James Michael Stanley
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Jeff Hilimire
Stanley was a founding member of Dragon Army and I had the pleasure of working with him for almost ten years while we built the business. I'm not sure I can accurately share just how amazing and impactful a team member and partner Stanley is, but I'll give it a shot. I've worked with Stanley in small team settings and large, and in both cases he comes to work each day with a positive attitude, excitement and passion for the work he's going to be doing that day, and that rare ability to both roll up his sleeves and do the hard work while also elevating to think strategically about the goals and strategy of the business. His enthusiasm and pride in his work creates a ripple effect through the team that creates a "team first" atmosphere of motivated, inspired people. Stanley is also one of the most creative partners I've ever worked with. I've watched him grow to an extremely talented graphic designer to the Creative Director (and head of emerging technology) of a top digital agency in Atlanta. He has the ability to work with one of his creative team members on the finer details of executing a deliverable, to leading the creative and brand ideation and strategy for Fortune 500 companies. And all throughout he's cheerful, uplifting, and supportive of everyone around him. As I said at the start, I'm not sure I can put into words just how amazing Stanley is. I'll just say, of the now thousands of people I've worked with over the years, Stanley is easily in the top 5. I'd work with him again and again given the chance.
Kimberly T.
I had the opportunity to work with Stanley on various projects at Dragon Army. Stanley's leadership and guidance have been instrumental in my professional growth in design by setting high standards for work ethic, quality, and intentionality. He has a talent for identifying and leveraging team members' strengths, allowing individuals to shine and the team to thrive. Additionally, his ability to provide constructive feedback and offer solutions has enabled me to continually improve my skills and approach. Stanley was an exceptional manager and mentor to me, and I feel fortunate to have worked with him.
Jeff Hilimire
Stanley was a founding member of Dragon Army and I had the pleasure of working with him for almost ten years while we built the business. I'm not sure I can accurately share just how amazing and impactful a team member and partner Stanley is, but I'll give it a shot. I've worked with Stanley in small team settings and large, and in both cases he comes to work each day with a positive attitude, excitement and passion for the work he's going to be doing that day, and that rare ability to both roll up his sleeves and do the hard work while also elevating to think strategically about the goals and strategy of the business. His enthusiasm and pride in his work creates a ripple effect through the team that creates a "team first" atmosphere of motivated, inspired people. Stanley is also one of the most creative partners I've ever worked with. I've watched him grow to an extremely talented graphic designer to the Creative Director (and head of emerging technology) of a top digital agency in Atlanta. He has the ability to work with one of his creative team members on the finer details of executing a deliverable, to leading the creative and brand ideation and strategy for Fortune 500 companies. And all throughout he's cheerful, uplifting, and supportive of everyone around him. As I said at the start, I'm not sure I can put into words just how amazing Stanley is. I'll just say, of the now thousands of people I've worked with over the years, Stanley is easily in the top 5. I'd work with him again and again given the chance.
Kimberly T.
I had the opportunity to work with Stanley on various projects at Dragon Army. Stanley's leadership and guidance have been instrumental in my professional growth in design by setting high standards for work ethic, quality, and intentionality. He has a talent for identifying and leveraging team members' strengths, allowing individuals to shine and the team to thrive. Additionally, his ability to provide constructive feedback and offer solutions has enabled me to continually improve my skills and approach. Stanley was an exceptional manager and mentor to me, and I feel fortunate to have worked with him.
