Nick D'Amico

Currently looking for game development positions with several years of school and work experience.

Be Wild Games, Associate Producer                                                                 July 2022 – December 2022

• Coordinate project leadership and report to studio head
• Lead talent acquisition effort
• Ensure project development aligns with game vision
• Assist as needed in different areas of game production

Smashing Graphics Game Studios, Project Supervisor and Game Designer          June 2020 – July 2021 

• Supervise arts teams, report to e-suite, and assist in management of several types of game projects
• Write comprehensive game design documents and transfer contents to accessible presentations
• Manage and report team progress using MeisterTask
• Consider, present and execute on production strategies
• Collaborate with screenwriter to adapt narrative elements into gameplay mechanics for an experience originally based on a comic

Smashing Graphics Game Studios, 3D Modeler Intern                                 November 2019 – June 2020

• Built high poly subway environments and train for a modern Japanese setting
• Modeled many high and low poly modular assets and props for modern and sci-fi sceneries
• Developed different game design documents for weapon-based combat systems
• Constructed weapon assets based on developed combat systems

Vancouver Institute of Media Arts, Vancouver, Canada                                                   September 2022

Professional Diploma, Game Art and Design

Relevant Coursework:  Game Engines 3, Environment Modeling 3, Art Direction 2

Indie Game Academy, Online                                                                                                February 2021 

Game Development Certificate

Main Project:  Created a single player, platform fighter adventure game

Elon University, Elon, NC                                                                                                              May 2020

Bachelor of Arts, Cinema and Television Arts | Minor: Business Administration                 

Relevant Coursework: 3D Fundamentals, Writing for Cinema and Television, Cinema Production

Honors: Dean’s List                                                                                                                         May 2017

Study Aboard: Holocaust Studies | Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic