Jack Burton
386 S Burnside Ave Unit MJ
Los Angeles, CA 90036
323 879 9636
Jumbojb@sbcglobal.net
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jack-burton/8/410/349
Objective: to work with a team to create, excite and motivate.
Work Summary
April 2010 to May 31 20012Insomniac Games, Los Angeles, CA
Project Manager / Designer /Artist
- Design, create and implement "social networking" styled game.
- Create style guide for consistency.
- Setup outsourcing partners.
- Schedule and co-ordinate art, design and engineering tasks.
- Work with external producers to focus content and deliver milestones.
Savage Games, Los Angeles, CA
Lead Artist
- Manage environmental art teams in multiple genres of game development.
- help to develop pathways, and optimizations, into various game engines.
- Model, U.V. map and paint textures.
- Light environments.
- Create VFX.
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (PSP)
- Wall-E (PSP)
- Blacksite: Area 51 (Xbox 360 and PS3) [worked on 5 levels with Midway's team]
- Transformers (PSP)
- Medal of Honor: Vanguard (PS2) [multiplayer]
- Scooby Doo: Who's Watching Who (PSP)
- Star Wars: Battlefront 2 (PSP)
- Godeneye: Rogue Agent (PS2, Xbox, Gamecube) [worked with EALA internal]
- He Man: Defender of Grayskull (PS2, Xbox, Gamecube)
- James Bond: Nightfire (PS2, Xbox, Gamecube) [two driving levels
Activision Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Digital Artist
- Model, U.V. map and paint textures.
- Create cut scenes.
- Develop conceptual designs.
- Heavy Gear (PC)
- Zork Nemesis (PC)
- Mechwarrior: Ghost Bears Legacy (PC)
- Mechwarrior II (PC)
- Ability to lead teams with scheduling, evaluating progress and problem solving.
- Effective communicator.
- Strong organizational and problem solving skills.
- Extensive experience with different game engines and tools.
- Experienced with net-gen engines and proficient with shaders
- 3DS Max
- PhotoShop
- Mudbox
- Unreal 3
- After Effects
- Flash
University of Minnesota Mpls, MN
Bachelors of Art Communications
Minneapolis College of Art and Design Mpls, MN
General study Art/Computer animation
Intermedia Arts Mpls, MN
General study Video production/ Animation