Jeff Hilimire
Stanley was a founding member of Dragon Army and I had the pleasure of working with him for almost ten years while we built the business. I'm not sure I can accurately share just how amazing and impactful a team member and partner Stanley is, but I'll give it a shot. I've worked with Stanley in small team settings and large, and in both cases he comes to work each day with a positive attitude, excitement and passion for the work he's going to be doing that day, and that rare ability to both roll up his sleeves and do the hard work while also elevating to think strategically about the goals and strategy of the business. His enthusiasm and pride in his work creates a ripple effect through the team that creates a "team first" atmosphere of motivated, inspired people. Stanley is also one of the most creative partners I've ever worked with. I've watched him grow to an extremely talented graphic designer to the Creative Director (and head of emerging technology) of a top digital agency in Atlanta. He has the ability to work with one of his creative team members on the finer details of executing a deliverable, to leading the creative and brand ideation and strategy for Fortune 500 companies. And all throughout he's cheerful, uplifting, and supportive of everyone around him. As I said at the start, I'm not sure I can put into words just how amazing Stanley is. I'll just say, of the now thousands of people I've worked with over the years, Stanley is easily in the top 5. I'd work with him again and again given the chance.
Kimberly T.
I had the opportunity to work with Stanley on various projects at Dragon Army. Stanley's leadership and guidance have been instrumental in my professional growth in design by setting high standards for work ethic, quality, and intentionality. He has a talent for identifying and leveraging team members' strengths, allowing individuals to shine and the team to thrive. Additionally, his ability to provide constructive feedback and offer solutions has enabled me to continually improve my skills and approach. Stanley was an exceptional manager and mentor to me, and I feel fortunate to have worked with him.
Jeff Hilimire
Stanley was a founding member of Dragon Army and I had the pleasure of working with him for almost ten years while we built the business. I'm not sure I can accurately share just how amazing and impactful a team member and partner Stanley is, but I'll give it a shot. I've worked with Stanley in small team settings and large, and in both cases he comes to work each day with a positive attitude, excitement and passion for the work he's going to be doing that day, and that rare ability to both roll up his sleeves and do the hard work while also elevating to think strategically about the goals and strategy of the business. His enthusiasm and pride in his work creates a ripple effect through the team that creates a "team first" atmosphere of motivated, inspired people. Stanley is also one of the most creative partners I've ever worked with. I've watched him grow to an extremely talented graphic designer to the Creative Director (and head of emerging technology) of a top digital agency in Atlanta. He has the ability to work with one of his creative team members on the finer details of executing a deliverable, to leading the creative and brand ideation and strategy for Fortune 500 companies. And all throughout he's cheerful, uplifting, and supportive of everyone around him. As I said at the start, I'm not sure I can put into words just how amazing Stanley is. I'll just say, of the now thousands of people I've worked with over the years, Stanley is easily in the top 5. I'd work with him again and again given the chance.
Kimberly T.
I had the opportunity to work with Stanley on various projects at Dragon Army. Stanley's leadership and guidance have been instrumental in my professional growth in design by setting high standards for work ethic, quality, and intentionality. He has a talent for identifying and leveraging team members' strengths, allowing individuals to shine and the team to thrive. Additionally, his ability to provide constructive feedback and offer solutions has enabled me to continually improve my skills and approach. Stanley was an exceptional manager and mentor to me, and I feel fortunate to have worked with him.
Experience
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Dragon Army
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United States
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Advertising Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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VP, Product and Emerging Technology
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Jan 2020 - Present
Leading the design and development teams aimed to create surprisingly delightful and diligently optimized emerging technology experiences.- Responsible for seeing all projects from end-to-end, starting with internal collaboration to create new-business pitches and performing out-of-state presentations.- In charge of team forecasting, setting the creative vision for each project, and providing challenging yet constructive feedback from across visual design and development teams.- Managing client relationships through engaging kickoff workshops, fun weekly presentations and status meetings, and exciting demos and launch day celebrations.- Creating products and services have kept our clients coming back, resulting in multi-year relationships and multiple award-winning experiences. Show less
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Creative Director
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Dec 2016 - Jan 2020
Led the design department for Dragon Army, redirecting and changing focus to products and services strictly for fortune 500 clients.- Redefined the design pipeline, instilling new software and processes in order to allow better cross-departmental communication as well as enabling quicker turnaround based off of client feedback.- Co-formed and pioneered The Hatchery, an internal experimental design and technology group, to push the bounds of current capabilities. Outputs of this group resulted in new clients and a larger emerging technology book of business than we had ever seen before. Show less
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Art Director
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Oct 2013 - Dec 2016
Led a team of talented artists to create 2D and 3D assets for Dragon Army's four major IPs and client guided mobile gaming experiences.- Responsible for creating initial visual aesthetics for games and then delegation of tasks and management of the art team across multiple internal and client projects.
