Experience

• Art Director at A Thinking Ape Entertainment Ltd.

  London

  July 2023 - Present

  • Responsible for the creative direction and content strategy across all games within the LiveOps department at ATA
  
  • Responsible for ensuring creative stakeholders have the information they need to manage risks and create content that consistently delights our players
  
  • Manages and mentors a team of in-house artists and narrative designers, helping them reach their career goals and grow their leadership, creative, and project management skills
  
  • Ensures all internal processes, documentation, and tools are optimized to allow staff to get their work done as efficiently and easily as possible

• Art Lead at A Thinking Ape Entertainment Ltd.

  London, CA

  November 2021 - July 2023

  • Responsible for the art direction and management for Party in My Dorm and Kingdoms at War, two long-running and popular mobile games
  
  • Responsible for growing game metrics and player satisfaction through features and visual improvements alongside the Design and Engineering Leads
  
  • Managed and mentored a team of in-house artists, helping them reach their career goals and grow their leadership, creative, and project management skills
  
  • Ensured a smooth asset pipeline through continuous improvements to internal processes, documentation, and training

• Lead Artist at Big Viking Games

  London

  January 2020 - November 2021

  • Managed the day-to-day art pipeline for Fish World, a top grossing Facebook game, across a remote team of artists
  
  • Responsible for the quality and consistency of all art assets across the team
  
  • Complete asset workflow including concepting, animating, and testing assets
  
  • Worked closely with other product stakeholders in asset planning, sprint scoping, and implementing new processes in an agile environment
  
  • Responsible for managing the art team, including delivering performance reviews, mentoring, and career development
  
  • Conducted interviews, reviewed art tests, and trained new artists
  
  • Supervised outsourced asset pipeline, working with vendor company to ensure assets are coming in within spec and budget
  
  • Winner of the Big Viking Game Jam in the "Best Visuals" category in 2020
  
  • Winner of the Big Viking Games Culture Champion Award in 2020
  

• Senior Artist at Big Viking Games

  London, Canada

  September 2017 - January 2020

  • Assisted production team in managing the day-to-day art pipeline for Fish World, a top grossing Facebook game, across a multi-studio team of artists
  
  • Managed the quality and consistency of all art assets across the team
  
  • Completed asset workflow including concepting, animating, and testing assets
  
  • Worked closely with other product stakeholders in asset planning, sprint scoping, and implementing new processes in an agile environment
  
  • Assisted HR in conducting interviews, reviewing art tests, and training new artists
  
  • Worked closely with vendor studios, including creating vendor task packages and reviewing outsourced assets
  
  • Winner of the Big Viking Game Jam in the "Best Visuals" category in 2018 and 2019

• Intermediate Artist at Big Viking Games

  London, Canada

  October 2014 - September 2017

  • Created art assets for Fish World, a top grossing Facebook game
  
  • A leader in the critiquing process, raising the quality bar across the team
  
  • Completed asset workflow including concepting, animating, and testing assets
  
  • Assisted production team with deep product knowledge and expertise when brainstorming ideas for new assets and features

• Associate Artist at Big Viking Games

  London, Canada

  January 2013 - October 2014

  • Created art assets for Fish World, a top grossing Facebook game
  
  • Assisted art team in critiquing process, raising the quality bar across the team
  
  • Assisted production team in brainstorming ideas for new assets and features

• Freelance Illustrator at Art by Angela

  London

  January 2018 - Present

  TABLETOP GAME CREDITS

  Spot Artist - Teldramir (2024)
  
  Full Page Artist - Unbound Zine Issue 2 (2023)
  
  Cover and Spot Artist - Beneath The Waves D&D Anthology (2022)
  
  Full Page and Spot Artist - Uncaged Goddesses D&D Anthology (2021)
  
  Cover Artist - Zafir: Tactical Roleplaying Game - Zafir Games (2019-2020)
  
  Cover Artist - Ballad of the Pistolero - Foxwood Games (2019)
  
  Cover Artist - Pitchfest: Videogame Edition - Berdandy Studios (2018)

  BOOK CREDITS

  Cover Artist (variant) - Miskatonic High Comic Issue #13 (Summer 2021)
  
  Creator - The Moonstone DIadem (2020) - self-published graphic novel
  
  Editorial Illustration - Infinite Worlds Science Fiction Magazine Issue 6 (Dec 2020)