Dave Dawson

I have an extensive professional career in 2D & 3D art development for the video game industry, spanning 24 years and including 14 shipped titles for a handful of game studios, including Kabam, SEGA, and LucasArts. In multiple roles I’ve successfully led art production in a wide range of digital media and platforms, including mobile device apps, websites, PC, and game consoles. I can quickly capture the game studio strategies and needs for game content, create a cross discipline development plan, then staff and manage our internal teams and outsource contractors to develop the content necessary. I have successfully utilized effective ways to inspire staff to take the initiative to solve problems independently as well as collaboratively, while providing strong leadership, art direction and mentoring to improve content quality. In addition to leadership and management, I have experience creating game content, and am adept at using the full library of Autodesk, Adobe, Unity and Microsoft software. This combination of skills allows me to enable our teams to produce beautifully rendered, efficiently designed, and fully optimized game assets.