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AMA Atlanta
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United States
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Advertising Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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DEIJ Committee Member
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Feb 2021 - Jul 2022
Sitting along side a team of diverse and talented marketers dedicated to diversity and inclusion among the Atlanta advertising and marketing communities. Assisting in brand and design strategy for events and social media for the AMA Atlanta social accounts. Sitting along side a team of diverse and talented marketers dedicated to diversity and inclusion among the Atlanta advertising and marketing communities. Assisting in brand and design strategy for events and social media for the AMA Atlanta social accounts.
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Secret Library
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1 - 100 Employee
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Lead Artist
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Apr 2013 - Oct 2013
Created sprite art for "Hot Mess." Communicated with designers and developers to define a tone and feeling that the art will set when playing the game. Created all 2D assets including menus, UI, environments, characters and animations and using Tiled software to create levels and mock ups. Complied up sprite sheets to be used by developers to implement. Created sprite art for "Hot Mess." Communicated with designers and developers to define a tone and feeling that the art will set when playing the game. Created all 2D assets including menus, UI, environments, characters and animations and using Tiled software to create levels and mock ups. Complied up sprite sheets to be used by developers to implement.
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Thrust Interactive
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United States
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Computer Games
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1 - 100 Employee
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2D Artist and Game Designer
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May 2013 - Sep 2013
Worked on multiple client projects as a game designer and 2D artist. Created 2D UI elements as well as documented UX workflows. Created diagrams for individual game mechanics and well as wireframes and diagrams to be used to propose desired game mechanics to the client. Worked on multiple client projects as a game designer and 2D artist. Created 2D UI elements as well as documented UX workflows. Created diagrams for individual game mechanics and well as wireframes and diagrams to be used to propose desired game mechanics to the client.
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Addo Games
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Atlanta, GA
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Artist and Game Designer
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Jul 2012 - Jan 2013
Working as a game designer and artist for "Robots Love Ice Cream," an upcomming iOS game. Designing enemy waves game/menu flow systems and diagrams, as well as 2D concepts and in-game models and textures. Responsible for creating texture atlases for the UI, menus and certain in-game assets to reference. Done in Unity3D. For more information visit www.AddoGames.com. Working as a game designer and artist for "Robots Love Ice Cream," an upcomming iOS game. Designing enemy waves game/menu flow systems and diagrams, as well as 2D concepts and in-game models and textures. Responsible for creating texture atlases for the UI, menus and certain in-game assets to reference. Done in Unity3D. For more information visit www.AddoGames.com.
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Self Employed
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Atlanta, GA
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Freelance Game Artist
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Jun 2012 - Aug 2012
Currently working on personal game projects and working as a freelance game artist. Currently working on personal game projects and working as a freelance game artist.
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MOWGLI, LLC
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Computer Games
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Lead Artist and Animator
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Oct 2011 - Jun 2012
Created 2D content and animations for "Songster" using Adobe Flash, Photoshop and Illustrator. Content included all areas from fully developed characters, environments and clothing, to initial mock-ups, wireframes and UI design. Created 2D content and animations for "Songster" using Adobe Flash, Photoshop and Illustrator. Content included all areas from fully developed characters, environments and clothing, to initial mock-ups, wireframes and UI design.
