3DS Max
Brian Traficante
Creative Director
Mahomet,IL
Summary
Skilled Creative Director adept at overseeing writers, designers and artists to accomplish challenging objectives. Expert in mentoring and coaching teams to encourage development of project style and techniques. Instituted innovative development strategies that reduced costs and increased quality for a range of projects. Excellent communicator, problem solver and detail-oriented manager proficient in development strategies.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Creative Director - Saints Row
Volition
Champaign, IL
11.2016 - Current
- Inspire and drive project vision for creative teams.
- Oversaw guided and coached team of 7 project directors.
- Coordinate and collaborate with publishing, studio, and project directors for all creative features and content.
- Evaluated and contributed to creative team ideas and translated into actionable project plans.
Lead World Artist - Agents of Mayhem
Volition
Champaign, IL
12.2013 - 11.2016
- Developed new pipelines for efficient environment construction that improved studio content pipelines and reduced construction overhead by 50%.
- Created and managed visual standards and benchmarks for teams.
- Contributed to creative process through original ideas and inspiration.
Art Director - Farcry4
Ubisoft
Montreal
02.2013 - 12.2013
- Implemented artistic vision to give art purpose and meaning.
- Created new visual development guidelines, materials and managed concept explorations utilized for content development.
- Managed content creation as well as coordination and resource planning with Project Managers.
Art Director - Xilbalba
THQ Montreal
Montreal, Canada
06.2012 - 02.2013
- Established pillars and guides for visual development.
- Managed visual content for characters, environments, animation and lighting group of 20 team members.
- Responsible for communicating and planning with project Creative Director, Design Director and Production leadership.
- Exercised and demonstrated use and mastery of elements of design to meet goals
Director/Lead/Senior Artist - Multiple Projects
Volition
Champaign, IL
10.2007 - 06.2012
- Developed visual direction, aided in development of quality benchmarks and outsource pipelines.
- Established and maintained productive, professional working relationships to promote beneficial project results.
- Managed cohesion across 3 sub-disciplines for Environment Art and supervised development of level and asset pipelines.
- Established new modular terrain system for subterranean level creation.
- Implemented high poly work-flows for organic environment assets.
Lead Environment Artist - Camelot/Warhammer Online
Mythic Entertainment
Fairfax, VA
12.2004 - 10.2007
- Oversaw content creation for environments and worked close with Art Directors to maintain visuals goals for multiple projects.
- Coached team members in techniques necessary to complete job tasks.
- Managed teams of 15 artists on multiple titles.
- Established open and professional relationships with team members to achieve quick resolutions for various issues.
Education
Some College (No Degree) - Digital Arts
Mercer College
Mercer, NJ 05.2001 -
Skills
3D Studio Max, Zbrush
undefinedAccomplishments
- Brian is a linchpin of the Project and the studio as a whole
- He leads the Artists and is consistently the guy who is driving iteration and quality.”“It cannot be understated the impact Brian has had on the development of this project
- Brian is quite simply one of the best game developers (not just artist, but GAME DEVELOPER) that I've worked with.”“Many devs, in my experience, look-up to Brian as a veteran of game development
- His leadership of teams is a primary reason progress has been made on the project.”“Brian is one of the few developers I've met who possesses an eye for quality at both the macro and micro level
- He is relentlessly supportive of the rest of the team.”
Software
ZBrush
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Premiere
Substance Designer
Interests
3D Printing
Tabletop Gaming
Digital Art
Cycling
Timeline
Creative Director - Saints Row
Volition
11.2016 - Current
Lead World Artist - Agents of Mayhem
Volition
12.2013 - 11.2016
Art Director - Farcry4
Ubisoft
02.2013 - 12.2013
Art Director - Xilbalba
THQ Montreal
06.2012 - 02.2013
Director/Lead/Senior Artist - Multiple Projects
Volition
10.2007 - 06.2012
Lead Environment Artist - Camelot/Warhammer Online
Mythic Entertainment
12.2004 - 10.2007
Some College (No Degree) - Digital Arts
Mercer College
05.2001 -
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