I'm a Producer who is focused on Outsource management and art production in the games & CG/VFX industries.Over the last 16 years I have developed a solid approach and understanding of the creative development process for helping the production and management processes in outsource development in this sector, leveraged industry standard PM software, built knowledge around some of the creative tools that are used in the industry, and have cultivated a good eye for high quality visual content.I have also helped to shape and build internal teams for key projects, having originally come from a background in recruitment and headhunting for both games and CG/VFX.Currently focused on helping to deliver projects at Lucid Games by driving the best possible outsource process, producing outsource/co dev content, and anything that is required of me in this area and to get things over the finish line.Specialties: Outsourcing co-ordination and production management.Production management of art teams - previous areas include environment art, props, hard surface, visual FX, character art and animation.Budgetary management and delivery forecasting.Scheduling and tracking of assets delivery.Risk identification, assessment and triage for anticipated production obstacles.Identification and relationship management of outsource partners.Contracts and agreements.Good negotiatory and inter-personal skills.Hands on asset management within Unreal Engine,Project report and post mortem.Games and CG/VFX industry market intelligence.Continual knowledge build of the CG and game art dev process.