Mark Duncan Email & Phone Number

Bellevue, Wa, Us

• Maintain art direction in line with project & company goals • Day-to-day leadership of the art staff (Character, Environment, Animation, Concept, UI)• Responsible for goal setting, defining, and assigning tasks• Mentorship of artists• Career development of art staff• Screening & management of outsource providers• Screening, interviewing, and hiring a new team• Responsible for cross departmental communications and planning• Provided direction on creation of promotional materials in conjunction with marketing department• Developed best practices to improve art quality and production efficiency• Pipeline and workflow development & optimization• Interfaced with programming team on and mentored art team on performance optimization• Shader Creation (Unreal Material Editor)• General problem solving visual, technical, interpersonal

Gurgaon, Haryana, In

• Provided art and technical direction for US based art reviewers • Provided art and technical direction for India based artists• Worked with other management team members in development of pipelines & workflows for teams operating internationally.• Worked in development of training and best practices to improve artist quality and efficiency• Interfaced with clients and provided representation of client needs to internal team• Assisted in the acquisition of new clients, including estimate creation, examination of project requirements, and representing the company in meetings• Managed multiple projects simultaneously• Influenced a range of titles, including a number of high profile AAA projects

• Developed VR product focused on HTC Vive and Oculus Rift• Work with engineers defining pipeline and practices for Envelop for Windows proprietary engine• Created specifications & documentation for previously mentioned pipelines and practices• Interface with engineering team on shader definition and creation • Create rapid prototype content for pitches to potential investors and partners• Prototype 3D virtual environments for product using Unity• Collaborate with design team on product's UI/UX to created 2D and 3D UI assets• Collaborate with Marketing department to maintain visual branding of product identity

Los Gatos, Ca, Us

• Research technical aspects of project• Development of the Art Direction and pipeline documentation• Assist in the maintenance of art direction• Day-to-day leadership of the art staff (Character, Environments)• Work with production staff on goal setting, defining, and assigning tasks• Career development of art staff• Mentorship of artists• Screening, interviewing, and hiring a new team• Collaborated with other stakeholders and art team to establish style and direction of product• Environment development (Layout, Lighting, Post Effects)• Asset creation• Pipeline and workflow development• Interfaced with programming team on art dependent game systems and performance optimization• Shader Creation and maintenance using Unreal 4• Interface with graphics programmer for more complex shaders• Develop using 3D Studio Max & Unreal 4 for PC• General problem solving, both visual & technical• Outsourcing - Pipeline Creation• Outsourcing - Documentation• Outsourcing - Train team members to assist

Bellevue, Wa, Us

• Establish and maintain art direction in line with project & company goals • Day-to-day leadership of the art staff (Character, Animation, Environments, UI)• Work with production staff on goal setting, defining, and assigning tasks• Career development of art staff• Mentorship of artists• Screening & management of multiple outsource providers• Screening, interviewing, and hiring a new team• Collaborated with other stakeholders and art team to establish style and direction of product• Interfaced with design department on all matters affecting game-play and UX• Creation of promotional materials in conjunction with marketing department• UI/UX Development in conjunction with UX expert – micro-transaction game• Environment development (Layout, Lighting, Post Effects)• Asset creation• Pipeline and workflow development• Interfaced with programming team on art dependent game systems and performance optimization• Shader Creation (Unity Node based Material Editor)• Develop using 3D Studio Max & Unity 3.x for PC Web Browser• General problem solving, both visual & technical

San Diego, Ca, Us

• Day-to-day leadership of the environment art staff (17 artists at peak)• Worked with Directors and production staff on long and short term planning• Career development of art staff• Mentorship of artists• Participated in SOE’s partnership with Art Institute of Seattle to provide mentorship for the students• Screened & managed outsource providers• Managed a team of “in-sourcers” from SOE Austin and San Diego studios.• Collaborated with directors and other stakeholders to establish style and direction of product• Provided art direction in line with Art Director’s goals with team and outsource providers• Interfaced with design department on level design and development• Leading by example whenever possible• Environment development (Layout, Lighting, Post Effects)• Asset creation• Pipeline and workflow development• Interfaced with programming team on art dependent game systems and performance optimization• Shader Creation (UE Node based Material Editor)• Developed using Maya, 3D Studio Max, & Unreal 3.x for PS3, PC• General problem solving, both visual & technical

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Participated in SOE's relationship with Art Institute to aid in preparing students for the workforce.

Us

• Provided day-to-day leadership of the Art Staff. • Art Direction• Goal setting, defining and assigning tasks• Pipeline and workflow development• Collaborated with other stakeholders to establish style and direction of product• Interfaced with programming team on art dependent game systems (cover)• Worked with programming team on optimization (360/PS3)• Provided feedback for outsource providers• Mentorship• Screening, interviewing, and hiring a new team• Developed using 3D Studio Max & Unreal 3.x for Xbox 360, PS3, PC• General problem solving - visual & technical

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• Production Artist• Modeling and texturing for various clients: NCSoft, Lionhead, Mad Doc Software, Wild Tangent• Various proprietary platforms

Redmond, Washington, Us

• Senior Production Artist• Responsible for ownership of Vehicles - Mechwarrior 4• Responsible for ownership of Battlemechs - Mechwarrior 5• Interfaced with tech artists and programmers on pipeline• Collaborated on attachment system for player modification of Mechs in Mechwarrior 5• Responsible for training pipeline to outsourcing houses for expansion packs• General environment modeling and texturing various projects• Mentorship for more junior artists and contractors• Developed using 3D Studio Max & Maya for X-Box, PC

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• Production artist• Modeling & texturing• Participated in project pre-production which included some concepting• Developed using 3D Studio Max for Coin-Op

• Production artist• Modeling and texturing of characters, vehicles, environments• Animation and lighting of cinematics• Video post-production of cinematics and interface• Interface design• 2D sprite creation and animation using Deluxe Paint (SNES)• 2D environment creation using Deluxe Paint (SNES)• Developed for SNES, PS1, PC