Peter Franco Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

Helped drive global studio growth with development studio diligence, establishing outsourcing partnerships, holding worldwide game development knowledge sharing events, building art teams in Barcelona, Shanghai, LA and partner studio offices. Culminated in successful company sale at $4.9B valuation.Oversaw art production as we grew from one location to 16+ studios internationally. Responsible for resource management, recruiting, creating career architecture, skill gap assessments, mentorship and financial planning. Optimized art outsourcing, partnering with slate teams, legal and external vendors for annual savings of $2M+ annually.Established visual quality studio benchmark standards for Scopely slate of games. Created future product art & design pitches for licensors. Managed studio / licensor relationships. Stepped in as Art Director on several titles at critical junctures, including WWE, Scrabble, Stumble Guys and various undisclosed MMO and large IP titles.

Austin, Texas Area

New York, United States

Co founder of New York based social casino company, first mobile slots company to fully leverage Unity 3d. Guided the creative vision culminating in a successful studio acquisition by Zynga in September 2015.Managed creative teams at two studios consisting of designers, artists, engineers and audio engineers. Opened a second studio located in Austin, TX, responsible for recruiting, development, and production at that location.Ensured the successful transition and integration into the Zynga slots division development ecosystem upon acquisition. Went on to serve as Senior Creative Director for the Zynga slots organization.

Austin, Texas Area

Creative Direction for Zynga Social Casino. Created core technical art pipelines that became the backbone for eight titles that would go on to earn 200M+/yr. Creative direction for several titles including the critically acclaimed Wizard of Oz slots.Served as Studio Art Director, responsible for quality control, career growth, training, and hiring. Scaled company from single game studio to four concurrent teams.

Established Facebook game company. Created art and technical pipeline for content creation. Moved into overall development direction for the studio, overseeing art, design and engineering teams and live operation releases. Helped build relationships with Sony Online Entertainment and Kongregate Games to publish developed games.

Founded first generation iPhone game development studio. Developed first ever mobile 3d toon shaded platformer based on life and art of Daniel Johnston with music licensing from Wixen Music. Critical acclaim included the New York Times and The Guardian.

Managed internal team of 50+ artists and several external teams to create AAA FPS titles for Playstation, Xbox and PC using Unreal Engine. Coordinated content creation across multiple studios in the US and overseas. Responsible for scheduling, budgeting, and the delivery of AAA ‘next-gen’ assets.

Art Director for Area 51, the first-person shooter made for the PS2, Xbox, and PC.Built up and managed internal art team consisting of 30+ internal artists and multiple external art contract houses. Responsible for modeling, concept design, visual effects, pre-visualization, and storyboarding. Was a key employee for acquisition by Midway Games.

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