Tyler Higgs Email & Phone Number

Vancouver, Bc, Ca

Vancouver, Canada Area

GDES Instructor for Photoshop, Mobile Design, UX/UI Design and Digital Portfolio instructing students to understand the purpose of, various tools and capabilities of each program and their real world applications.Teaching in the faculty of New Media and DesignRaster Graphics, Mobile Design, UX/UI Design, and Digital Portfolio instructor- Updating course materials to include the latest and industry trending techniques - Writing and setting up course outlines for courses and class outlines- Working with students to make sure they understand the material- Making handouts that are informative, interesting and easy to understand- Encouraging students to be creative with their new skills- Making class interesting while teaching the skills they need to know for the workforceSee some of our students work: https://www.flickr.com/photos/bcitbusiness/albums/72177720307646504/

Vancouver, Canada Area

Langara's unique approach to preparing students for an ever changing technology industry can be seen in the Web & Mobile App Design and Development program. As the instructor in their Capstone program, the program prepares them for industry level expectations in design, development, scrum, agile, and project life from concept to alpha. Working as a team, creating industry level documentation, milestone schedules and delivering a working MVP by semester's end prepares our students for entering into the tech workforce with experience already established in their work ethic.Instructing student Capstone and Project 2 design/development prototyping, Advanced Graphics Design, Advanced UX Design, Advanced Graphic Techniques and Special Topics on the tools and capabilities of each program and their industry applications.Teaching in the faculty of Web & Mobile App Design and Development- Defining course materials to include the latest and industry trending techniques - Developing and setting up course outlines for courses and class outlines- Linking students with industry veterans and speakers- Encouraging creativity and innovative thinkingFull program details: https://langara.ca/programs-and-courses/programs/web-and-mobile-app/program-curriculum.html

Vancouver, Canada Area

Providing new or established tech/media companies the artistic direction to manage the creative possibilities for their brand, new media, design and art teams. Through my experience working with multiple teams, projects, platforms, art styles and genres, I have been able to serve clients needs ranging from all types of large scale businesses to private company needs. Design Direction including but not limited to:- Creative solutions to data visualization and development- Mobile and tablet UI/UX design and layout- Marketing and advertising planning and branding- Data info-graphic visualization and design- Visualizing big data to easily understandable info-graphics- Designing out of the box applications with heavy industry applications- Multi-platform UI/UX responsive design- User story generation and design documentation and outlines for UI/UX- Consulting on design best practice, staffing, and user design- Stylized print and large scale media illustration - Building media layouts- Advertising in print and web- Logo design and branding- Web design consulting

Vancouver, Canada Area

Co-FounderVolition hosts PITCH NIGHT events for local entrepreneurs and startups to practice their pitch and have a chance to work their way in front of real investors. The pitch nights provide a safe and informative space to network, practice pitches, and receive industry feedback from leaders in the legal, tech, business and angel investment spaces. Partnering with companies to create tailored events as well as our Women's Pitch Nights featuring a full pitch and panel list of women leaders in the community which we are very proud to be part of.

Vancouver, Canada Area

Retail management solutions creating all in one user driven software solutions. Designing, defining and building the next generation of retail software.- Complete UI/UX design and style guide for Omnichannel Retail Management software.- Marketing and promotional assets in print, digital and advertisement asset creation. - User story generation and design documentation and outlines for UI/UX Design milestone and release planning.

Vancouver, Canada Area

As Art director at Finger Food Studios I worked along side a talented team of designers, artists and UI specialists to bring the cleanest, most user friendly and aesthetically pleasing apps to users possible. Art/Design, development, and QA must work hand in hand, this was no different at Finger Food Studios where teams worked tightly with each other to execute the best possible product to our clients. Working with clients ranging from local companies to AAA companies, we made sure that their products were in the latest iOS/Android/Windows styling, design and user friendly layouts to best suit their needs and timelines. The art team which I directed covered design and production ranging on various platforms such as iOS mobile/table, Windows mobile/tablet, Android, web, and more. With such a diverse range to cover along with budgets, client needs, deadlines, and art production planning, we were able to deliver our products on time and often exceeding our clients expectations.I personally worked on 12 app titles with Finger Food Studios.Clients included: Microsoft, EA, Square Enix, Her Interactive, Activision and more.

