Andria Warren
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Philip Rai
I had the great pleasure of working with Andria from the very early stages of Sea of Thieves development at Rare, through to the big launch. Working and iterating together we developed very lightweight and easy production planning tools for all her content teams. Whilst running the internal team, Andria also oversaw a large shift to outsourcing art within the studio, empowering her leads to be able to provide visual direction and feedback quickly whilst maintaining quality and rapid turnarounds which would impress even the largest players in the industry. Development was always challenging on Sea of Thieves, but Andria rose to every challenge and shift in roadmap content with ease, spinning up vendors & partners from across the world and always running a tight ship. Her easy-going nature and strong production mindset would help any studio achieve success.
Jason Pickthall
Andria drives her team whilst giving autonomy to the Leads of the individual disciplines. She is very direct in her management style and doesn't beat around the bush, but she also has your corner too and will back you up. Andria is fair and pragmatic in her character as well as in her approach to art production and never loses sight of the overall goal. Sea of Thieves success is a testament to Andia's ability to deliver results.
Philip Rai
I had the great pleasure of working with Andria from the very early stages of Sea of Thieves development at Rare, through to the big launch. Working and iterating together we developed very lightweight and easy production planning tools for all her content teams. Whilst running the internal team, Andria also oversaw a large shift to outsourcing art within the studio, empowering her leads to be able to provide visual direction and feedback quickly whilst maintaining quality and rapid turnarounds which would impress even the largest players in the industry. Development was always challenging on Sea of Thieves, but Andria rose to every challenge and shift in roadmap content with ease, spinning up vendors & partners from across the world and always running a tight ship. Her easy-going nature and strong production mindset would help any studio achieve success.
Jason Pickthall
Andria drives her team whilst giving autonomy to the Leads of the individual disciplines. She is very direct in her management style and doesn't beat around the bush, but she also has your corner too and will back you up. Andria is fair and pragmatic in her character as well as in her approach to art production and never loses sight of the overall goal. Sea of Thieves success is a testament to Andia's ability to deliver results.
Philip Rai
I had the great pleasure of working with Andria from the very early stages of Sea of Thieves development at Rare, through to the big launch. Working and iterating together we developed very lightweight and easy production planning tools for all her content teams. Whilst running the internal team, Andria also oversaw a large shift to outsourcing art within the studio, empowering her leads to be able to provide visual direction and feedback quickly whilst maintaining quality and rapid turnarounds which would impress even the largest players in the industry. Development was always challenging on Sea of Thieves, but Andria rose to every challenge and shift in roadmap content with ease, spinning up vendors & partners from across the world and always running a tight ship. Her easy-going nature and strong production mindset would help any studio achieve success.
Jason Pickthall
Andria drives her team whilst giving autonomy to the Leads of the individual disciplines. She is very direct in her management style and doesn't beat around the bush, but she also has your corner too and will back you up. Andria is fair and pragmatic in her character as well as in her approach to art production and never loses sight of the overall goal. Sea of Thieves success is a testament to Andia's ability to deliver results.
Philip Rai
I had the great pleasure of working with Andria from the very early stages of Sea of Thieves development at Rare, through to the big launch. Working and iterating together we developed very lightweight and easy production planning tools for all her content teams. Whilst running the internal team, Andria also oversaw a large shift to outsourcing art within the studio, empowering her leads to be able to provide visual direction and feedback quickly whilst maintaining quality and rapid turnarounds which would impress even the largest players in the industry. Development was always challenging on Sea of Thieves, but Andria rose to every challenge and shift in roadmap content with ease, spinning up vendors & partners from across the world and always running a tight ship. Her easy-going nature and strong production mindset would help any studio achieve success.
Jason Pickthall
Andria drives her team whilst giving autonomy to the Leads of the individual disciplines. She is very direct in her management style and doesn't beat around the bush, but she also has your corner too and will back you up. Andria is fair and pragmatic in her character as well as in her approach to art production and never loses sight of the overall goal. Sea of Thieves success is a testament to Andia's ability to deliver results.
Credentials
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Certified Lean Kanban Foundation
Lean Kanban UniversityJul, 2014- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Rare Ltd
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United Kingdom
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Computer Games
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200 - 300 Employee
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Director of Creative Operations
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Jan 2020 - Present
Overseeing the Central Creative Teams here at Rare (Art, Audio, Tech Art)
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Director of Art Production
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Aug 2016 - Jan 2020
Owner of both Internal and External Art Production at Rare.Working with the Discipline Art Leads & Art Director to manage teams across the entire studioWork with production to produce/ manage the art team schedules and insure resources are covered across projects.Works at a studio level to support the leadership team with long-term planningProvides structured reviews of work and direction to artists
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Art Manager
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Jun 2014 - Aug 2016
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Lead Artist
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Jun 2012 - Jun 2014
I lead a team of 6 Environment Principle Artists and a Contractor team of 10+. My Main duties include the delivery of all internal and external Environment/Prop Artwork across all of Rare’s games, ensuring they meet AAA standards, delivered on time and to budget. Talking the Art Directors requirements/Vision and turning this into briefs for my team to work on. Liaising with Technical Art and Engineering to ensure Art work meets all tech/performance specifications.TITLES : KS RIVALS XBOX.
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Codemasters
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United Kingdom
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Computer Games
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300 - 400 Employee
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Lead Artist
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Jan 2011 - Jun 2012
Leading 20+ Environment Artists across 3 game projects simultaneously. My main duties were planning, managing and maintaining the Day to Day Environment Art schedules. Taking the Art Directors requirements to drive the art quality within the team via regular art reviews and mentoring of art team members. Lead the development of new techniques and pipelines. Liaise with the code team to develop and manage environment budgets and tools.TITLES : DIRT3 XBOX/PS3/PC, DIRT Showdown XBOX/PS3/PC, GRID2 XBOX/PS3/PC, F1 RACE STARS XBOX/PS3/PC
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Group Lead Environment Artist
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Jan 2008 - Jan 2011
Lead a team of 9 Environment artists on a single project across several environments. Main duties tracking team progress within the environment schedule, pushing quality within my groups work. Lead prototyping and benchmarking of assets, prepare, document and manage Offshore asset production. Lead and track optimisation and performance work.TITLES : DIRT2 XBOX/PS3/PC, F1 2010 XBOX/PS3/PC, F1 2012 XBOX/PS3/PC
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Senior Environment Artist
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Jan 2006 - Jan 2008
Responsible for the development of the track production process and benchmarks and oversee several environments within the game. Main duties delivering benchmark artwork and mentoring younger artists. Prepare and document offshore asset production. Manage and feedback on several tracks assets with offshore teams.TITLES: Colin Mcray DiRT, XBOX/PS3/PC GRID XBOX/PS3/PC
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Experienced Environment Artist
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Jan 2005 - Jan 2006
Support the development of the track production benchmarks. Main duties delivering benchmark environment. Prepare and document offshore asset production. Manage and feedback on environment assets with offshore teams. TITLES: Colin Mcray DiRT XBOX/PS2/PC
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Environment Artist
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Jan 2004 - Jan 2005
TITLES: INDY CAR 2005 XBOX/PS2/PC TOCCA Race Driver 3 XBOX/PS2/PC
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FMV Artist
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Aug 2003 - Jan 2004
TITLES: TOCCA Race Driver 2
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ASUS
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Taiwan
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Computer Hardware Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Technical Markerting and PR
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Jan 2003 - Aug 2003
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Education
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2001 - 2002
University of Teesside
Master of Arts (M.A.), Computer Animation -
1997 - 2001
University of Teesside
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Creative Visulisation
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