The art work of Paul Dowd

- Very experienced in Adobe Photoshop, illustrator and flash.
- Working knowledge of 3D studio Max
- Proficient in html/xml and CSS with a working knowledge of Javascript.
- Strong traditional art skills
- Strong communication skills
- Ability to learn new programs and skills quickly
- Strong UI design and UX design skills ranging from conceptual wire frames and mockups to a completed product
- Can adapt to changes in direction quickly and effectively.

September 2013 – Present: Art Director at Tiny Mob Games: I am currently the Art Director at a start up
mobile game studio. I’m responsible for creating and directing the over all look and feel of the game. I
also oversee the UX and UI design (I do a lot of hands on work with wireframes and designing the UI
look and feel as well). I manage art and UI outsourcing vendors as well as internal scheduling.

February 2014 – March 2014: UX lead at KIXEYE: I did a casual 1 month contract to polish up the
navigation and first time user experiences for their platform. I acted as a lead working directly with
directors to prototype various flows.

August 2013 – September 2013: UX lead at KIXEYE: I did a 1 month long contract to design the UX of
their game platform. I created UX flows, UI designs and led the studio as a UX lead designer.

July 2007 – June 2013: UI/UX Lead, Art Director at Zynga (working remotely): I was the sole UI/UX designer and Artist Animator at Zynga for it's first year. I branded and designed the company logo and went on to Art Direct FarmVille for a time as well as many expansions.

2007-2013 Lead Artist at Zynga (working remotely): I’ve most recently directed artists in creating cute
and lovable assets for FarmVille ranging from sketches to completed animated assets.

2007-2008 : I was the only artist in the company at this time and did everything art related:
UI/UX design, user flows, graphics, art, animation and branding (I designed the Zynga logo)

2008-2010 : Worked on many shipped titles such as Scramble, Word Twist, Path Words, Poker,
Battleship, Risk, and FarmVille. I did all the UI/UX and art for most of these games with the
exception of FarmVille

2010-2013 : I worked solely on FarmVille as Art Lead and associate Art Director for a time. I
shipped many expansions, leading the art, look and feel from planning to completion stages. I
won the company innovation award in 2011 for my direction on the successful expansion
“Lighthouse Cove” doing both art direction and hands on art and animation for the project. I also
had a major role in developing the out sourcing pipeline that FarmVille now uses exclusively for
asset creation.

2004 - 2007 Lead Artist at Falcon Software. Directed and designed user interfaces for web sites and
online catalogs for sites ranging from wire and cable sites to cruise lines.

2003 - 2004 Concept Artist for Iron Clad Games (remotely). I did the creature and technical ship designs
for the game “Sins of a Solar Empire”

1999 - 2003 UI designer at Falcon Software. Designing user interfaces for web sites and online catalogs
for sites ranging from wire and cable sites to cruise lines.