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NBC News
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United States
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Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
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700 & Above Employee
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Lead Environment Artist
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Aug 2011 - Sep 2011
Created 3D content, textures and lighting for NBC's "Family Movie Night" film named "Gamers." Responsible for tasking team members with work and leading art production for the faux game of the film called MiChoyce. Created 3D spaces and models with appropriate scale dimensions. Movie airs December 2, 2011. Created 3D content, textures and lighting for NBC's "Family Movie Night" film named "Gamers." Responsible for tasking team members with work and leading art production for the faux game of the film called MiChoyce. Created 3D spaces and models with appropriate scale dimensions. Movie airs December 2, 2011.
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Qualcomm
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United States
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Telecommunications
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700 & Above Employee
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Lead Game Designer and Lead Artist
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Jun 2010 - May 2011
Designed multiple augmented reality games for Qualcomm's Augmented Reality research department. Lead art and game design in order to create rapid proof of concepts and polished augmented reality game demos for Android mobile devices. Designed multiple augmented reality games for Qualcomm's Augmented Reality research department. Lead art and game design in order to create rapid proof of concepts and polished augmented reality game demos for Android mobile devices.
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Kaneva
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Kaneva - Atlanta, GA
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3D Environment Artist Intern
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Jan 2011 - Mar 2011
Worked as lead artist on a team based internship for Kaneva. Created 3D content for an internship project named Dash Breaker Arena. Learned Kaneva's content creation pipeline, created low-poly models, and textured all 3D assets. Soon after release, Dash Breaker Arena was the #3 most popular 3D App with the highest growth rate. Worked as lead artist on a team based internship for Kaneva. Created 3D content for an internship project named Dash Breaker Arena. Learned Kaneva's content creation pipeline, created low-poly models, and textured all 3D assets. Soon after release, Dash Breaker Arena was the #3 most popular 3D App with the highest growth rate.
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Cartoon Network
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United States
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Entertainment
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200 - 300 Employee
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Game Tester
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Dec 2010 - Mar 2011
Play tested Exonaut for Cartoon Network's before and during release. Was responsible for giving constructive feedback about all forms of gameplay including game balance and visual feedback. Play tested Exonaut for Cartoon Network's before and during release. Was responsible for giving constructive feedback about all forms of gameplay including game balance and visual feedback.
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Savannah College of Art and Design
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Game Designer and Lead Artist
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Apr 2010 - Jun 2010
Participated in a cooperative research project between SCAD and GA Tech. Began working with Unity 3D and the Nvidia Tegra in order to create augmented reality games for mobile devices. Participated in a cooperative research project between SCAD and GA Tech. Began working with Unity 3D and the Nvidia Tegra in order to create augmented reality games for mobile devices.
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Mattel, Inc.
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United States
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Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Freelance Texture Artist
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May 2010 - May 2010
Created 2D textures and 2D tracking map for Mattel's Rockem Sockem Augmented Reality game for the HTC Incredible. Created 2D textures and 2D tracking map for Mattel's Rockem Sockem Augmented Reality game for the HTC Incredible.
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Savannah College of Art and Design
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Autodesk Maya Tutor
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Feb 2009 - Feb 2010
Lead weekly studio help sessions in order to train students in Autodesk Maya. Focused on 3D asset creation, UV mapping and texturing. Lead weekly studio help sessions in order to train students in Autodesk Maya. Focused on 3D asset creation, UV mapping and texturing.
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Hi-Rez Ventures
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United States
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Computer Games
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300 - 400 Employee
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3D Environment Artist
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Aug 2009 - Dec 2009
Created 3D content for Hi-Rez's MMO, Global Agenda. Learned the Environment Department's pipeline for content creation, created 3D assets and received approval from the department head for in-game use. Created 3D content for Hi-Rez's MMO, Global Agenda. Learned the Environment Department's pipeline for content creation, created 3D assets and received approval from the department head for in-game use.
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Education
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2007 - 2011
Savannah College of Art and Design
BFA, Interactive Design and Game Development
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