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- Responsible for pipeline solutions for Environment, Character, Technical Art, VFX and Outsourcing.- Hiring manager for Environment, Character, Technical Art, VFX, and Outsourcing.- Managed career growth, staffing decisions, 1:1s, and conflict resolution for direct reports with a focus on honesty and trust.- Met regularly with Department Leads to prioritize and align on future tasking and resolve conflicts.- Managed the outsourcing and co-development efforts with help from Production and Outsourcing Manager. Vetted partners, created SOWs and RFPs, compiled initial documentation, and provided art / feature feedback.- Responsible for documentation surrounding Environment, Performance, Character and Technical Art with a focus on useability and scaling through outsourcing.- Resident studio Unreal expert, helping peers across all departments.- Managed the studio’s Onboarding Buddy and Team Building programs, bringing the studio together and building a strong culture through special events and post mortems.- Contributed several C++ features to the codebase to solve specific game design needs.

- Created and maintained documentation for asset pipelines and the Art Bible. Communicated those best practices to external partners.- Interviewed prospective hires to help grow the team. Responsible for all hiring and firing within the art department.- Helped with scoping documentation for publishers and internal milestones.- Ran the outsourcing effort for the studio. Provided initial drop package, feedback paintovers, and communicated shifting studio needs to outsourcing.- Mentored junior artists to grow in their potential. Created paintovers and other feedback for the internal art team.- Ran weekly art review meetings and monthly team one-on-ones, as well as other art related meetings as needed.- Provided technical support such as the creation of master shaders, post process shaders, skybox and other blueprint assets.- Created key style assets for environment and character art.- Sculpted, modeled and textured all characters for the project, using a stylized PBR workflow in UE4.- Sculpted, modeled and textured Environment Art assets using a stylized PBR workflow in UE4.

Unannounced Project- Sculpted, modeled and textured main characters and enemies. - Managed a small character outsourcing team to meet high expectations. - Posed characters in Zbrush for presentation to publisher executives.- Joined the environment team for a short push, creating hero pieces and placing them into a beautiful corner. - Created spreadsheets with estimated timelines for future development.- Met with Design and helped prototype game functionality with Blueprint. - Created meshes and fx specifically for prototyping purposes.- Provided drawovers, and communicated shifting studio needs to outsourcing.- Mentored fellow employees who are not used to Unreal in the in proper use of UE4 and Blueprint.- Interviewed prospective hires and helped build the team from 6 to 24.

Unannounced Title- Worked along with the team to implement a new art style.- Created 3d art which was used as a style example for other artists on the team.- Worked with designers to prioritize and create greybox and pre-production assets.- Helped build vignettes to showcase new art style and proper asset usage.

- Owned and operated a small business, making cosmetic items for established games.- Coordinated with eSports players and casters to design, create and market eSports branded cosmetics through the Steam Workshop.- Concepted, modeled, skinned and textured cosmetic items in a variety of art styles.- Created FX and marketing art for cosmetic items.- Traveled to conventions to meet with fans.

Multiple Titles- Sculpted High Poly character models for Enemies, NPC and Player variations.- Sculpted, modeled and textured environment assets when needed.- Led Art Team's efforts for Borderlands 2 optimization.- Was the Art Lead for Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel until I left the studio.- Major contributor to outsourcing feedback for enemies, environments and character variations for BL2.- Created several marketing campaign screenshots for BL2.

- Coordinated a team of animators and artists to achieve difficult timelines.- Scheduled and planned tasks for artists under my direction.- Researched and taught new technologies to the team.- Led a small group of artists to remake outsourcing environments in a very narrow timeframe.- Concepted, modeled, textured and animated for a wide range of platforms. - Sole FX artist for many titles