Mark Brady

Experience

• 

  ICx Nomadics

  Dec 2004 - Aug 2005

  Graphic Designer

  I began as an intern and the only member of the graphics team other than the creative director. My responsibilities included photography, brochure design, business card design, and display artwork. I was also on the early design team for the ICx brand in its infancy.

• 

  Jack Hilliard Distributing

  Aug 2005 - Dec 2006

  Graphic Designer

  I was responsible for producing and organizing Point Of Sale artwork for use in local distribution and advertising.

• 

  The Guildhall at SMU

  Jan 2007 - Sept 2008

  Production Artist

  • Conceptualized three characters and 21 environmental assets• Conceptualized isometric and whitebox views of two levels• Created and imported geometry and texture for two environmental assets• Created and maintained Art Style Guide• Created and maintained Art Asset List• Directed art production of entire team and maintained quality control• Worked closely with the programmers when developing the post-process shader

• 

  Retro Studios

  Oct 2008 - Oct 2010

  Environment Artist

  • Fully conceptualized and constructed over 11 game levels• Constructed numerous animated gameplay objects• Worked in proprietary world building software daily to light and populate levels• Coordinated changes in level collision and audio tagging of the player path• Contributed to the concept and construction of 2 template levels that determined the final visual style of those game worlds

• 

  KingsIsle Entertainment

  Oct 2010 - May 2011

  Contract Artist

  • Created both Environments and Characters in 3ds Max• Fully conceptualized, modeled and textured NPC characters• Using a graph paper map and concept art; modeled, textured and lit interiors using Vertex Color lighting• Part of a 120 member team creating online games.

• 

  Spacetime Studios

  Apr 2011 - Sept 2014

  Senior Artist

  - Created both Environments and Characters using 3ds Max- Fully conceptualized, modeled, textured, rigged and exported characters- Modeled, textured and lit indoor and outdoor environments using Vertex Lighting- Part of a 5 to 10 member art team

• 

  SpaceTime

  Sept 2014 - Apr 2016

  As Art Director at Spacetime, I was accountable for managing art needs for our live franchises as well as overseeing the art development of new intellectual properties using both internal and outsourced resources. My art team and I work closely with all stakeholders including leads, design, project management and tech to deliver art with an appropriate aesthetic sensibility and with quality levels that delight our players; all on time and within budget. As Art Lead, I supported live franchises (7) and was accountable for delivering art needs with both internal and outsourced resources. I work closely with all stakeholders including franchise leads, design, project management and tech to deliver art with an appropriate aesthetic sensibility and with quality levels that delight our players, all on time and within budget. I also contribute to projects in development whenever possible.

  • Art Director

    Nov 2015 - Apr 2016

  • Art Lead, Live Games

    Sept 2014 - Nov 2015
• 

  Freelance

  May 2016 - Aug 2016

  Contract Artist

  Freelance graphic design and environment art for Threattec. Created, textured, and propped terrains in Unity. Created and edited video in After Effects. Created motion graphics in Illustrator and After Effects. Propped Environments and created original 3D artwork using Zbrush, 3DS Max and Quixel Suite 2.

• 

  Boss Fight Entertainment

  Aug 2016 - Oct 2020

  As Art Director at Bossfight Entertainment, I work closely with other department leads to oversee the production of, as well as create, artwork for a new intellectual property. In doing so I have to be multifaceted, often overseeing art creation, art feedback, Jira and Confluence organization, as well as pipelines and schedules for both our in house and outsourcing teams. These tasks include organizing standups, creating production schedules, creating asset writeups with technical specifications, collecting reference, creating various templates, compiling animation information, designing art creation strategies, and contributing to the modeling and texturing efforts. My primary goal is to create an efficient art team where everyone can grow to their full potential while creating exciting and engaging entertainment. Show less

  • Art Director

    Sept 2018 - Oct 2020

  • Art Director

    Aug 2016 - Sept 2018
• 

  AI.Reverie

  Oct 2020 - Aug 2021

  Content Manager

  Everything I’m currently doing at Meta, as well as managing contingent workers, who were a tremendous help.

• 

  Meta

  Aug 2021 - Jan 2024

  3D Content Manager

  As a 3D Content Manager, I collaborate across teams in Meta’s Reality Labs providing art direction, outsourcing management, content acquisition, content validation, and vendor evaluations for 3d content used in synthetic data… and I don’t even have to leave my house.

• 

  Santa Monica Studio

  Jan 2024 - now

  Art Manager