Experience

• Game Art Instructor at Academy of Interactive Entertainment - Seattle

  Seattle, United States of America

  June 2018 - July 2019

  - Schedules and plans 3D art development training for the Game Art department
  
  - Leads classes with 3D modeling training and pushes students to create acceptable 3d geometry for environments, characters, and props for all game types
  
  - Leads classes with industry standard training on 3D texture map creation and material design
  
  - Instructs on UI, UX and VFX visualization for engines
  
  - Trains multidisciplinary teams with Agile and Scrum methodology
  
  - Facilitates Agile estimation and Scrum ceremonies
  
  - Trains art students for industry standard version control with a focus on Perforce
  
  - Trains artist competency in integrating and validating art for real-time game engines
  
  - Performs 1 on 1’s with students and teacher’s assistants
  
  - Collaborates with other discipline faculty to coordinate campus-wide projects and opportunities

• Art Director, Unity Technical Artist and Designer at WildCard Studios

  Bellevue

  June 2016 - Present

  My roles involve helping manage the Art Department, scheduling, tasking, and cross department communication. Recently, I've been also been performing UI prototyping, UX design & testing, and improving our preproduction workflow.

  On the note of efficiency, technical / tools design targeting consistency and speed on process is also on my list. While our studio is mostly into 2D and 2.5D games I have knowledge of 3D creation pipelines that help inform on how to get the best art for our games.

• Artist | Designer at Trivial Technology

  Issaquah, United States of America

  May 2014 - September 2015

  Was brought on board to help transition development pipeline from XCode (iOS) to Unity3D (with multi-platform capabilities). Assisted with Art, Design, Video and Marketing needs across the board.

• Instructor at Internation Academy of Design Technology

  Tukwila, United States of America

  October 2012 - November 2013

  Taught a variety of courses with a focus on project-oriented learning. I specifically taught on the subject of Unity3D, World Building and Level Design, UI and UX, as well as art fundamentals.

• 3D Character Artist Contractor at Lizard Brain Studios

  Seattle, United States of America

  August 2013 - September 2013

  Created a full 3D character for an unannounced XBLA Title with Diff, Spec (RGB) & Norm Maps - Art Directed by Vic Bonilla

• 3D Prop Artist Contractor at Boldman Creative Group

  Seattle, United States of America

  October 2012 - December 2012

  Created Assets for an XBLA Title (CastleMiner Z) - Art Directed by Vic Bonilla

• UI Artist | Environment Artist & Level Designer | Concept Artist | Video Editor at Flying Lab Software

  Seattle, United States of America

  October 2009 - May 2011

  Helped Generate UI Assets, Concept for Props & Environments, Level Design + Implementation, and spent 8 Months assisting/leading on 2 Pitch Videos for Hogwarts Adventures.