- Collaborating across disciplines with production, programming, art, narrative, UI/UX, and audio on bringing to life the visuals of the game.- Working in conjunction with production team and art director to create asset lists and delegate art tasks using Excel, Miro, and Notion.- Run meetings while sharing team wide critique and information with the art team.- Concept, polish , and refine environment assets, props, and UI for the game "Signified" using Photoshop, ArtStudio Pro, and Blender.- Integrate and merge assets into the game using GitHub, and GitBash in conjunction with Unity.- Support art team members by sharing resources, giving demonstrations, and answering questions on how to use Unity and Blender software.

- Regularly design and implement new year long curriculum to keep up with current trends and workflow in the game industry.- Consistently educating myself in different disciplines within the game industry to better my skills and my classroom content including recently - C# in Unity, Substance Painter, GitHub.- Coach students on relationship management, collaboration, critical thinking, and life-long learning.- Project manage 15-20 small teams of students through the game development pipeline, have them package out their final products as well as publish their games online through the itch.io platform.- Teach students to visually conceptualize their ideas from concept to completion using 2D and 3D art pipelines for games and animations.- Train students toward certification in Abobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Unity, and Autodesk Maya software.- Spearheading and implementing our school's newly founded ESports league and work as team manager.

Every year I give back to the game development community by working hard to give them the best experience of their lives while at GDC. I help coach and train new volunteers, and act as go to problem solver with multi-tasking, quick decision making, and delegation to ensure various events/booths run smoothly for the attendees, fellow CAs, and exhibitors. I've also had the honor of presenting trophies and assisting nominees at the 2022 Game Developers Choice Awards.

- Taught students how to program game mechanics, create materials, UI and design levels using Blueprints in Unreal Engine and Unity.- Taught students the basics of 3D and 2D art pipeline using Photoshop, 3Ds Max, Sculptris, Blender, Maya, and importing in engine.- Wrote my own curriculum and adjust accordingly each semester to incorporate changes from leadership, and keep up with industry standards and trends.- Actively participated in recruitment and outreach programs to fill mine and other instructor's classes each semester.- Project managed teams of 10-12 students through the game development process start to finish each semester, using Unreal Engine and HTC Vive.- Co-managed the IT department to proactively create and implement a new system for organizing and maintaining our organization's technology.

- Created and implemented a training program for new Geek Squad agents and submitted the design to the corporate level.- Work with fellow team members in a collaborative setting to create an overall positive and efficient client experience.- Use problem solving, initiative, and patience to tackle new issues that arise and embrace challenge and change.- De-escalate upset clients and help them fix and understand their technology.- Keep lines of communication open between fellow agents, other store associates and leadership.- Assist staff members in handling day to day production issues.- Keep up moral and encourage collaboration and new ideas between team members.

- Collaborated with other artists and company executives to implement new innovative ideas.- Created cohesive architectural and organic environment concept art using Photoshop. - Helped render still frames, posed and animated characters in Blender and Photoshop to keep the agile game pipeline on schedule.- Participated in weekly meetings and gave/received critique in a positive manner. - Assisted staff members in handling day to day production issues.

I am currently the only contracted artist on the team. I collaborate with creative directors and company leads to create 2D web templates and printable works that satisfy our clients and their needs. So far I:- Work with company leads to decide the overall look and feel of our artwork for clients.- Trained company employees on how to use Slack and implemented remote lines of communication within the company.- Collaborate with programmers to create organic 2D assets for website development and template creation using Photoshop and Illustrator.- Creating and implementing asset creation schedules.

I started at Michigan's Adventure Amusement Park, in 2006 and was promoted to a Team Leader in 2008. In 2012, I was promoted to a supervisor, and in 2014 I was made into an Area Supervisor. In my time at the park, I gained valuable leadership experience, problem solving skills and the importance of showing your associates how valuable they are to the company.Area Supervisor:- Oversaw a department of eighty-five to one hundred and fifty associates. (five direct reports, fifteen team leads, and and eighty five to one hundred and thirty front line associates)- Managed the department in the absence of my superior.- Trained and coached new leadership and front line associates.- Spearheaded and implemented a new leadership training program.- Interviewed and hired new associates for the department.- Resolved associate conflicts and guest concerns in a positive and professional manner.- Delegated and collaborated with fellow associates to ensure tasks were completed according to schedule.- Updated data bases and tracked employee performance.Zone 1 and Auditing Supervisor:- Oversaw operations of thirty to forty associates on a daily basis. (seven direct reports, and forty to fifty front line associates)- Interviewed and hired new associates for the department.- Trained and coached new associates and leadership.- Resolved associate conflicts and guest concerns in a professional manner.- Delegated and collaborated with others to ensure tasks are completed according to schedule.Team Leader:- Oversaw operations of 10-15 associates on a daily basis. - Resolved associate conflicts and guest concerns in a professional manner.- Delegated and worked with others to ensure tasks are completed according to schedule.

I was a contracted environment concept artist on a game called "Exiguity", a point and click visual novel based game. In my time with the company, I also helped with various other tasks to help with project completion:- Collaborated with other artists and company executives to implement new innovative ideas.- Created cohesive architectural and organic environment concept art using Photoshop. - Helped render still frames, posed and animated characters in Blender and Photoshop to keep the agile game pipeline on schedule.- Participated in weekly meetings and gave/received critique in a positive manner. - Assisted staff members in handling day to day production issues.

As a technology counselor, I watched over the campers but also taught them about game design. I:- Taught students ages 7-17 how to use game development software such as Photoshop, 3DS Max, and Maya.- Developed and implemented new curriculum for classes.- Collaborated with fellow instructors to share techniques and improve each others teaching methods.- Gave constructive feedback on how to improve 3D and 2D artistic ability to students and instructors.

In my time at the university, I have had the privilege of working with the company YETi CGI on a prototype for one of their game ideas. I created 2D concepts in Photoshop, and I created the textures for the 3D models used in the prototype. They were hand painted using ZBrush, 3D Coat, and Photoshop.