Resume

EXPERIENCE
DESIGN MANAGER - APPLOVIN
DEC 2017 - APRIL 2019

DESIGN LEAD - APPLOVIN
MAR 2017 - DEC 2017

SENIOR DESIGNER - APPLOVIN
MAR 2016 - MAR 2017

DESIGNER - APPLOVIN
APRIL 2015 - MAR 2016

Earned three promotions in three years by exceeding expectations.
As a manager, led a team of four to six designers in developing top performing creatives.
Created and innovated in the mobile/social ad space through data analysis and A/B testing.

Created graphic and video marketing content for company events.
Designed AppLovin’s first playable ad and subsequently their overall playable design pipeline (spec process and documentation).
Created advertisements (gif / video) for dozens of top mobile brands.

2D GAME ARTIST / ANIMATOR - FREELANCE
OCT 2009 - APRIL 2015

Created art, animation, and design for Black Lantern Studios and Wayforward on a contractual basis.
Contributed to over a dozen game titles for publishers like Sega, Nickelodeon, and Activision.

CO-LEAD ARTIST - BLACK LANTERN STUDIOS
JAN 2009 - OCT 2009

Created art, animation, and design for half a dozen released games.
Partnered with game publishers Disney, Nickelodeon, and PopCap.

EDUCATION

MASTER OF FINE ARTS - ACADEMY OF ART UNIVERSITY
JAN 2011 - DEC 2014
EMPHASIS / GAME DESIGN + FOCUS IN ANIMATION AND ILLUSTRATION

BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS - MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY
SEP 2003 - MAY 2009
DUAL EMPHASIS / ANIMATION + PRINTMAKING