Grayson Chalmers

Building effective pipelines and optimizing existing ones to deliver project goals on time and on quality. Leading, mentoring, and inspiring a large number of reports to ensure an engaged, sustainable, and product focused team ecosystem. I work with all departments of the project to identify, define, and creatively resolve cross discipline roadblocks to ensure product success.

Create design previsualization artwork and promotional renderings for pre and post patent inventions.

My team and I were key resources in shipping DC Universe Online, Magic The Gathering Tactics, and we assisted with assets for several content updates for Star Wars Galaxies. I built a fully functional and highly successful outsource department from the ground up based out of SOE Austin. I tracked and managed several million dollars to organize a large network of more than a dozen external vendors to supply flash based mini games, motion comics, and art assets for several development teams across SOE in addition to managing a large scale insourcing effort. Our team supplied buildings, vehicles, character models, character animations, weapons, flash based mini games, motion comic cut scenes, and full levels to multiple development teams.

Shipped Area 51. Produced character animation, cinema camera animation and in game setup and scripting. Worked as the character team lead on Criminal, an unreleased title. Supplied motion capture direction, cinema direction, shader design, and gameplay previsualization.

Worked on an unreleased Lord of the Rings title for Vivendi. Created character models, animation and rigging as well as environmental art assets.