Vancouver, Canada Area

A social and mobile game studio aiming to make quirky and original Social and mobile games with a bit of edge and a lot of humour! Currently with over 1M MAU and work on Facebook, iOS, Android, Google + and many other platforms. - Conceptual sketches/Illustrations- In game, interface, layout game art design- Branding on applications and studio branding- Polishing assets across all apps- Managing art tasks for sprints and milestones- Maintain a high quality of work- Maintaining consistency of the art, naming, file order, and accessibility of assets- Working with devs to create effective viral and efficient art channels - Using new techniques to improve artwork loading times and optimization- Work with multiple artists across many different art styles- Office desk flare master!I personally worked on 2 major social titles during my time at East Side Games.twitter.com/EastSideGameswww.eastsidegamestudio.com

Vancouver, Canada Area

DES games is a casual and social gaming company located in Gastown, Vancouver, BC. We are a team of talented, energetic gamers with one passion: to make killer games and have a great time doing it!- Conceptual sketches/Illustrations- In game, interface, layout game art- Branding on applications and for studio branding- Polishing assets across all apps- Managing art taks for sprints and milestones- Making sure that art styles match and maintain a high quality of work- Maintaining consistency of the art, naming, file order, and accessibility of assets - Working with devs to create effective viral and efficient artwork- Using new techniques to improve artwork loading times- Work with multiple artists across many different art stylesI personally worked on 12 social/mobile titles with DES Games.www.desgames.comtwitter.com/desgames

Vancouver, Canada Area

On line game for kids 8-12, where kids choose an avatar frog character and protect the frog's environment. My work primarily focused on character/environment/and prop design for the game. Consistency and appropriate design were of the highest importance as the game was aimed at a particular audience and age demographic.I was in charge of art assets and animation assets, making sure that the art needed was in on time and to the quality of our teams expectations. -Designed concept to final illustrations for characters, environments, UI, HUD, and props-Responsible for establishing the color pallet, look/feel of all art and maintaining consistency throughout all art before approving for production-Responsible for delegating tasks to other members of the art team -Worked within a very detailed schedule with time constraints and deadlines

Vancouver, Canada Area

Providing art and environment concepts for educational gaming experience, and also provided consulting based on familiarity with subject matter involved in the games design and layout.-Responsible for level schematic layout and map working closely with designers to make sure player areas are properly separated-Provided feedback based on previous work experience in a hospital so that props and design as close to reality as possible-Responsible for environment concept work at multiple angles and levels of detail, and making two more complete world concepts for multiple reality situations in game

Vancouver, Canada Area

Worked on images, graphics, logos, and media for international clients involved in architectural planning and entertainment. As an individual and part of a team, projects and presentations were delivered to the clients always on time and to the best quality possible.- Designed for the Beijing Expo 2010 City Being design team- Designed concept illustrations for themed attractions for international clients- Designed entertainment and show prop design props for variety of themes- Responsible for illustrating storyboards or video and graphic animations- Responsible for the layout of schematic diagrams for architectural and building designs- Worked within a very detailed schedule and fast paced work environment

Vancouver, Canada Area

Prototype demo using UDK with a small team.-Assisted in the concept character designs, environment designs and structures-Responsible for storyboarding game cinematics, animations, and lighting.-Textured multiple skyboxes, structures, and seamless textures, basic modeling.-Communicate effectively with team leads, producer and fellow team members to help maintain the most positive and productive working environment for the team possible.-Modeled basic environment geometry

Master Of Education - Med, Educational/Instructional Technology

Game Art & Design, Digital Arts

Emergency Medical