Ray Tylak

Work History

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  Associate Producer

  Ubisoft Toronto

  September 2017 - Present

  Toronto, Canada
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  Producer

  Ubisoft Chengdu

  February 2008 - September 2017

  Product, Project, and Team management to ensure high-quality deliveries of key mandate areas on some of Ubisoft's biggest AAA titles, including Assassin's Creed Syndicate.

  
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  Outsourcing Director

  Ubisoft Chengdu

  October 2013 - March 2015

  Oversees and defines the vision, objectives, and co-development projects of the Outsourcing Department (75 staff), in collaboration with other Ubisoft studios globally.
  Titles include:
  Assassin's Creed Unity
  Assassin's Creed Rogue
  Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
  Tom Clancy's The Division
  Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Phantoms
  And many others...

  

  
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  Art Production Director

  Ubisoft Chengdu

  May 2012 - September 2013

  Manages the Art and Animation Depts (70+ staff), as well as internal and outsourced project management in collaboration with other Ubisoft studios.
  Titles include:
  The Crew
  Assassin's Creed Black Flag
  Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist
  Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Online
  Might & Magic Legacy
  And many others...
  
  Also responsible for establishing and maintaining the art direction on several internally developed titles, including "The Smurfs & Co: Spellbound" (10 million MAU peak) on Facebook.

  
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  Art Production Manager

  Ubisoft Chengdu

  October 2008 - April 2012

  Manages the Art and Animation Depts (50 staff), as well as internal and outsourced project management in collaboration with other Ubisoft studios.
  Handles art direction responsibilities for the studio's Facebook titles "Castle & Co" (500k+ MAU peak) and "The Smurfs™ & Co" (10 million+ MAU peak).
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  Senior Artist Trainer

  Ubisoft Chengdu

  March 2008 - October 2008

  Responsible for training, mentoring, and developing the Art Department (20+ staff) at newly opened Ubisoft Chengdu.
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  Lead Artist

  Red Storm Entertainment

  June 2007 - February 2008

  Oversaw the art direction and art production on Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2's DLC expansion (20+ staff).
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  Senior Artist: Level Design-Build

  Red Storm Entertainment

  March 2001 - June 2007

  Environment artist and multiplayer level designer for multiple titles throughout the Ghost Recon franchise, including:
  Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
  Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter
  Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2
  Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Island Thunder
  Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Desert Siege
  Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon

  

  

• Lead Artist

  Perpetual Motion Enterprises

  January 1998 - January 2001

  Lead Artist on a variety of game packs and Patch Product's board game -> PC conversions.

• Lead Artist

  Random Games, Inc.

  1996 - 1998

  Lead Artist on the tile-based strategy game, Soldiers at War.