Xander Davis

Work History

• CEO / Creative Director

  XD&A

  October 2013 - Present

  Xander Davis & Associates LLC (XD&A) is my independent design and direction practice with a focus on serving game industry and general entertainment industry clients worldwide (recently with clients on four continents simultaneously) through UI / UX Design & Art, Branding, Graphic Design, Design Art Direction, and Creative Direction. In addition to working on projects directly, I can also build and manage scalable teams to achieve client goals and am open to accommodated temporary on-site contract work worldwide. www.xanderdavis.com

• CEO / CCO

  Astrogun Studios

  July 2012 - Present

  Astrogun® is my independent creative studio, focused on original intellectual property product development, including digital comics, music, virtual reality, and video games. Licensed by Nintendo. www.astrogun.com
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  UI Manager

  Petroglyph Games

  April 2012 - April 2013

  Started as UI Designer, promoted to Sub-Lead UI Designer, promoted to UI Lead, and promoted to UI Manager of newly formed UI Department (all within 5 months), where I am overseeing UI art and design direction and team management with multiple engines and UI tech for multiple triple-A titles simultaneously. Ended in mass layoffs.
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  UI Director

  Vigil Games

  November 2011 - February 2012

  Came in at the end and led a team effort to revamp their UI across the board in a matter of months on Darksiders 2 for Xbox 360 / PS3 for ship, before mass layoffs and studio/publisher closure. Fun times!

  
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  Senior Game Designer / Writer / Senior UI Designer

  Xaviant

  September 2010 - October 2011

  Working on an action RPG with the CryEngine 3. Game Design, world-building, intellectual property development, screenwriting, narrative design and organization, writing and maintaining the living GDD, in charge of all User Interface Design and development, creative development with concept team, leading projects between cross departmental production.
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  User Interface Artist

  High Moon Studios

  April 2009 - September 2010

  UI Artist (Menus, HUD, iconography, typography, etc...) at High Moon Studios (Activision Blizzard) for Transformers: War for Cybertron, a triple-A high-profile game for Xbox 360 / PS3 / PC (out now) which received an IGN rating of 9.0 / 10 "Outstanding".

• Freelance Writer

  ChuckPalahniuk.net

  June 2010 - June 2010

  Sold the article 'The Future of Writing: An iPad Review' exclusively to the official website of Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk. It was their #3 Top Story of the year in 2010! Over 16,000+ views.

• Owner / Studio Creative Director

  Dreamseed.com LLC

  March 2005 - December 2009

  Independent New Media Entertainment & Creation Resources

• Owner / Principle

  Atlas-Image LLC

  June 2002 - December 2009

  This is the web-design and web-hosting business that I started while in high school. I'm still serving and managing web-accounts for clients acquired then. Services and disciplines include: Web-Design, Graphic-Design, Branding, Identity, Video Production and Online Integration, Audio Production and Online Integration, Web Application Services, Hosting

• Self-Employed

  Xander Davis Consulting

  June 2002 - April 2009

  Xander provides a full spectrum of creative media freelance remote consulting services to clients internationally. UI / UX / Design / Creative Direction, Graphic Design, Identity, Branding, Web-Design, Flash Design & Animation, Raster Illustration, Vector Illustration, Audio Design, Audio Post Production, Video Post Production, Video Editing, After Effects production, Creative Writing, etc...

• Interactive Developer

  Brand Innovation Group LLC

  October 2008 - February 2009

  Design and Production of Websites in XHTML/CSS, CMS, Flash. Also responsible for design and production of Flash games. Left to transition from new media agencies to the video games industry.

• New Media Consultant

  Casad Company

  April 2008 - September 2008

  Oversaw the design and build of several integrated, highly focused retail e-commerce websites.

• Senior Designer & Photographer

  Sweetwater Sound

  March 2007 - May 2008

  Graphic design, typographic design, web-design & execution, HTML, CSS, PHP, photography, Photoshop, Flash design, Flash animation, ActionScript, branding/logos

• Creative Director / Flash Design & Branding Specialist

  SpinWeb Internet Media

  2005 - 2007

  Graphic design, typographic design, web-design & execution, HTML, CSS, PHP, Photoshop, Flash design, Flash animation, ActionScript, branding/logos, project planning, project management, corporate identity strategies, After Effects postproduction, video production, video editing, copy writing, audio production, audio editing, client liaison, sales, seeking potential clients, promotional events

• Contract Musician

  Ultrashock LLC

  June 2004 - June 2004

  I produced a variety of music loops and short songs directly for Patrick Miko, Ultrashock Co-Founder & CEO. My work was part of a stock audio double-CD compilation, released worldwide to new media professionals.