Chad Knight

About Chad Knight

Innovative and solution-focused creative futurist with a passion for building industry leading creative teams and pipelines with extraordinary brands. 20+ years of experience focused on the application of 3D throughout the footwear process, with Design as a catalyst. Led 3D Design teams at Nike that impacted product responsible for billions of dollars in profit. Successfully implemented sample reducing initiatives, resulting in cost and time savings that contributed millions of dollars of savings to each brand. Expert knowledge in 3D from both the Visualization and Manufacturing industries. A history of implementing 3D industry standards into best-in-class footwear brands’ processes, from concepting to consumer. • In-depth comprehension of digital technologies and their significance throughout the footwear process, spanning from concept creation to consumer experience • Expertise in surface and polygon modeling, computational and procedural techniques, rapid prototyping, virtual materials, motion graphics, particle effects, lighting, and rendering • Effective leadership in the recruitment and supervision of extensive teams of 3D Designers and 3D Design Directors • Deep passion for leadership, design, and the advancement of technology • Expert in Maxon Cinema 4D, X Particles, Octane Render Engine, Rhino, DAZ 3D, Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, Sketchbook Pro and ZCorp ZEdit • Proficient in Browzwear, ZBrush, Modo, Unreal Engine, Rhino Grasshopper, Houdini and Substance Designer

Experience

1. 3d Artist and Designer

   Chadknight

   Jan 2017 — Present · Los Angeles, CA, US

   Instagram Verified Artist- 250K+ FollowersChad Knight’s vibrant digital art moves between the meditative and the frenetic. The artist’s personal work seems to exist in alien worlds, with his works being made in Cinema 4D. These are places inhabited by enormous elaborate beings that appear in mid-evolution.

Education

• St. Francis DeSales High School

  High School Diploma, General Studies

  1990 — 1995

• MiraCosta College

  Associate of Arts - AA, Business Administration and Management, General

• Fort Hayes Vocational School

  Certificate of Completion, Commercial and Advertising Art

  1994 — 1995