Experience

• Senior Environment Artist at BioWare

  Canada

  August 2021 - Present

  - Lead worldbuilder for multiple maps on Dragon Age: Dreadwolf
  
  - Collaborate with Creative, Art, and Cinematic Directors to ensure artistic vision is met
  
  - Mediate with designers and mission leads to build engaging gameplay spaces for clear level navigation, mission flow, combat, and puzzles
  
  - Work alongside mission and story writers to maintain and elevate macro and micro narratives in the environmental storytelling
  
  - Develop visuals for key locations and environments cooperatively with concept artists with a focus on strong composition and mood
  
  - Conduct and moderate bi-weekly art review meetings
  

• Instructor at Toronto Film School

  Toronto, Canada

  February 2021 - June 2023

  - Teach Unreal 4 and modeling in 3Ds Max to a diverse population of students of different ages, experience levels, and backgrounds
  
  - Mentor students by providing detailed critiques and actionable feedback on their work
  
  - Foster student understanding and application of industry best practices and workflows
  
  - Facilitate online learning by developing curriculum, video tutorials, class outlines, assignments, rubrics, and documentation to for Unreal 4 and 3Ds Max.
  

• Layout Artist at Digital Extremes

  London , Canada

  June 2017 - August 2021

  - Created both open-world and procedurally generated linear play spaces for fast-paced coop PVE gameplay
  
  - Participated in core strike teams to generate and present pitches for new updates
  
  - Developed team schedules and timelines under the direction of project leads
  
  - Created prototypes alongside designers for experimental gameplay ideas and new concept testing
  
  - Constructed visual benchmarks in engine for project art quality targets
  
  - Responsible for first pass lighting, effects, and skybox
  
  - Completed level performance and optimization passes
  

• Level Artist at Ubisoft

  Toronto, Canada

  April 2015 - June 2017

  - Collaborated with level designers on combat and stealth focused locations and missions in large open-world maps
  
  - Modeled and textured large and complex locations with a strong focus on kit creation, modularity, and reusability
  
  - Created natural landscapes and exterior spaces with terrain sculpting, material painting, foliage systems, procedural tools, and hand-placed assets
  
  - Generated JIRA tasks for props and structures with detailed instructions for outsourcing partners
  
  - Directed model and texture artists in completion of art assets and modular building kits for my maps
  

• Model and Texture Artist at Ubisoft

  Toronto, Canada

  February 2012 - April 2015

  - Designed and created modular block outs of large locations using 3Ds Max
  
  -Created building kits for project-wide use
  
  - Responsible for low and high poly modeling and sculpting for props and structural assets
  
  - Developed unique and tiled PBR materials and textures for props, set pieces, and structures
  
  - Completed level art work, prop placement, and set dressing
  
  - Gathered research and reference for assigned levels and locations
  
  - Technical troubleshooting on console dev kits to ensure stability and optimization for all platforms