Simon Parkes

Work History

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  Lead Technical Artist

  Supermassive Games

  April 2012 - Present
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  Lead Character Technical Director

  LucasArts

  September 2009 - March 2012

  Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II (PS3, XBOX360)
  Star Wars: 1313

  
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  Senior Technical Artist

  Disney Interactive Studios

  January 2009 - September 2009

  Split Second (PS3, XBOX360)
  
  • Tools, workflows and pipelines
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  Lead Technical Artist

  Electronic Arts

  December 2007 - November 2008

  Monopoly (PS2, Wii, XBOX360, PS3)
  
  • Attended training course on Agile and Scrum methodologies.
  • Wrote validation tools to ensure art assets were valid before export.
  • Supervised the art team; provided technical direction in the creation of environments & front-end.
  • Responsible for all in-game and front-end VFX.
  • Responsible for managing technical art budgets across all SKU’s.
  • Responsible for character development and optimizing art for improved engine performance.
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  Senior Character / Animation Technical Artist

  Electronic Arts

  January 2005 - November 2007

  Harry Potter: Half Blood Prince (Wii, PS2, PS3, XBOX360, PC, Mac)
  Harry Potter: Order of the Phoenix (Wii, PS2, PS3, XBOX360, PC, Mac)
  Harry Potter: Goblet of Fire (Wii, PS2, XBOX, PC)
  
  • Overhauled cutscene pipelines and tools for improved efficiency.
  • Worked closely with 3rd party developer (Image Metrics) to deliver in-game facial solution.
  • Responsible for day to day management and briefing of character team.
  • Responsible for the delivery of character / animation tools and processes.
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  Character Technical Artist

  Electronic Arts

  July 2002 - December 2004

  Catwoman
  Harry Potter: Prisoner of Azkaban (PS2, XBOX, PC)
  Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup (PS2, XBOX, PC)
  
  • Worked with 3rd party developer (Argonaut Games) in the development of character assets.
  • Responsible for rigging and weighting of all game characters.
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  Character Technical / Lighting Artist

  Electronic Arts

  January 2002 - June 2002

  Harry Potter: Chamber of Secrets (PS2, XBOX, PC)
  
  • Worked closely with Technical Director to meet character briefs.
  • Responsible for lighting various locations using LightWave and provided debugging support.
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  Front End Artist

  Electronic Arts

  January 2000 - December 2001

  Football Manager 2001 (PS, PC)
  Football Manager 2000 (PS, PC)
  
  • Responsible for delivering front-end art style and graphics for game integration.
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  Artist

  Electronic Arts

  November 1998 - December 1999

  The FA Premier League Stars (PS, PC)
  
  • Managed and delivered shirt textures for all major worldwide clubs.