Experience

• Art Director at Mojang Studios

  Redmond, US

  August 2019 - Present

  • Provide director level leadership across multiple creative organizations within Minecraft Central Creative, supporting one of the world’s most recognizable game franchises.
  
  • Lead multiple multidisciplinary creative teams within Minecraft Central Creative, spanning Brand Assurance, Marketing Creative, Social Media Art, Education, and Video Production.
  
  • Set creative vision, standards, and long term strategy for teams spanning Brand Assurance, Marketing Creative, Social Media Art, and Video Production.
  
  • Provide art direction, people management, mentorship, staffing, and performance development for senior creatives and emerging leaders.
  
  • Drive scalable creative pipelines and production methodologies supporting global marketing, live operations, and franchise initiatives.
  
  • Serve as senior creative partner to global licensees and retailers (including Target, LEGO, Mattel), guiding consumer product development, retail displays, and promotional campaigns.
  
  • Partner closely with studio leadership, publishing, marketing, product, and production to align creative output with business goals, franchise strategy, and audience growth.
  
  • Build and evolve team structures, roles, and pipelines to support sustainable live operations and global marketing demands.
  
  • Lead senior creatives and people managers through mentorship, coaching, performance management, and leadership development.
  
  • Co author and steward brand guidelines to ensure visual consistency, IP protection, and creative excellence across games, marketing, and licensed products.
  
  • Served as Art Director for Minecraft Earth, overseeing visual development and strategy, remote studio collaboration, content pipelines, and launch aligned marketing initiatives.
  

• Art Director at Cryptic Studios

  Los Gatos, US

  January 2015 - August 2019

  • Owned and directed art vision and execution for Dungeons & Dragons: Neverwinter, leading in‑house, remote, and outsourced teams across concept, character, environment, VFX, animation, and UI/UX.
  
  • Managed teams of 15+ in‑house artists and 20+ external artists, scaling resources to meet live service demands.
  
  • Owned art scheduling, scope planning, and production strategy for major content releases.
  
  • Led marketing art direction and collaborated on data‑driven campaigns, contributing to increased engagement and revenue during key promotions.
  
  • Shipped 10 major live content releases, balancing quality, performance, and production velocity.
  
  • Partnered directly with Wizards of the Coast executives and art leadership to uphold D&D IP authenticity and brand alignment.
  
  • Helped define studio wide initiatives for career paths, growth frameworks, and leadership development.
  

• Staff Visual Effects Artist | Lead / Senior / Staff Environment Artist | Art Outsourcing Manager at Cryptic Studios

  Los Gatos, US

  February 2005 - January 2015

  • Advanced through progressively senior roles encompassing hands on craft, people leadership, outsourcing management, and feature ownership.
  
  • Led small to mid sized teams, mentored artists, and established quality and technical standards across multiple shipped titles.
  
  • Designed and implemented large scale environments, modular asset kits, lighting, VFX, and gameplay supporting art systems.
  
  • Co designed player-facing user generated content tools and editors with engineering, serving as feature designer and UI/UX creative.
  
  • Directed remote teams of 25+ artists, managing vendor relationships, schedules, quality control, and budgets.
  
  • Mentored team members on performance conscious environment design, VFX workflows and visual readability.
  
  • Co‑designed gameplay tools and editors with engineering, including user‑generated content systems for Star Trek Online and Neverwinter.