Vuk Banovic Email & Phone Number

Serbia

As an Art Director and Founder, I lead the artistic and business aspects of development, overseeing both the creation of our own IPs and contributing to high-profile AAA projects for esteemed clients. My responsibilities:Creative Leadership and Vision:- Directing the overall artistic vision, ensuring a distinctive and compelling aesthetic for original IPs.- Leading a team of artists and designers from initial concept to final product.- Crafting visually engaging worlds that resonate with diverse audiences.- Ensuring that all visual elements align with the game’s narrative, gameplay mechanics, and overall vision.Project Management and Execution:- Managing the entire art pipeline, from conceptualization to production and implementation.- Ensuring timely delivery that meet project milestones and deadlines.- Balancing multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining quality standards.Client Collaboration:- Partnering with top-tier clients to understand their creative vision and translating it into cohesive visual designs.- Upholding the rigorous artistic and technical standards expected in AAA titles.- Conducting regular reviews and feedback sessions to ensure client satisfaction and project alignment.Team Development and Mentorship:- Fostering a collaborative and fun work environment.- Providing mentorship and guidance to team members, encouraging professional growth and development.- Promoting a culture of creativity, excellence, and continuous improvement.Business Development:- Overseeing budgets, resource allocation, and financial planning to ensure project viability and profitability.- Building and maintaining strong client relationships through regular communication and collaboration.- Negotiating and signing new deals with clients, ensuring mutually beneficial agreements.- Identifying and pursuing new business opportunities to expand the company’s portfolio and market presence.

- Define the visual style and direction for the game's environments.- Ensure that the environment art aligns with the project's narrative, setting, and overall design goals.- Planning to establish the scope, schedule, and technical requirements for environment art.- Identify and implement improvements to streamline the workflow, pipelines and enhance productivity.- Document and maintain guidelines and best practices for environment art within the company.- Hire, lead and manage a team of environment artists (internal and external), providing guidance, feedback, and mentorship to ensure the team produces high-quality work while retaining high employee satisfaction rate.- Conduct regular reviews and critiques of environment art assets to ensure they meet the established quality standards and align with the artistic vision.- Collaborate with other departments such as level design, character art, and animation to ensure a cohesive and unified visual experience.- Address and resolve challenges related to art production, technical limitations, and other issues that may arise during development.- Develop and maintain career progression matrices for the environment art team, outlining the skills, competencies, and experience required for career advancement within the team.

As an Interim Art Director, my mission was to realign and manage the entire art team, making sure we all follow the same goals. While we all had the same game and art vision, I ensured that the entire team is consistently focused and have high overall satisfaction rate.Simultaneously, I recreated all job matrices, did performance reviews, handled hiring across all art departments and helped plan art production.

Greater Denver Area

Working on a wide range of art and world building. Managing internal and outsource art teams. Planning and supervising environment art production. Setting up pipelines and workflows. Blocking out, world building, polishing, lighting and optimizing levels. Creating modular level kits, props and blueprints.

Zürich Area, Switzerland

Vehicle/environment/prop artist on a Farming Simulator franchise, built in GIANTS Editor. Worked remotely.

Sweden

Environment artist on a first-person, VR single player, exploration adventure "The Solus Project", developed in Unreal Engine 4.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Created vehicles for "Alone in the Dark - Illumination", a game series by Atari. Developed in Unreal Engine 4

Greater Los Angeles Area

Worked as an environment artist on a first person shooter "Rekoil", built in Unreal Engine 3.

Belgrade

Worked on numerous TV commercials, motion pictures and various other projects where 3D was essential part of the production.

3D Animation And Visual Effects

Information Technology