Katie Azbill
Summary
Artistic Director with 15 years of experience leading teams of craftspeople in game development. Collaborative leader with dedication to partnering with coworkers to promote engaged, empowering work culture.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
ART OUTSOURCE MANAGER
PIXEL UNITED
01.2017 - Current
- Delivered over 30 casino Slots art packages for applications: Big Fish Casino, Cashman, Lightning Link and Heart of Vegas
- Art Director for 'Ra's Awakening' proven so monetarily successful as a mobile game that it has been ported to land machines now playable in Las Vegas casino floors
- Engaged and established the art outsource process by providing feedback, processes and art direction including an 'Art of Slots' style guide for various global vendors
- Innovative thinker and creator of rapid animated visual prototypes utilizing Blender and/or Photoshop to validate new or unique game concepts which has led to 2 successful patents
- Training and mentorship of internal and external art teams
- All tasks managed in a combination of JIRA, Trello and/or Miro.
SENIOR ARTIST
TANGO
01.2014 - 01.2017
- Developed the art pipelines for successfully launched mobile games: Road Riot and Tower Conquest
- The position involved 2D art creation of Environments, Characters, UI, and Spine Animations
- Documented all art processes.
PRODUCER
DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS
01.2013 - 01.2014
- Successfully launched the mobile project Star Wars: Assault Team
- Localization management
- Proactive facilitation of feedback from Lucasfilm to the creative team to uphold the Star Wars brand.
PROJECT MANAGER
WHITE LION
01.2012 - 01.2013
- Management of website development for local and global clients.
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
VIGIL GAMES
01.2011 - 01.2012
- Producer for VFX, SFX and UI teams on Darksiders II.
QA TEAM COORDINATOR
TRION WORLDS
01.2010 - 01.2011
- Coordination of gameplay and hardware compatibility for mmorpg Rift.
ARTIST
SENSORY SWEEP STUDIOS
01.2007 - 01.2009
- 3D asset creation for launched projects: Jackass DS and TNA Wrestling.
Skills
- Photoshop
- Blender
- Spine
- Unity
- JIRA
- Excel
- Trello
- Miro
- Perforce
- OneDrive
- Schedule Management
- Project Tracking
- Document Management
- Process Improvement
Websites
Timeline
ART OUTSOURCE MANAGER
PIXEL UNITED
01.2017 - Current
SENIOR ARTIST
TANGO
01.2014 - 01.2017
PRODUCER
DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS
01.2013 - 01.2014
PROJECT MANAGER
WHITE LION
01.2012 - 01.2013
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
VIGIL GAMES
01.2011 - 01.2012
QA TEAM COORDINATOR
TRION WORLDS
01.2010 - 01.2011
ARTIST
SENSORY SWEEP STUDIOS
01.2007 - 01.2009
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