Experience

• Art Lead at Battle Barge

  Bellevue, WA, US

  March 2020 - October 2024

  -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.
  

• Art Director at Monster Squad

  Seattle, WA

  September 2018 - March 2020

  Created project Art Style and shared vision with the team using key Environment, Character and Technical Art assets.
  
  Responsible for all staffing, 1:1s and conflict resolution within the Art Team.
  
  Managed all studio outsourcing and art documentation.
  

• Lead Character Artist at Activision

  Carlsbad

  March 2017 - June 2018

  -Sculpted, modeled and textured main characters and enemies.
  
  -Managed a small character outsourcing team and provided visual and written feedback.
  
  -Posed characters in Zbrush for presentation to publisher executives.
  
  -Mentored fellow employees who are not used to Unreal in best practices in Unreal and Blueprint.
  

• Environment Artist at ArenaNet

  Bellevue, WA

  September 2016 - March 2017

  -Prototyped new Painterly 3D Art Style through creation of example assets and in-game vignettes.

• Owner at DrySocket Software

  Seattle

  January 2012 - July 2016

  -Designed and created cosmetic items for DOTA and CS:GO, focused on supporting eSports and streaming personalities.

• Senior Character Artist at Gearbox Software

  Plano, TX

  September 2009 - October 2013

  -Sculpted, modeled, textured Enemy, NPC, Player, and Environment assets as needed across multiple projects.
  
  -Key contributor to Environment Art Optimization for Borderlands 2.
  
  -Outsourcing feedback for Enemies, Environments and Character Art.
  
  -Style ambassador sent off-site to demonstrate and explain the Borderlands Art Style to partnering studios.
  

• Artist at Barking Lizards Technologies

  Dallas, TX

  April 2004 - July 2009

  -Researched and taught new technologies to the team.
  
  -Concepted, modeled, textured, animated and built VFX for a wide range of projects and platforms.