Summary
UI/UX Technical Designer and Game Artist
8 years of game industry experience, UI/UX, and front end Unity Development with Creative Software and development environments like:
- Illustrator
- Photoshop
- Adobe XD
- Unity 3D
- Sketch
- After effects
- Autodesk Maya
- 3D coat
- zBrush
- Unreal Engine 4
- Substance Painter
Development:
- C#
- Java
- C++
- Objective C
Additional Skills:
• Traditional Conceptual design, storyboarding, sketching and solving creative problems.
• Leadership: UI/UX lead and creative director.
• Augmented reality and Virtual Reality Development for Android and iOS applications. • Formal training in visual arts; design principles, technical skills and business principles.
• Quick learning new skills and hunger for improvement.
Professional Experience:
2017 - Present: Disruptor Beam – Lead UI/UX Technical Designer (Greater Boston MA) • Startrek Timelines: Lead the art direction and creative team. As well as hands on work on UI/UX, Technical Art, Key Art production, Asset creation, 3D, Particles, and Front-end implementation in Unity 3D.
• Artist on other projects including Walking Dead: March to War and several unannounced IPs.
2016 - 2017: Elm Interactive – UI/UX Designer/Developer (Greater NYC)
• My Pusheen: Designed storyboards, UI/UX, wireframes and finalized UI assets and then help implement the UI within Unity 3D including animations and functionality.
2015 - 2016: Marxent Labs – Product Designer/Engineer (Dayton, OH)
• Developed 7 Augmented Reality Apps and worked on large Projects such as Toys r’ Us Catalog AR Game and The Lowes Holoroom Virtual Reality kitchen.
2008 – 2014: Soulfire Software LLC – Creative Director/ Lead Artist (Columbus, OH) • Worked with and coordinated and managed team of artists, and musicians and conducted creative direction on 7 Commercially released games on Xbox Arcade and Windows Surface platforms.
2008 – Present: Freelance Artist
• Freelance UI and UX, 3D models, Concept art and front-end development for Games and Apps.
Education 2008 - 2013: Bowling Green State University
• Graduated with a bachelor’s of Fine Arts degree focusing in Digital Arts.
Portfolio: https://scottmcpherson.myportfolio.com/
Contact: cscottmcpherson@gmail.com
Skills
Software proficiency
