Marcus Reed Email & Phone Number

United States

London, London, GB

Designing XR experiences for Horizon Worlds on the Meta Quest platform.

Chicago, IL, US

• XR Designer for mobile AR experiences.
• Responsible for UX design in the AR experiences. (Figma)
• Responsible for the creation of 3D assets (Maya)
• Responsible for Unity scene design and integration

San Francisco, CA, US

• Integral member of AR think-tank group with a focus on outdoor AR HMD experiences for mobile and HMD.
• Designed experiences for multiple XR platforms. (Including Niantic’s unreleased AR headset, Oculus Quest 2, Magic Leap and HoloLens 2.)
• Provided art direction on various AR prototypes.
• Lead various cross-functional prototyping and user testing efforts.
• Hands on creation of 3D assets.
• Hands on Unity scene integration.

Santa Clara, California, US

• Provided overall design, UI/UX documentation, and art direction on various Intel Sports consumer products. (NFL in TrueView, NBA on TNT VR, PGA TOUR VR)
• Led efforts on NASCAR VR prototypes. (Unreal Engine)
• Led efforts on NFL volumetric 3D VR prototypes. (Unity)
• Hands on creation of 3D assets.
• Experience curve modeling with AutoCAD and Rhino
• Hands on Unity scene integration.

Los Angeles, CA, US

• Art management of 3D art team for Wheel of Fortune Slots. (IOS and Android mobile game).
• Provided general art direction. (Unity 3D scene, 2D popup dialogs)
• Collaborated with product and design to implement core game features according to product and game design documentation.
• Collaborated with UI/UX to implement 2D and 3D core feature flows in Unity.
• Hands on individual contributor with a focus on 3D art for mobile.
• Managed the outsourcing of art assets to external overseas vendors.

US

• Contracted as 3D technical artist on Voke VR app. (Oculus and android app)
• Responsible for 3D asset creation in Maya, and integration into Unity 3D.
• Created 3D and UX for Portland Timbers VR demo soccer app.
• Collaborated with internal developers for integration with Oculus SDK

Chicago, IL, US

• Provided art direction for the company. (Storyboards, sketches, and style guides.)
• Worked very closely with television networks and sporting leagues to ensure the authenticity of their brands. (NBC, CBS, FOX, ESPN)
• Managed the implementation of various broadcast graphics packages from network clients. (FOX, ESPN, and TBS.)
• Tools included Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects VizRt.
• Managed team of artists in the development of various 2D and 3D broadcast effects. (Down and Distance arrows-NFL), (PitchFX-MLB), (RaceFX-NASCAR) (NASCAR Raceview 3D)
• Established 2D and 3D art pipelines across our broadcast and digital products.

Chicago, IL, US

• Supervised a team of artists on Raceview 3D.
• Worked with 3D team to create all 28 NASCAR tracks and virtual car skins for Raceview.
• Led efforts to model and texture all NASCAR car makes and their accompanying LODs.
• Created Unity graphics pipeline for weekly asset DLC.
• Created optimization pipeline for all 3D assets for Unity engine.
• Worked closely with engineering to integrate GPS data structure into Unity graphics pipeline.

Redwood City, CA, US

• Tasks included modeling, texturing, and rigging of characters and props for the Sims 2 video game.
• Characters and props are built according to concepts artists designs.
• I created LODs for characters and props according to pipeline standards.
• I collaborated with engineers to solve art integration bugs in the character creation portion of game engine.

Master Of Fine Arts - Mfa, 3D Modeling/Animation

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Interarts And Technology