● Led and managed classrooms of students who ranged from PreK to High School, fostering independent artistic exploration while maintaining a positive learning environment.

● Implemented effective teaching strategies to facilitate student growth and development in traditional art mediums

● Collaborated to help create the school's art curriculum, planning creative and engaging lesson plans for students of different ages.

● Assisted with the organization of student exhibitions to showcase their art and meet with parents.

● Employed Microsoft Powerpoint to create interactive classroom presentations and visual representation.

● Created compelling narrative illustrations and characters for posters, cards, board games and publication using Photoshop and Clip Studio Paint, as well as vectors for 3D printing with Illustrator and Inkscape

● Organized and prioritized multiple commissions at the same time while under strict deadlines to ensure flawless delivery to the satisfaction of various clients for use on applications, web and print.

● Rendered drawings, designs and finalized illustrations for creatures, characters and environments at a quality ready for print and marketing using Photoshop and Clip Studio Paint.

● Collaborated with various art directors to create visuals in-line with different brands and styles.

● Created paintings and book covers while reviewing print-ready files to ensure high quality prints.

● Collaborated with the team to create, select and provide constant feedback for interior illustrations to be printed in new Hero Games books.

● Worked closely with the art director and team to brainstorm future projects help define the look of the product while over-viewing asset creation and implementation for printing.

● Assisted in the day to day in the office, from customer support and data entry to inventory and warehouse management to ensure smooth operations while maintaining professional relationships with external partners.

● Handled multiple vendors and external partners concurrently for distribution and production.

● Participated in trade show booths during conventions to promote the products and the company with a team.

● Designed and painted layered key-frame illustrations for in-game cinematics, loading screens and marketing with a focus on storytelling.

● Created thumbnails, exploratory sketches, turn-arounds and painted illustrations for the main character, enemies and NPCs with the design team for use as model sheets and marketing.

● Produced elaborate scrolling parallax background paintings from beginning concept sketches, thumbnails and drawings in collaboration with the design and programming teams.

● Designed in-game 2D-model sprites for the main character, enemies and NPCs for rigging/animation in Spine2D.

● Provided art support with feedback and paintovers to ensure consistent high-quality assets and approved asset implementation into the game engine.

● Collaborated with the narrative designer to create art briefs and a style guide for the project.