Experience

• Art Director at Blizzard Entertainment

  Boston, United States of America

  July 2022 - Present

• Co Founder/Art Director at Proletariat Inc.

  Cambridge, United States of America

  November 2012 - June 2022

  • Co-Founder of Proletariat Inc. Collaborate with studio co-founders, product owners and directors on goals, strategy, marketing, hiring, employee career development, external communications, and investor relations
  
  • Manage a team of 6 internal artists, as well as external contract artists, and outsource vendors
  
  • Develop and create 2D and 3D assets, production art styles, and production techniques for all studio projects, including the App Store Editors’ Choice on iPhone and iPad, World Zombination.

• Art Director at Zynga

  Cambridge, United States of America

  August 2010 - October 2012

  • Responsible for art direction on all Zynga Boston studio projects
  
  • Collaborated with remote teams on marketing, promotion, and technical requirements for launching at scale, supporting 10+ M DAU
  
  • Managed a team of 11 in-house artists and animators, as well as external contractors and outsource vendors
  
  • Developed and created 2D and 3D assets, production art styles, and production techniques

• Lead Artist at Conduit Labs

  Cambridge, United States of America

  September 2007 - August 2010

  • Led the art direction of multiple social games, focused on balancing fresh approaches with accessibility
  
  • Collaborated with lead game designers on theme and gameplay with focus on UX
  
  • Managed a small team of in-house artists, contractors and outsource vendors
  
  • Developed and created 2D and 3D production assets

• Lead Character Artist at Insomniac Games

  Burbank, United States of America

  May 2004 - September 2007

  • Led team of 7 character artists responsible for concept art, production art, UI, Visual FX, and video work
  
  • Trained character art team to use Playstation 3 art pipeline, tools and technology
  
  • Modeled and textured characters and other 3D assets

• Senior Character Artist at Turbine

  Westwood, United States of America

  September 2000 - May 2004

  • Led studio research on per pixel material techniques and modular art solutions to facilitate development on Lord of the Rings Online.
  
  • Managed flow of information and critique between Turbine and several outsource studios
  
  • Modeled and textured characters, environments, and effects
  
  • Created concept illustrations for characters and environments