Michael Barnes Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

Staines-Upon-Thames, England, United Kingdom

During this tenure, I establish cross-functional teams to improve game ecosystem. I build partnerships with game developers/publishers, chip vendors, engine makers, and platform owners to drive tangible ROI through Galaxy App Store listings. Additionally, I am responsible for managing Unity Adaptive Performance (ADP) partnership to support all new Android devices with contributions from ARM and Google. I collaborate with commercial and technical teams to translate customer feedback and industry trends into actionable requirements. • Contributed to incorporating two new Khronos extensions by leading Vulkan API standardisation activities.• Conceptualised and implemented global Game Ecosystem roadmap with focus on Developer Relations, game optimisation, tools, and R&D.• Facilitated high-profile game collaborations with industry leaders, including Fortnite (Epic), LoL: Wild Rift (Riot), and Brawl Stars (Supercell).• Featured technical collaboration on Wreckfest (Handy Games) during global S23 launch and in TV advert to showcase performance optimisations for Samsung devices.

Kings Langley

In my job role, I fostered a collaborative partnership with a top-tier art vendor for a significant global raytracing project, ensuring the delivery of exceptional results and project triumph. Employing a blend of creative vision and technical expertise, I guided the development process, offering innovative solutions to meet the project's demanding visual benchmarks. Through regular assessments, I upheld rigorous standards, ensuring that all assets consistently met the required technical and artistic excellence.• Trained junior technical artists to elevate their skills and team's success.• Ensured timely delivery of demo software projects within budget to achieve cost savings.

Kings Langley

I provided top-tier art content across multiple projects concurrently, overseeing every stage of real-time asset creation from initial concept to ultimate delivery. Collaborating closely with designers, engineers, and various stakeholders, I ensured the seamless integration of art assets into each project's framework. Continuously evaluating and refining art production processes, I drove improvements to boost efficiency, elevate quality standards, and introduce innovative techniques and best practices.• Designed high-fidelity game assets and tools to accelerate demo creation pipeline and overall productivity.• Led small team of remote freelance artists, co-ordinated key tasks, and delivered feedback to keep quality and consistency of outsourced work.

Kings Langley

Working as the only artist in the team, effectively and efficiently managing my time, to provide art content to several projects at once. This involved working all aspects of real-time asset creation from the initial concept phase through to the final delivery of the project.Other aspects of the role included:- Managing a small team of remote freelance artists- Mentoring summer placements

Plymouth, United Kingdom

Remode was named as one of Develop Magazine's Top 100 UK Game Studios in 2013.I was responsible for all aspects of asset creation for both real-time assets and cinematic assets that were used for various Desktop and mobile games.

Various contract work including:- Creation of characters for Desktop and Mobile- High-resolution sculpts for 3D printing- Creating clothes for previs - UI design

Remote

Lead a team of remote 3D Artist's creating 3D assets for a series of mobile titles.

- Chivalry: Medieval Warfare was released on PC/PS4/Xbox One in 2012- Sold over 1.2 million copies on PC alone after just 9 months of release.- Achieved number 1 in the Steam Top Seller Chart, number 3 in the Indie of the Year 2012 and was showcased on the UDK website.Company Website: http://www.tornbanner.com/chivalry/Responsibilities included:- Modelling texturing and rigging characters for the Unreal Engine- Worked closely with the Producer and Lead Character Artist to ensure that I was able tomatch the games artistic style and visual quality.

Remote

Red Cell Studios is an indie team of developers working on a FPS title Clan Arena (PC).- Modelled, textured and rigged the main character for the Nano Soldier faction.- Worked closely with a remote team to ensure that the character matched the visual style of the game.

Stafford

I taught students 'Introduction to 3D Modelling A & B' for a full academic year. This included teaching a distance learning class, marking coursework (practical and theoretical), designing and conducting lectures, workshops and video tutorials.

Master'S Degree

MSc - Advanced 3D Modelling for Games

Bachelor’S Degree

BEng (Hons) - Computer Games Design

Education record

4 A-Levels

Education record

11 GCSEs