Naeem Stewart

Work History

• Lead Level Designer

  Turn Me Up Games

  January 2021 - June 2024

  ● Collaborated with other teams to make sure environments created
  contribute to and enhance the gameplay and game narrative
  ● Created blueprints within Unreal that enhances the player's experience
  ● Established quality benchmarks within Unreal/ Unity and driving the team in
  reaching them
  ● Conducted asset integration within the Unreal and Unity engines from 3D
  programs in collaboration with other departments
  ● Created level layouts, hot spots, and points of interest (POIs) for players to
  explore in Unreal according to the themes and lore of the game
  ● Prototyped the environment and suggested ways of using the interactive and non-interactive elements to create the desired emotions for the player to
  experience
  ● Developed solid design documentation for level progression (flow), layouts, and 3D block-outs for in-engine playtesting within Unreal including designing and editing breakdown and tutorial videos on how the tools created worked for learning purposes
  

• Lead Environment Artist

  Turn Me Up Games

  April 2020 - January 2022

  ● Provided artistic leadership and built a diverse team within the environment
  department to drive the overall vision of the assigned projects
  ● Created a learning environment within the art team and implemented
  processes of artistic research
  ● Collaborated with other teams on a weekly basis in order to keep the
  unification of the project's vision intact
  ● Created the artistic vision for the assigned project
  ● Conducted asset integration within the Unreal Engine from various programs
  such as Maya, 3DS Max, and ZBrush
  ● Contributed to the environment art pipeline definition and developed
  milestones for the environment art team
  ● Managed the artists of the department with constructive feedback and artistic
  development inline with the requirements of the project(s) including
  performance and salary reviews
  ● Led the art department remotely away from the main office during the
  entirety of the global pandemic
  

• Assistant Art Director

  Turn Me Up Games

  May 2019 - April 2020

  Burbank, CA

  ● Created and implemented a variety of multimedia assets into various video
  game projects including incorporating visual elements that aided in
  enhancing accessibility for disabled viewers of the content
  ○ 2D designs for controller layouts for projects
  ○ Motion graphics for the company’s logo
  ● Provided creative expertise, artistic design, and general consultation on
  various video games and projects
  ● Managed junior artists and their daily tasks

• Technical Director and Studio Manager

  Hyper RPG

  October 2017 - January 2019

  Los Angeles, CA

  • Monitored the technical quality and accuracy of incoming and outgoing on-air programming from master control room
  • Managed programming for live streaming on both Twitch and Youtube platforms
  • Curated shows for the platforms
  • Set up of the stage of the shows
  • Ran diagnostic tests on equipment as well as
  operated cameras on site
  
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  Compositor

  Freelance

  January 2018 - June 2018
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  Rotoscope Artist

  Freelance

  October 2017 - October 2017
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  Compositor

  Freelance

  May 2017 - October 2017
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  Freelance Artist

  Pocket Gems

  April 2017 - April 2017

  Los Angeles, CA

  Developed concept illustrations for a new dragon that was put into the game
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  Nuke Compositor

  Ingenuity Studios

  February 2017 - April 2017

  Los Angeles, CA

  Worked on several different TV shows doign various beauty and roto cleanups,green screen extractions, etc:
  
  -Blackish
  -Modern Family
  -Brooklyn 99
  -Fresh off the boat

  
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  Compositor

  Locktix Visual Effects

  August 2015 - January 2017

  Los Angeles, California

  • 2D/3D Compositing
  • Green/blue screen keying, Paint & Roto
  • Color matching/CG integration/Object Removal, Matte Painting
  • Clean Plate and camera projections
  • Tracking and set extensions
  
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  Roto/Paint Artist

  Lola Visual Effects

  August 2016 - November 2016

  Los Angeles, CA
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  Compositing Intern

  Zoic Studios

  August 2015 - December 2015

  Culver City, California

  -Completed various administrative tasks and client runs.
  
  -Completed several rotoscoping clean ups
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  Depth Artist/Stereo Compositor

  Stereo D

  January 2015 - June 2015

  Burbank, CA

  -Complete stereo depth passes for assigned shots to established quality standards.
  
  -Together with stereo supervisor or the project’s lead stereo artists, evaluate the creative and
  technical approach for assigned shots.
  
  -Complete stereo depth passes with the use of proprietary tools within Nuke.
  
  -Create supplemental stereo elements in Nuke using various conversion techniques such as
  projection and displacement.
  
  -Tracking and rotoscoping duties.
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  Student Volunteer

  Vancouver ACM SIGGRAPH

  August 2014 - August 2014

  -Working with fellow global student volunteers for 2014 SIGGRAPH convention
  -Assisted contributors/ exhibiters running 3D printing/ scanning production, including model clean- up, product demonstration and file management
  -Helped attendees to participate 3D visualization process and ensured exhibition quality.
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  Student

  Savannah College of Art and Design

  September 2008 - May 2014

  I majored in Visual Effects at SCAD with a focus in Compositing and Lighting.