Award-winning art director working with internal and external development teams with 14+ years of experience in creative direction, specializing in character concept art and diverse team management.

Summary

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.
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 external partners on development of new and continuing cosmetic collections with Teams in Italy and China.
Directed the UI/UX and VFX teams on collaborative practises to increase efficiency on tasks by over 100%.

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.

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.

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.

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