Art Director Parallel, A Scopely Studio, Barcelona, Spain. May 2020 – August 2022
- Direction, Management and Process for all art decisions in Yahtzee with Buddies (Scopely’s 3rd highest grossing game), Dice with Buddies and Block Blast City
- Mentored, managed and hired a team of 25+ artists
- Specialized in logistical problem solving, using a hybrid multi pod model where artists could work in multiple features and LiveOps needs
- Directed, set up pipelines and contracted outsourcing teams around the globe to maintain an extremely aggressive LiveOps cadence
- Worked alongside studio leadership in brand identity, logos, interior design and guidelines for the new Barcelona Studio
Lead Artist EA Capital Games, Sacramento, CA. November 2017 – April 2020
- Production Art, Direction and Artist Management for Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes
- Lucasfilm weekly Art Calls and Art Submissions
- Community Facing representative of the Art Team on all Official Channels
- Scheduling and Managing time of 10+ artists covering Live, Feature and Marketing
Art Director (Contract) Spry Fox, San Bruno, CA. November 2016 – August 2017
Art Director Jam City, Palo Alto, CA. May 2015 – August 2016
- Tasty Town (cancelled)
Art Director KIWI, Palo Alto, CA. January 2013 – May 2015
- Heroes: Islands of Adventure (cancelled), Westbound, Enemy Lines, Shipwrecked, Age of Espers (cancelled)
Senior Artist Gameloft, New York City, NY. August 2011 – June 2012
- Ice Age, Zombiewood
Senior Artist OMGPOP, New York City, NY. Dec. 2010 – August 2011
- Draw Something, Pool World Tour and Cupcake Corner
Concept Artist EA Salt Lake, Salt Lake City, UT. Dec. 2006 – August 2010
- MySims (cancelled), NERF N-Strike and NERF N-Strike Elite
- Hasbro prototypes: Mr. Potato Head, Battleship, Magic: The Gathering
Environment Artist Headgate Studios, Bountiful, UT. Feb. 2006 – Dec. 2006
- Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08
Clients
Game Studios
- Lab Zero Games – Indivisible, Skullgirls
- Capcom – Street Fighter IV
- Spry Fox – Steambirds Alliance
- Proletariat – Streamline
- Armor Games – i saw her standing there
Animation Studios
- Starburns Industries – Various projects
Print Media and Apparel
- Fangamer – Ghosts n’ Goblins
- Eighty Sixed Clothing
- Sanshee
- Udon Entertainment
Awards and Recognition
Annie Awards – 2012
- Nominee for “Skullgirls” under the Animated Video Game category
Guest Speaker, Fullsail University – 2011
- One hour talk to 300+ students on how to break it in the game industry
Square-Enix Final Fantasy X-2 Ultimania Contest – 2003
- Winning entry “Alternate Yuna design”
Education
Associates Degree in Computer Animation Full Sail, Orlando, FL. Sept. 2003 – Nov. 2004
Cinematic Animation Kubert School, Dover, NJ. Sept. 2000 – May 2003
XAVIER GARCIA 