995 - Dec 2001
Senior Artist
-Trained studio art staff to transition from 2D to 3D art production-Senior artist on PlayStation launch title ESPN Extreme Racing-Produced full-motion video introductions for all titles developed by the studio-Games: ESPN Extreme Racing (PlayStation), ESPN NFL Gameday'95 (PlayStation), NBAHangtime/ESPN2 World Tour Basketball (Sega CD), ESPN Speedworld (Super NintendoEntertainment System), ESPN Baseball Tonight (Super Nintendo Entertainment System)
Jan 1994 - Aug 1995
3D/ 2D Artist
Park Place Productions
-Games shipped:“Mohammed Ali Boxing” (Genesis), “Dick Vitale’s Awesome Baby Basketball” (Genesis), “Champion World Class Soccer” (SNES), “Jeopardy!” (PC), “Wheel of Fortune” (PC), and “Beat the House” (PC).
Mar 1993 - Dec 1993
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Emmanuel Valdez education
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Artcenter College Of Design
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What company does Emmanuel Valdez work for?
Emmanuel Valdez works for Autumn Games.
What is Emmanuel Valdez's role at Autumn Games?
Emmanuel Valdez is listed as Art Director at Autumn Games.
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AeroLeads has found 1 work email signal at @vcentertainment.com for Emmanuel Valdez at Autumn Games.
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AeroLeads has found 2 phone signal(s) with area code 760 for Emmanuel Valdez at Autumn Games.
Where is Emmanuel Valdez based?
Emmanuel Valdez is based in San Diego, California, United States while working with Autumn Games.
What companies has Emmanuel Valdez worked for?
Emmanuel Valdez has worked for Autumn Games, Visual Concepts, Laguna College Of Art And Design (Lcad), Daybreak Game Company Llc, and Mz.
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What schools did Emmanuel Valdez attend?
Emmanuel Valdez holds B.S. Industrial Design, Environmental Design from Artcenter College Of Design.
What skills is Emmanuel Valdez known for?
Emmanuel Valdez is listed with skills including Video Games, Game Development, Game Design, Xbox 360, Animation, Gameplay, Ps3, and Mobile Games.
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