Experience

• Manager, Technical Art at Unity Technology

  Vancouver, Canada

  November 2022 - Present

  • Cultivate a team of skilled character creators able to deliver high-fidelity characters with Ziva’s software.
  
  • Keep my team abreast of upcoming features and ensure that the team’s field experience guides improvements in our products.
  
  • Develop processes, service frameworks, and enablement materials that structure customer relationships for success.
  
  • Grow and support a network of partner studios capable of performing high-end character and creature authoring with Ziva’s tools.

• Asset Lead - Remote at Dapper Labs

  Vancouver, Canada

  October 2021 - November 2022

  • Continued leadership of the asset development team for Dapper Collective, the division of Dapper Labs formerly known as Brud Inc.

• Asset Lead - Remote at Brud Inc. (Virtual Digital Influencers)

  Vancouver, Canada

  April 2020 - October 2021

  • Digital Human creation for Unreal Engine.
  
  • Garment creation, simulation, and management to the specifications of the Directors.
  
  • Manage a group of remote asset developers for continued support of a live service.
  
  • Shipped the Hard Feelings music video & client commercials.
  
  • Shipped countless social stories & five NFT's.

• Lead Artist at Brass Token Games

  Vancouver, Canada

  October 2019 - April 2020

  • Provide overall artistic leadership and review all art assets for quality and continuity with the Creative Director’s vision.
  
  • Light key assets through static and dynamic lighting.
  
  • Help and manage art outsourcers to provide feedback, determine opportunities for efficiencies and cost savings, and help integrate art assets into the engine.
  
  • Support the creation of marketing and pitch materials.
  
  • Digital Human creation from photogrammetry scans of actors for Unreal Engine.

• Freelance Character Art at TC Wilson Creative Ltd

  Canada

  March 2019 - Present

  • Digital tailoring & CFX
  
  • Grooming
  
  • LookDev
  
  • Unreal tech
  
  • Leadership

• Lead Artist at Hothead Games

  Vancouver, Canada

  March 2016 - March 2019

  • Manage a team of twelve internal artists & additional outsource artists to meet art direction and scheduling requirements.
  
  • Successfully brought high fidelity art to the mobile market. Featured in Apple's Gloriously Gorgeous Games category.
  
  • Organize lunch and learns for artists to share new techniques and demo tools.
  
  • Recorded and shared tutorial videos featuring new techniques and tools.
  
  • Hands on creation of marketing materials.

• Video Instructor at Think Tank Training Center

  Vancouver, Canada

  January 2018 - February 2018

  • Created six video classes.
  
  • Intro to ZBrush, sculpting a rock, and sculpting folds.
  
  • Intro to Marvelous Designer, creating complex patterns, integrating ZBrush into a MD workflow forward and backwards.

• Senior Character Artist at United Front Games

  Vancouver, Canada

  December 2014 - January 2016

  • Worked closely with the rendering engineer to fine-tune shaders and convert the studio to PBR.
  
  • Established the first female base meshes and skeletons on a new project.
  
  • Created a database of all the sculpts the company has ever created.
  
  • Character support and content creation for a live free to play game.

• Artist/Founder at Occamy Games

  Vancouver, Canada

  July 2009 - April 2012

  • Created, maintained, marketed, and ported Moto X Mayhem.
  
  • Winner of several contests and played by over 60 million people.
  
  • Hired and managed a team of four to release in-app purchases, updates, spin-offs, and ports.
  
  • Created content for additional games.

• Senior Character Artist at United Front Games

  Vancouver, Canada

  August 2008 - June 2010

  • Created Wei Shen, the player character, and managed production of unlockable wardrobe.
  
  • Provide direction, feedback, and scheduling to two character artists generating Wei's wardrobe.
  
  • Created male and female base sculpts and rigs.

• Artist/Founder at Startup Freelance Studio

  Vancouver, Canada

  February 2008 - March 2009

  • Hired and managed a small team to reach deadlines and realize client art direction.
  
  • Created contract art for various console games.

• Lead Character Artist at Big Sandwich Games

  Vancouver, Canada

  June 2007 - February 2008

  • Managed a small team to reach deadlines and realize art direction.
  
  • Remotely receive and act on feedback from Bioware directors.
  
  • Created characters for a Bioware sequel which was not released.

• Senior Technical Character Artist at Radical Entertainment

  Vancouver, Canada

  January 2004 - January 2007

  • Interfaced with Engineers and Animators to accomplish character gameplay goals.
  
  • Provide support and direction for the character team.
  
  • Create new rigs, systems, and characters to meet the demands of games like Prototype.

• Senior Character Artist at Rockstar Vancouver

  Vancouver, Canada

  January 2003 - January 2004

  • Created many stylized characters for the game, Bully.

• Lead Artist at Piranha Games

  Vancouver, Canada

  January 2000 - January 2003

  • Managed a team of twelve artists to reach deadlines and realize the art direction.
  
  • Created a wide variety of art for PC games.