Mario Ruiz Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

New York, Ny, Us

Austin, Texas, United States

New York, New York, United States New Jersey

Energetic and self-motivated: Exceptional communication skills and strong leadership experience.Highly skilled in art direction, design and illustration.Proficient at overseeing production schedules and budgets.Adept at managing in-house studios relationships with Freelance & External studios.

Greater New York City Area

• 8 years’ experience in Game Theme Creation, Game Art Development and Animation Management.• Improved profit margins by 40% streamlining operation workflow and negotiating new vendor contracts. • Created, external pipeline that produced 24 games a year saving $202K in production costs.• Consistently meet schedules and deadlines for all game projects.• Manage relationships with Freelance & External studios.• Able to work in a fast-paced, creative and… Show more • 8 years’ experience in Game Theme Creation, Game Art Development and Animation Management.• Improved profit margins by 40% streamlining operation workflow and negotiating new vendor contracts. • Created, external pipeline that produced 24 games a year saving $202K in production costs.• Consistently meet schedules and deadlines for all game projects.• Manage relationships with Freelance & External studios.• Able to work in a fast-paced, creative and collaborative work environment.• Demonstrate advance art principles in drawing, composition, color, anatomy, and lighting.• Serve as mentor; provide constructive feedback to junior staff on career development.• Conduct performance and compensation reviews of studio art staff.• Support creative teams; work hands-on as needed to provide comps, layouts, concepts and paint-overs. Show less

New York

Freelance Clients:KINGSTONE MEDIA, Fruitland Park, FL • 2008-2011Freelance Art Director and DesignerThe largest publisher of Christian comic books and Biblical world view graphic novels worldwide.The company products are currently in 95 countries. Develop original illustrations, designs anddigital production from client-supplied content, and samples, producing effective final products. PEARSON EDUCATION, Upper Saddle River, NJ • 2007-2008Lead… Show more Freelance Clients:KINGSTONE MEDIA, Fruitland Park, FL • 2008-2011Freelance Art Director and DesignerThe largest publisher of Christian comic books and Biblical world view graphic novels worldwide.The company products are currently in 95 countries. Develop original illustrations, designs anddigital production from client-supplied content, and samples, producing effective final products. PEARSON EDUCATION, Upper Saddle River, NJ • 2007-2008Lead DesignerA leader in Education creating and providing instructional curricula and educational servicesthrough cutting-edge technology. Lead Designer on 9-12th grade literary curriculum.Assisted Creative Director with Illustration assignments. Supervised 4 in house illustrators.COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH EDUCATION, Chicago, IL • 2004 – 2007Art DirectorA support foundation of The Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago. Its mission is to advance imaginative,compelling, collaborative, experiential Jewish education. Homeland: The illustrated History of the State of Israel is an award winning graphic novel focusing on Jewish education. As the lead Art director and illustrator, I illustrated and designed the feature product and created promotional and collateral materials. Show less

Greater New York City Area

The American Bible Society is a Non Profit organization that has been engaging individualsin Biblical publishing and distribution for nearly 200 years. Established Metron Press as a publishing line to provided literary products to inner-city youth through the graphic novel medium. Designed and updated corporate website in conjunction with promotional and collateral material. Managed 20 Illustrators, graphic designers and freelancers.

Art And Advertising

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