Sarasota, Florida, United States
As a Creative Project Manager at Virtical (Virtual Reality Studio), I leveraged my artistic and technical skills to develop innovative VR products. With over 20 years of experience in creative project management, art direction, game design, and illustration, I have a comprehensive understanding of creative pipelines, teams, strategic processes, and design aesthetics that are essential for delivering high-quality and engaging VR experiences. I have successfully managed and delivered end-to-end software development projects for Fortune 500 and startup companies, working with cross-functional teams and utilizing agile methodologies. I have also demonstrated my ability to overcome challenges, mitigate risks, and resolve blockers, while enhancing joy, beauty, and elegant technical solutions. My mission is to create immersive and interactive VR products that inspire, educate, and entertain users across various domains and platforms.
Creative Project Management, Art Direction, VR | AR, Game Design, Illustration. Professional Fine Art Services including coaching and teaching. Original studio and plein air paintings, murals, one of a kind ceramics, portrait and landscape photography. Contracts and commissions. BFA & MFA #HartfordArtSchool #PaierCollegeofArt
Ryan (California) "Kathleen is a brilliant and amazing artist who has blown my mind more times than I can count. Her knowledge of perspective, values, anatomy, light and shadow, and portfolio pieces have expanded my art skills further than I ever would have imagined! She has helped me build my art portfolio, massively. Her explanations are crystal clear. Kathleen makes certain the student can understand/digest then use the information presented during each session." (1.2023) Aadhick (New Jersey) "Great methods of teaching, excellent communication..." I study animation and her ability to communicate and introduce concepts and techniques to improve my work is very clear. Kathleen makes it much more exciting where you see your art improve. (9.2023) Keith (California) “Kathleen is a True Artist Tutor...” Kathleen has been amazing with our son, who is high functioning on the Autism spectrum. Her ability to so intently listen to him and see everything he does with his art has led my son to feel so much more enabled to explore drawing as an expression. And probably most importantly, she has an awareness to bring out the artist in our son - not just drawing methods but is genuinely helping our son come out of his shell as an artist. As a parent, it's just amazing to see. Thank you, Kathleen!” 2.2024 Judy C. (California) "Best AP Art Tutor. Highly recommend!" Kathleen's knowledge and expertise are unparalleled. Her instructions are specific and extremely useful, leading to an immediate improvement in my daughter’s AP Art grade after just a few sessions. This quick enhancement in performance speaks volumes about Kathleen's teaching effectiveness and her knack for identifying and addressing where a student most needs support. What sets Kathleen apart is not just her mastery of art but her emphasis on instilling a strong work ethic in her students." (2.2024) ..."Kathleen, I strongly believe you're the best Art teacher we've had. Thank you so much." (3.2024)
Developed VR products, exclusively. Utilized my full compliment expertise and experience in aesthetics and technical product design and launch.
Principle, Professional Artist
Art Generalist for a fast-paced mobile game startup. Established vision, direction, concepts, branding, and art assets for Unity game developers. Created product logos and branding. Writer of game narrative, tutorial content and marketing stories. Multi-platform UX testing and refinement of in game leveling. Proactively, created appealing live action content to reach market specific goals. Performed Alpha and Beta testing, entered bugs and edited art assets for reintegration Mentored interns in best practices, production procedures and asset management. 24 hour turn around on print ready production files to promote the startup at toy trade shows.