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Vanz KIM

Vanz KIM

Art Director

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    I am Helping people who want to produce Valuable Experiences through Emerging Technologies.

  • Education

    • Hongik University

      1989 - 1993
      Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Artistic Crafts

      Activities and Societies: Cartoonist Club, Nemorami.

    • Hongik University

      2013 - 2015
      Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) Game Contents Design

  • Experience

    • Shincine Inc.

      Jan 1995 - Dec 1997
      Art Director

    • KOKO ENTERPRISE

      Jan 1997 - Jun 1998
      Animation Director

      Worked as TV Series Animation Director.

    • Showmachine

      Jan 1998 - Jan 2000
      Animation Director

      Created Full 3D Animation for Adult entertainment. Scenario, Funding, Directing

    • 기획시대

      Jan 2001 - Aug 2002
      Concept Designer

      Responsible for Feature film Concept development.

    • Sidus HQ/iHQ

      Dec 2002 - Apr 2003
      Storyboard Artist

    • Blueside Inc.

      May 2004 - Nov 2006
      Cut-Scene Director / Character Animator

      Cut-Scene production, Storyboard Artist, Motion capture Direction, Motion data clean-up, Key frame Animation

    • Sidus HQ/iHQ

      May 2004 - Jan 2005
      Assistant Director

    • T3 Entertainment

      Dec 2008 - Apr 2010
      Art Director

      Art team management, Art direction, Development planning

    • NCSOFT

      Sept 2010 - Apr 2015
      Senior Manager

      Animation supervisor, Story supervisor, Quest design supervisor, Prototyping, Marketting Video Production

    • Kidaptive, Inc.

      Apr 2015 - Mar 2017
      Creative Director

      Game design supervisor, Design Milestone objectives, Team managing, Marketing video production, Business strategy

    • GameDiary

      Apr 2017 - Jun 2019
      Independant Game Developer

      https://gamediary.itch.io/

    • Kaywon School of Art & Design

      Sept 2018 - Jun 2019
      Lecturer

      Responsible for Level Design Class.

    • Seoul National University

      Sept 2018 - Jun 2019
      Lecturer

      Responsible for Serious Game Workshop

    • Unity

      Jun 2019 - now

      • Advocacy Leader, APAC

        Jun 2023 - now

      • Head of Evangelism, Korea

        Jun 2019 - Jun 2023

  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Vanz KIM
      Award certificate Seoul Metropolitan Office Apr 2022 As a member of the executive committee of the 2022 Seoul Skills Competition, I received a commendation for contributing to the development of the national industry by faithfully fulfilling my responsibilities.
    • Awarded to Vanz KIM
      TEEM 2018 International Conference Speaker Serious Game Development & Evaluation Workshop Sep 2018
    • Awarded to Vanz KIM
      Outstanding academic presentation award Korea Game Society Mar 2018
    • Awarded to Vanz KIM
      January’s Best Game (2018) Newgrounds.com Jan 2018
    • Awarded to Vanz KIM
      Korea Serious Game Award Best Product in 2015 Korea Game Society Oct 2015 Awarded as representative for Kidaptive Asia Inc.