DRAbout Dao R
French
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
Can work on-site
Montreal (up to 50km)
Experience
- 3Mind GamesCreative DirectorVIDEO GAMES AND ANIMATIONMay 2013 - June 2025 (12 years and 1 month)Montreal, Canada
Creative & Narrative Director – Lead Designer
- I led 21+ projects incl. Shadow’s Light, The Protagonist: EX-1, Wild Fury, Boom Boom Cavemen.
- Drove game/narrative design, R&D, and AI innovation.
- Helped win NYX (2x Gold/2x Silver), GDC Best in Play, and XDC contest.
Skills:- Game/Narrative Design
- UX/UI Design and Art
- Video Game Development (as non-programming role)
- Creative and/or Narrative Management
- R&D projects for games, virtual production and multimedia
- Project and Team Management
- Agile Methodology
- Graphic Design
- Business Development
Most important software:- Adobe CC (Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat Pro, InDesign)
- Unreal Engine (3, 4 and 5)
- Figma
- Notion
- Google Workspace, Suite and Shared Drives (Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms)
- Microsoft 365 suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Visual Studio Code (for compiling and minor scripting, including HTML and Unreal)
- Perforce Helix (as source control, and P4V)
- Windows, Linux, Android, and iOS environments
- Trello
- and more...
Awards:Shadow's Light - Tale of the Champions- Nyx Game Awards - Gold Winner - Best Indie PC Game 2023
- Winner of the XDC contest during WN Dev Day Canada'22
The Protagonist: EX-1- Nyx Game Awards - Gold Winner - Best Indie PC Game 2021
- Nyx Game Awards - Silver Winner - Best Innovation (PC Game) 2021
- Nyx Game Awards - Silver Winner - Best Music (PC Game) 2021
- Nominated for a Numix in 2022 for Interactive Media
Heroes of the Dark Prophecy- Best in Play Winner - Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2022
- Finalist of Ubisoft Radar
- Featured during the 10th Anniversary of The Mix on Steam
LoopHole- 2nd position in the Innovation Program with Eidos Sherbrooke
- Infinite Game PublishingMultimedia IntegratorPUBLISHINGAugust 2012 - June 2013 (9 months)Montreal, CanadaMultimedia Integrator, Graphic & Web DesignerWorked for Infinite Game Publishing on:
- Sins of a Dark Age
- MechWarrior Online
- MechWarrior Tactics
Produced visuals for marketing, websites, and branding. Delivered posters, print assets, image editing, Flash animations, and front-end web design.Skills:- Graphic Design
- HTML/CSS
- Web Design (UX & UI)
- Digital Media Content
- Marketing Art
- Flash Banner Ads
Softwares:- Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash)
- Symfony2 (PHP framework)
- Imprimerie l'EmpreinteMultimedia TechnicianPUBLISHINGOctober 2010 - January 2012 (1 year and 2 months)Montreal, Canada
Multimedia Technician
Worked on cross-media, web-to-print, and automation projects.I designed:- Front-end pages and applications for the web
- Flash assets and animations
- Print workflows for digital production
- XMPie automation systems (uStore, uDirect), using client data and InDesign templates
I also advised on tech and development costs to help keep multimedia and interactive solutions current and efficient. Additionally, I created various multimedia and interactive assets for production and communication.Skills:- HTML5
- CSS 3
- Web Design
- Research & Development (R&D)
- Automation Systems
- Web-to-Print Workflows
- Cross-Media Design and Content
- Graphic Design
- Multimedia Design
- Animation (mainly for web)
- Scripting for automation
Softwares:- Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Flash, Acrobat Pro, Distiller, Premiere Pro)
- XMPie Suite (uStore, uDirect, and related tools)
- QuarkXPress (for legacy templates)
- Windows and macOS environments
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