PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Award-winning art director with 14+ years of experience in creative direction, specializing in character concept art and diverse team management. Hardworking leader skilled at developing high-performing teams, generating significant revenue increases, and developing unique visual identities for top gaming and entertainment companies. Proven ability to mentor artists and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality assets and innovative projects.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

Art Direction | Talent Development | Team and Outsource Management | Project Management | KPI Analysis | Storyboarding | Mentorship | Diversity and Advocacy | Public Speaking | Concept Art | Visual Development |

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Adobe Software Suite | Office Software Suite | Jira | Miro | Confluence |

RECENT EXPERIENCE (full list on LinkedIn)

Associate Art Director, Behaviour Interactive | Toronto, ON May 2022- Present

  • Organized Director with strong creative vision and team management for Dead by Daylight

  • Generated over $15 million in first-week revenue from cosmetic sales and broke revenue records by 17.38% with the "Mythic" collection with strong art direction and clarity of vision.

  • Transformed a team of junior artists into world-class senior artists within two years, leading the art direction for fifteen new cosmetic collections and creating over four hundred unique cosmetics.

  • Worked with NBC Universal on the best-selling cosmetic, "Tiffany the Good Gal" from Chucky by communicating clear needs and goals from both sides.

  • Improved animation quality by setting new standard practices, reducing revisions by 50% for over fifteen cinematics.

Lead Artist, Clipwire Games | Toronto, ON April 2021- May 2022

  • Mentor and Lead with art director responsibilities.

  • Developed over one hundred benchmark assets for Bingo Story, pushing the level of polish for Bingo Story and Solitaire Pets Story.

  • Collaborated with the CEO and Prog Lead on Solitaire Pets Story, a new IP to critical success.

  • Created and managed a living art direction document, for both internal and external teams, maintaining consistency across teams.

  • Mentored three junior artists to senior level over the course of a year.

Senior Background Artist, Guru Studio | Toronto, ON February 2020- April 2021

  • Mentor and production artist to young artists

  • Created over forty benchmark assets to guide junior artists as an example to follow.

  • Collaborated with the art director on colour keys, maintaining consistency across episodes.

  • Designed new props and environments alongside the art director

  • Developed a sleeker 2D pipeline, using custom plugins to reuse layout assets.

Senior Production Artist, Sinking Ship Entertainment, Toronto, ON February 2017- April 2019

  • Workhorse that generated high quality assets on tight timelines

  • Produced over fifty benchmark assets and fifteen key environment assets in Photoshop, setting new standards.

  • Spearheaded art direction initiatives and led a team of four artists.

  • Designed and managed the 2D Art Asset Pipeline from creation to integration in Unity.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Applied Arts: Animation – Honors 4.0 GPA | Sheridan College, Oakville, ON

CERTIFICATIONS / AWARDS

  • McNeill Tuition Award, Sheridan College

  • Canadian Screen Awards: Best Interactive Production

  • Front Page Feature for “REVOLT” on Vimeo

  • Canadian Screen Awards: Best Immersive Experience, Non-Fiction

  • Canadian Screen Awards: Best Cross-platform Project

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

  • Women in Games Ambassador • DMG+ Board Member 2022-2024

  • Game Heads Mentor • Limit Break Mentor • Artist Mentoring via LinkedIn

LANGUAGES (on ILR scale)

  • English – 5

  • French – 4

  • Japanese — 3

  • Mandarin Chinese – 2

  • Italian – 2

  • Tagalog – 1