Experience

• Principal Concept Artist at Bit Reactor, LLC

  Hunt Valley

  January 2022 - Present

  At work creating Star Wars Zero Company with industry veterans, the next AAA game set in a galaxy far, far away.
  
  - Built the concept department from scratch, initially establishing pipelines for pre-production and art directing outsourcers and contractors as Lead Concept Artist.
  
  - Then as Principal concept artist I continued to demonstrate leadership through work and communication standards, making sure the company’s vision was well represented with Lucasfilm Games and external partners.
  
  - Became the main in-house marketing artist, designing the game’s box art, magazine covers, and collector’s edition art, among other special marketing materials.
  

• Senior Concept Artist at Firaxis Games

  Hunt Valley

  June 2007 - December 2020

  Visual Development on Marvel’s Midnight Suns: established mood, designed environments,created ability sheets, ideated characters, made props and provided tech designs.

  Worked directly with Art Director to create and define XCOM’s aesthetic vision from conception, including:
  
  ---Focusing on creating color keys and environments to establish and guide narrative.
  
  --- Creating main character and creature concepts.
  
  --- Problem-solving system-based assets (cover and interactive items, kit swaps, deco passes)
  
  --- Providing cinematic support through storyboards.

  Assisted marketing efforts to generate promotional art.

  Supervised other artists.

  Shipped Titles:
  
  XCOM: Enemy Unknown (PC, Xbox 360, PS3)
  
  Sid Meier’s Civilization V (PC)
  
  XCOM: Enemy Within (PC, Xbox 360, PS3)
  
  XCOM 2 (PC)

• Concept Artist at Big Huge Games

  Timonium, United States of America

  June 2007 - September 2007

  Did marketing illustrations, color keys and environments. Worked on two unreleased titles and collaborated with the teams' directors to create initial artistic vision.