Experience

• Senior UI/UX Artist at The Pokémon Company International

  Seattle, United States of America

  April 2020 - Present

  UI Mockups, Asset Creation & Implementation

• UI Artist / Illustrator at Valkyrie Entertainment

  Seattle, WA, United States of America

  March 2016 - April 2020

  - illustrations for new cards / items
  
  - ux design & mockup for new features
  
  - supporting ui artwork
  
  - design promotional material

• UI Artist at Big Red Button Entertainment

  San, United States of America

  January 2016 - March 2016

  - User Interface artwork & concept

• User Interface / Concept Artist at Hardsuit Labs

  Seattle, WA, United States of America

  January 2015 - January 2016

  - Environment & character concept artwork
  
  - Illustration, branding & graphic design for inter-office and public promotions
  
  - User experience & user interface artwork for console ( Xbox 360, PS3, PS4, Xbox One) and PC games.
  
  - Created UI wireframes, conceptual mock ups, animated demos of functionality, final assets and final animation. Handled basic implementation using Flash with Scaleform if called for.
  
  - Collaborated with engineers in implementing UI, providing updated assets and fixes to art as needed
  
  - Optimized user interface assets for gaming console and pc platforms.

  - NDA project: Conceptualized user experience and interface on several aspects of game in development, contributed concept artwork

  - Blacklight Retribution: contributed assets to continuing development, helped conceptualize possibl new visual ui style, icons, promotional material, emblems, camo textures

  - Console Ports: Reorganizing existing asset usage and libraries, creating new assets in style of game being ported, modify existing assets for higher definition usage.
  

• User Interface Artist at Zombie Studios

  Seattle, WA, United States of America

  July 2012 - January 2015

  - User experience & user interface artwork for PC games and touch devices.
  
  - Created ui wireframes, mock ups, animated demos, final assets and animations.
  
  - Collaboration on a team and working with engineer in correctly implementing UI.
  
  - 3D texturing for small assets

  - Government projects: UI Artist/ UI Animator - Provided UI wireframes and concepts for UI menu flow as well as creating additional scenes within an already established UI style. Assisted in texturing some smaller assets; maps, photos, etc. Created a small introduction movie for part of one of the projects. Assisted in ensuring assets would implement correctly in engine.

  - America's Army Proving Grounds: UI Animator: Created UI animation concepts.

  - S.T.E.M: UI Lead / UI Animator: As the lead UI / graphic artist on this project I concepted/designed/iterated and art directed the UI as well as HUD elements seen in game. I worked with our game designers to ensure UI was easy to use and understandable. I provided sprite sheets and assets for implementation and worked with our engineers to correctly display these assets. I worked with our FX artist in displaying some of the HUD call outs seen in the game world. I also created the iconography seen throughout the game.

  - Console ports: UI Artist / UI Animator: Assisted UI lead and engineers with implementing new assets, modifying existing assets, designing new scenes where needed as well as animating. I also provide feedback and insight in discussions of user experience.

• Concept Artist / Illustrator at Theogenic

  Seattle, WA, United States of America

  January 2010 - July 2010

  Concept work: characters, story paintings, general feel for the different types or civilizations available to play.