James Lemari Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Hunt Valley, Maryland, Us

Unannounced AAAElder Scrolls Online

Toonocracy is a full-service animation studio, complete with music production and sound design. Drawing from a vast network of talent, we can suit the needs of any project and direct traffic to content we produce. We do creative work we believe in.

San Francisco , Ca, Us

• Own and optimize creative roadmaps and schedules. Define production goals and monitor KPIs. Manage production staff and oversee delivery of high-quality gaming projects for top brands and IPs. • Spearheaded process improvement initiatives that resulted in a reduction in production time, and a boost in productivity, allowing our team to consistently meet deadlines and exceed client expectations.• Developed strategic roadmaps and prioritization frameworks to identify key areas for improvement, enabling our team to focus on the most impactful initiatives that drove growth and innovation.• Orchestrated operational improvements that resulted in a increase in gross margins through cost-saving measures, streamlined processes, and optimized resource allocation.

San Francisco , Ca, Us

• Streamlined outsourcing processes and budget management, resulting in a reduction in time and resource costs.• Motivate and drive vendor partners, ensuring that schedules are adhered to and thatestablished milestone deliverables are on schedule and within budget• Served as the primary contact for communications between the internal team and external vendors, building trust and positive relationships across all teams.• Collaborated with cross-functional teams, including production, creative, and technical teams, to identify and prioritize outsourced work, expediting production timelines and boosting productivity.

• Created concepts, artwork and animation for an upcoming messaging app• Collaborated with a team of artists, tech artists, and producers in developing interactive augmented reality effects • Designed and launched AR effects, digital stickers, frames, and in-product illustrationsLaunched Products: • Flash - illustration, animation, AR

• Spearheaded the storyboarding process, effectively managing and mentoring a team of artists while collaborating with the Production Team to prioritize work. • Cultivated a creative and productive environment by training and mentoring junior storyboard artists, leading to an overall increase productivity and work quality.• Improved the storyboard process by developing and implementing new techniques, reducing revisions and saving significant labor costs annually.• Collaborated with the Production Management team to prioritize work on sequences pending production schedule, fulfilling production schedule requirements on a weekly basis

• Met with creative supervisors to discuss objectives of storyboard; what is desired or to be achieved• Ensured quality and style of show is consistently achieved in storyboard work• Attended and contributed to board breakdown meetings and pitches as needed

Burbank, Ca, Us

• Worked with the Production Supervisor to meet overall production goals on SpongeBob SquarePants• Responsible for assembling and organizing prop and background packets, x-sheets and storyboards for artists• Archived episodes of the production starting from the beginning of the series

New York, Ny, Us

• Contributed to the design and production of a variety of broadcast and digital projects and banner designs• Designed and built graphics for daily live coverage and studio shows which include bugs, bumps, and screeners• Worked closely with the Art Director to ensure quality, timely delivery on all creative initiatives

Mba, Business Administration

Bfa, Animation

Disruptive Strategy, Strategy Execution

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