As Director of Core Art, I focus on the next level up, empowering the Core Art organization (including XDev) to expertly support the art needs for Champions Online.

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As Senior Art XDev Manager, I was essential to helping the project achieve our goals by providing collaborative, creative and strategic solutions focused on delivering artwork that consistently fit the game's aesthetic and technical needs while considering scope, budget, and timeline. Some of my contributions included:

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• Spearheaded, managed, and maintained an external art program to bolster the Champions Online (GaaS) development. Included role creation and team building, trust and relationship building, strategic partnerships, resource and packet building, mentoring, teamwork, project and task management, source control building, source control management, source control administration, budget management, contract management, negotiation, production, planning and scheduling, scoping, risk assessment, identifying and defining best practices, processes, and pipelines fitting the needs of the project.

• Organized and supported a network of project and studio/centralized artists to facilitate external art partners. Covered art production stages from concept through service provider asset completion at a shippable state. Disciplines include concept art, UI/iconography, and character art.

• Coordinated with interdisciplinary project leadership to establish aesthetic and technical standards. Developed processes and guidelines to uphold them.

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Cryptic Studio External Art Support:

• Design​

  • Julia Sprenz: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julia-sprenz-4156b6204/​

• XDev​

  • Alex Muller-Robb: https://syn0dic.artstation.com/

  • Amelia March: https://ameliamarch.artstation.com/

  • Ashleigh Stuart: https://www.artstation.com/astuart

  • Liz Waite: https://www.artstation.com/waitecreations

  • Mike Moore: https://mike_moore.artstation.com/

  • Olivia Sullivan: https://oliviasullivan.artstation.com/

  • Richard Larson: https://www.richardlarson.net/

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External Art Developers:

• Perfect World Chengdu