Jonathan Rush Email & Phone Number

Austin, Tx, Us

Rockville, Maryland, Us

Rockville, Maryland, Us

Fallout 76 Updates (PC, Xbox, PS)• Art direction consistent with Fallout style and lore for concept, character, environment, VFX, and animation.• Design and creative direction of 1,000+ unique offerings for the online marketplace, and season pass.• Ideation and direction of quarterly marketing beats to promote new in-game content.• E3 2021 “the PITT” trailer: wrote the initial script and storyboard, as well as produced, and directed from start to finish.• Management of Art Production in Jira, including issue creation, estimates, load balancing, and bug triage.• Foster open lines of communication with other departments to ensure their needs and expectations are being met.• Development of Art team skillsets in building a team of well-rounded game developers.• Direct involvement in the studio’s hiring process across multiple departments.• Responsible for the creation and oversight of annual reviews for the Art team.• Responsible for regularly scheduled “1 on 1’s” with all members of the Art team.• Consultation with merchandise representatives for new Fallout items in the online store.• Creation of weekly marketing imagery promoting store content and events.• Creation of various assets for in-game use.• Online interview for Fallout 76 on Xbox Plays.

Rockville, Maryland, Us

Fallout 76 (PC, Xbox, PS)• Daily art feedback consistent with Fallout style and lore for concept, character, and animation.• Assisted team in transition to PBR within Substance Painter, Designer, and Quixel Suite.• Direct involvement in the studio’s hiring process across multiple departments.• Lead a team of 3 internal character artists.• Responsible for annual reviews with the Character Art team.• Responsible for regularly scheduled “1 on 1’s” with all members of the Character Art team, and studio leadership.• Creation of many assets for in-game use.• Creation of various video tutorials for other studio locations.• Coordination with BGS leadership to ensure expectations being met.

Prey (PC, XBox One, PS4), Doom 4 (PC, Xbox One, PS4), BattleCry (PC, PS4)- A founding member of BattleCry Studios - Assistance in talent acquisition and staffing for multiple departments.- Managed artists across multiple disciplines: character, concept, and environment.- Lead a team of 4 internal character artists, and 12 remote contractors.- Daily feedback of work done in-house and remotely.- Responsible for conducting regular employee 1:1's, as well as goal oriented annual reviews.- Lead the team in the transition to a PBR based system.- Creation of art assets for in-game use, marketing, and style examples.

Sherman Oaks, Ca, Us

I have created a 6 week workshop for CGMA focusing on the practical use of Photogrammetry as an asset creation technique within a pseudo-game-studio setting.Students are instructed on:- Principles of basic photography.- Different types of photogrammetry shooting scenarios.- How to create a game-ready mesh with UV's using industry standard tools.- PBR theory and application within Marmoset Toolbag.

Burlington, Vt, Us

I served as a Professor Adjunct for the "Advanced Seminar: Art and Animation" course.This was a senior level course in which the students chose the projects they would like to create for the term, with the end goal being the inclusion of industry-standard pieces for their portfolios.

Edmonton, Alberta, Ca

Star Wars - The Old Republic (PC)- Shipped the initial launch of the game and subsequent updates.- Managed 4 internal artists, and 10-12 external contractors.- Provided time frames to be used in scheduling by Production.- Streamlined art processes on-site for external contractors in Russia.- Trouble shooting tools, and art process issues.- Daily critique of work done in-house and remotely.- Regular communication with Design to ensure their needs were met.- Direct involvement in interviewing candidates for art positions.

Adelaide, South Australia, Au

I created and hosted a nine week online course for the popular computer graphics forum, CGTalk.com. This course was centered around the techniques and practices associated with creating character art within a modern pseudo studio setting. I also created and hosted a three week workshop entitled 'Modern Game Art: Weapons.' The students began with a simple weapon concept, fleshed out the high poly mesh, low poly mesh, textures, and fully rendered in the Marmoset engine.

Tomb Raider Underworld (Xbox360, Wii, PS2), Tomb Raider Anniversary Edition (XBox360, Wii, PS2, PSP), NFL Street 3 (PS2, PSP)- Direct involvement in interviewing candidates for various departments.- Drafted the character creation pipeline based on new tool sets.- Provided time frames to be used in scheduling by Project Management.- Developed a structured character art review process.- Managed 6 internal artists.- Creation of art assets for in-game use, marketing, and style examples.

Santa Monica, California, Us

GUN (XBox360, XBox, PS2, GC, PC), Tony Hawk's American Wasteland (XBox360, XBox, PS2, GC, PC) - Responsible for character concepts, models, textures, and rigging.- Creation of various environmental assets. - In-depth research and studying of the old west for myself and others.- Assisted other artists with technical and artistic inquiries.

Ventura, California, Us

MTX Mototrax (XBox, PS2), MX World Tour (XBox, PS2)- Responsible for the models, textures, and lighting for the Daytona track.- Creation of various environmental assets.- Direct involvement in interviewing candidates for art vacancies.- Received and refined design documents for future projects.- Supervised maintenance and consistency of original visual style.

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ESPN College Hoops (XBox, PS2, GC), ESPN NHL (XBox, PS2, GC)- Responsible for the creation of 80 team mascots: models, textures, and rigging. - UV mapping and textures for the base basketball, and hockey uniforms.