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Valerie Nunez

San Jose, CA

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I love making games with fun, intuitive, and rewarding UI and UX for mobile, console, PC and browser platforms.

Specialties: The Art and Design of User Interfaces, Visual and Interactive Storytelling, Experience Design, Wireframing, User flows, creating Interactive Prototypes and Wireframes.

Tools: Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, After Effects, Premiere, 3DS Max, Scaleform CLIK Components (Skinning and Animation),

Game Engine Experience: Dice Frostbite 2, CryEngine, and Unity.

Authoring: Proficient with HTML, with a working knowledge of CSS3 and JavaScript.

Repos: P4, TortoiseSVN

(I also love animation! 2D and storyboarding!)
Education
- Bachelor of Science Media Arts and Animation
  
  The Art Institute of Los Angeles
  
  2002 - 2005
  
  Best of Class, Digital Illustration Best of Class, Image Manipulation
Experience
- Sr. UX/UI Designer
  
  Glu Mobile
  
  Bellevue, WA
  
  Jun 2015 - Present (9 years 5 months)
  
  Work closely with Design to determine user behavior for all major features of the game
  Work closely with programmers during Unity implementation process
  Work closely with Art in order to keep in-line with the game’s artistic vision and brand
  Wireframing, crafting user-flows, interaction design and information architecture
- Art Director
  
  HiRez Studios
  
  Jan 2015 - May 2015 (4 months)
  
  Develop look and feel of game but as a team effort.
  Keep the visual style consistent and on target by providing feedback and constructive suggestions
  (Characters, UI, environments, weapons, etc)
  Encourage and support team in a collaborative work environment.
  Manage and provide feedback for outsourcing/contractors
  Scheduling and milestone planning
- Senior User Experience and User Interface Artist
  
  HiRez Studios
  
  Jun 2014 - Jan 2015 (7 months)
  
  Responsible for all mobile UI/UX art and design - layouts/comps, wireframes, icons and crafting rewarding and engaging user experiences.
- Senior User Experience and User Interface Designer
  
  Xaviant
  
  Jan 2013 - Feb 2014 (1 year 1 month)
  
  To deliver a fresh new perspective on magic manipulation to an audience interested in visceral action in their action RPGs using CryEngine.
  
  Responsibilities:
  
  Wireframe UI concepts with Design, Art, and Engineering
  Creatively and quickly prototyping hands on UI elements
  In engine implementation of UX in coordination with Engineering
  Control Schemes
  HUD Design
  Menu and Inventory Design
  Multi-platform concept and development ranging from Mobile to PC
  
  Games: Lichdom: Battlemage (Steam, PC)
- Lead User Interface Designer and Artist
  
  Collision Games
  
  May 2014 - 2014 (6 months)
  
  Rip apart existing/outdated UI and provide a fresh perspective with new designs, layouts and art
  Design user-flows, wireframes, and create layout comps
  Create and implement graphic art assets in-game via Unity
  
  Games: Monster High Ghouls and Jewels, World Fishing Champions (mobile and iPad)
- User Interface Artist/Designer
  
  Electronic Arts
  
  Jun 2011 - Jan 2013 (1 year 7 months)
  
  Multifaceted User Interface Designer and Artist responsible for generating and integrating visual content, as well as providing creative UI/UX solutions as a shared resource for our in-house Web, Marketing and Game Art teams.
  
  Games: Command & Conquer: Generals 2, Command & Conquer: F2P (PC)
- Lead Artist
  
  Collision Studios
  
  Oct 2010 - Mar 2011 (5 months)
  
  Organize Schedules/Deadlines/Milestones
  Construct work-flows and asset lists
  Flash animation
  Graphic Design + Illustration
  Pre-visualization
  Storyboarding
- Artist
  
  Savage Entertainment
  
  Feb 2006 - Dec 2010 (4 years 10 months)
  
  Character Art
  3D Character Art
  General Concept Art
  GUI Design and Implementation
  
  Other responsibilities:
  
  Storyboarding
  Title Treatments
  Graphic Design
  Motion Graphics
  Editing
  
  Authoring: XML, HTML and CSS
  
  Shipped Game Titles:
  
  Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen™ (PSP)
  Wall-E™ (PSP)
  Blacksite: Area 51™(Xbox 360 and PS3)
  Transformers™ (PSP)
  Medal of Honor: Vanguard™ (PS2)
  Scooby Doo: Who's Watching Who?™ (PSP)
- Artist/Writer
  
  Image Comics [freelance]
  
  2007 - 2009 (2 years)
  
  Currently working on unannounced title.
  
  Other responsibilities:
  
  Graphic Design and Layout
  
  Published work:
  
  Popgun, Vol I
  Popgun, Vol 2
  Fantastic Comics #24, (The Next Issue Project #1)
- Illustrator
  
  White Wolf [freelance]
  
  Apr 2008 - Apr 2008
  
  Illustrator for White Wolf's, EXALTED (Yu-Shan) Role-Playing book series.
- Artist/Animator
  
  Warner Bros.
  
  2005 - 2006 (1 year)
  
  Animation Processor - Character Designer, Character Clean-Up and Flash Animator.
  
  Shows:
  
  Johnny Test
  Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island
  Sherwood Knights
- Graphic Designer
  
  The Art Institute of Los Angeles
  
  2003 - 2004 (1 year)
- Artist/Animator
  
  XOW! Art and Animation
  
  2001 - 2003 (2 years)
  
  Character Design, Flash animation and UI design.
Awards

Harvey Award winning Graphic Novel; Popgun Vol.I

Popgun Vol. II
Affiliations

SRLA and IGDA
Industries
- Toys & Games
Skills
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Valerie Nunez

Director and Associate/Full Professor, Myron E. Ullman Jr. School of Design, College of DAAP

Director, Industrial Design