laurenmwong@yahoo.com | www.laurenmarikowong.com
PRIMARY SKILLS
- 2D Vector art illustration
- Managing all stages of visual production
- Promotional materials and concept art development
RECENT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2016-Present N3twork Studios
Senior Art Generalist for Legendary Heroes Unchained
- Art asset creation
- Creating UI/UX Mocks for new features
- Coordinating with team members across different time zones
Art Lead for Legendary: Game of Heroes
- Leading and providing visual direction with external vendors
- Art asset creation for Live Ops Team
- Creating UI/UX Mocks for monthly features
- Coordinating with team members across different time zones
Outsource Art Director for Forever Donuts
- Leading and providing visual direction on new IP with external vendors and contractors
- Coordinating with producers and in-house artists in San Francisco
2018 Snackpass
UI Artist / Illustrator for Snackpass
- Providing UI/UX revamp and character designs for the App
2015-2016 N3twork Inc.
Art Director for Forever Donuts
- Leading and providing visual direction on new IP with artists in-house and external vendors
- Coordinating with teams in San Francisco, CA, Stockholm, Sweden and Hanoi, Vietnam
2014-2016 IXL Learning
Contract Artist
- Creating icons as digital prizes for kids
2014-2015 Nio Games
Art Director for Forever Donuts
- Lead Artist / Lead UI / Lead Animator
2012-2014 Jam City
Art Director for Slots Dreamland, Let’s Go Bingo, Panda Jam, and Bingo Blingo
- Leading and providing visual direction from concept development to final execution
- Managing art teams in both San Francisco, CA and Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Providing direction and visual feedback for third party studios
- Coordinating with producers, game designers, and developers on multiple titles
- Providing visual feedback and redlining for mobile and facebook games
- Prototyping and concepting new ideas for mobile games
2009-2012 Zynga Games
Senior 2D Vector Artist/ Marketing Lead for Farmville
Senior 2D Vector Artist / Animator for Treasure Isle
Lead Vector / Concept Artist for Roller Coaster Kingdom
- Illustrated and animated assets and landscape elements
- Interfaced with third party clients to showcase brand
- Created media kits for new features and content
- Playtest and outsource management
2007-2008 Rocket Paper Scissors, LLC
Vector Production Artist for Dizzywood: a virtual world for kids ages 8-12
- Illustrated and animated characters
- Developed assets and skins for games, rewards, and rooms
- Created item/room xml and HUDs, and play testing assets in world for QA
- Generated marketing for Dizzywood through internet banner campaigns
EDUCATION
2004 B.A. Studio Art, Scripps College, Claremont, CA
SOFTWARE
Operating Systems: Macintosh OS 12.5.1
2D: Photoshop, Illustrator, Adobe Animate
Other: Figma, Fork, ClickUp, Word, Outlook, Excel, JIRA, Google Doc