Experience

• Lead Environment Artist at Cloud Imperium Games

  Manchester, United Kingdom

  July 2020 - Present

• Lead Artist at Fabrik Games

  Manchester, United Kingdom

  February 2020 - June 2021

  ● Lead and supported an art team of six, which included character, environment, prop,
  
  VFX, lighting and technical artists
  
  ● Creation of AAA production artwork through all stages of asset and level production
  
  ● Established new projects, file organisation, naming conventions, and workflows
  
  ● Established lighting art direction on current project (NDA)
  
  ● Established art direction on new IPs
  
  ● Provided art direction to the team where necessary
  
  ● Pushed project quality through regular reviews and annotated feedback
  
  ● Created and maintained project documentation
  
  ● Worked within a fast paced environment
  
  ● Worked collaboratively with other disciplines to problem solve and deliver assets
  
  ● Liaised with and managed external partners (all areas of art)
  
  ● Sprint planned, asset scheduled and monitored team scope/capacity
  
  ● Allocated workload/priorities effectively throughout the art team
  
  ● Assisted team members with personal development and career pathways
  
  ● Held regular 121’s with each team member
  
  ● Mentored colleagues on an individual basis
  
  ● Conducted end of probations - experience of passing, extending and discontinuing
  
  employment
  
  ● Gained experience in conflict management and resolution
  
  ● Worked with HR to create job descriptions and art tests
  
  ● Conducted interviews and assessed art tests, giving feedback to each candidate
  
  ● Liaised with University of Bolton, reviewing students work and portfolios to assist
  
  them in becoming more employable when they graduate
  

• Lead/Principal Artist at Evidential

  Manchester, United Kingdom

  June 2018 - January 2020

  ● Lead and managed a small art team in the creation of a Virtual Reality training
  
  platform
  
  ● Provided art direction and set the visual benchmark for the team
  
  ● Delivered and responsible for all aspects of environment artwork including modelling,
  
  texturing, shading, set dressing and lighting
  
  ● Created art pipeline and workflows
  
  ● Created and maintained project documentation
  
  ● Worked collaboratively with other disciplines
  
  ● Produced estimates to meet scheduling needs and planning requirements
  
  ● Assisted with artist training and their personal career development

• Environment Artist at TT Fusion

  Manchester, United Kingdom

  September 2014 - May 2018

  ● Over three years experience working on AAA video game software titles
  
  ● Contributed to the production of 5 AAA released games
  
  ● Responsible for the production of all art assets across multiple story levels and hub
  
  areas per game
  
  ● Implemented PBR shading and texturing
  
  ● Experience with real-time and baked lighting
  
  ● Experience with console optimisation techniques including LODs, collision
  
  generation, and bug fixing
  
  ● Delivered games on a variety of consoles

• Head of Assets at Red Star 3D

  Sheffield, United Kingdom

  November 2010 - August 2014

  ● Over three years experience managing, directing and supervising a team of artists
  
  while remaining hands on in the creation of 3D art
  
  ● Responsible for the creation of a range of environment, prop and vehicle assets
  
  across a variety of projects
  
  ● Developed excellent skills in 3D modelling, shading, texturing and set dressing
  
  ● Gained ability to adapt to new art styles and maintain visual consistency throughout
  
  production
  
  ● Proven record of learning new software and pipelines quickly
  
  ● Worked within a fast paced environment
  
  ● Worked collaboratively with other disciplines to problem solve and deliver assets
  
  ● Acquired experience in stereoscopic 3D across a variety of short films and ride
  
  simulations

• Digital Artist at Red Star 3D

  Sheffield, United Kingdom

  January 2010 - November 2010

  Designing, modelling and texturing of environment and prop assets for use in 4D short film productions