Alexandria Kairis

Alexandria Kairis

Freelance Artist

Mid-level Digital Artist / 16 yrs

San Francisco, CA

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Freelance artist with 2 years of art lead/team management experience and 7+ years of user interface design who can seamlessly work with production and engineering into delivering fun games.
Work History
  • Freelance

    Freelance

    April 2015 - Present
    San Francisco, CA

    Provide illustration, UI/UX, and consultation to various clients.

  • Art Lead

    Kabam

    July 2013 - March 2015

    Managed art team that provided UI/UX, illustration, concept art, and animation for web-based games.

    Accomplishments:
    ● Set weekly goals for staff to achieve and tracked progress.
    ● Beat projected revenue targets by providing higher end production value.
    ● Delivered simultaneous weekly milestones for flagship titles on schedule.
    ● Collaborated with other management to set development schedule.
    ● Pushed for efficient pipeline practices.
    ● Built and maintained complex systems.
    ● Maintained high team morale.

  • UI/UX Designer

    Kabam

    April 2011 - July 2013

    Concept and designed UI/UX for web based, mid-core social games.

    Accomplishments:
    ● Establish UI design for titles.
    ● Collaborated with cross functional team members in deliverables.
    ● Developed assets on a daily basis to support project progress.
    ● Constructed pipeline between art and engineering which improved implementation time.
    ● Delivered simultaneous weekly milestones for flagship titles on schedule.
    ● Pushed for efficient pipeline practices.
    ● Mentored and supplied support for junior artists.

  • UI Artist

    High Voltage Software

    May 2007 - February 2011

    Designed UI/UX and tutorial animations for Wii, Xbox, PS2, and PC games.

    Accomplishments:
    ● Established UI design for over 10 titles.
    ● Produced assets on time in fast-paced work environment.
    ● Mentored and supplied support for junior artists.

Education
  • bfa in Multimedia and Animationbfa, Multimedia and Animation

    The Illinois Institute of Art-Schaumburg

    2003 - 2007