Jessa Carlson
🔜 GDC Studio Head - New Orleans | Austin | Orlando
- Role
- Studio Head - New Orleans Austin Orlando at High Voltage Software
- Location
- New Orleans, LA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Jessa Carlson
Jessa has over 23 years of experience in the video game industry and has worked on 20+ shipped titles, including most recently 5+ years of leading a 55-person art team co-developing with Epic on Fortnite. With a background in art and 3D animation she started her career as a character animator. Over the years, she continued to develop her leadership and art direction skills which led her to become a Project Art Director and Senior Art Producer.She is now dual wielding roles for Keywords Studios as the New Orleans Studio Head at High Voltage Software and as Studio Head at GameSim. She has also been responsible for managing and directing art outsource studios, motion capture and cinematics for VR, PC, PS4, Xbox and mobile development. Prior to her career, she earned a BFA in Media Arts and Animation from the Illinois Institute of Art and has a love for sculpting, painting, creating stained glass art and costuming.Community Roles:GNO Ambassador - https://destinationgno.com/ambassador/jessa-carlson/Member of the New Orleans Chamber of CommerceShipped Titles: Fortnite 2018-present - Senior Art ProducerDragon Front Rising (Meta Quest 2, Meta Quest 3 and Meta Quest Pro) 2023 - Senior Art ProducerBallista (Oculus Quest, Rift) 2019 - Project Art DirectorDragon Front (Oculus Rift, Gear VR, FB) 2016 - Project Art Director Saints Row; Gat out of Hell (PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, PC) 2015 - Cinematics Le Vamp (iOS, Android, iPad, Kindle Fire, FB) 2013 - Art Lead & Animation Kinect Star Wars (Xbox 36•••12 - Art Lead & Animation Victorious: Taking the Lead (Wii, Nintendo DS) 2012 - Art Lead & Animation Country Dance (Wii) 2011 - Art Lead & Animation Country Dance 2 (Wii) 2011 - Art Lead & Animation Country Dance All Stars (Xbox Kinect) 2012 - Art Lead & Animation The Conduit 2 (Wii) 2011 - Animation Tournament of Legends (Wii) 2010 - Art Lead & Animation Ni Hao Kai Lan: Super Game Day (Wii) 2009 - Art Lead & Animation The Conduit (Wii, Android) 2009 - Animation V.I.P. Casino Blackjack (Wii) 2008 - Lead Animator Ben 10: Protector of Earth (PS2, Wii, Nintendo DS, PC) 2007 - Lead Animator Family Guy Video Game!(PS2, Xbox) 2006 - Animation Zathura (PS2) 2005 - Animation Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude (PC, Xbox, PS2) 2004 - Animation Disney\'s Stitch: Experiment 626 (PS2) 2002 - Cinematics
Experience
Studio Head - New Orleans Austin Orlando
Jun 2023 — Present
Education
Illinois Institute of Art
BA Media Arts and Animation
The Art Institute of Minnesota
Associates of Applied Science - Animation, 3D modeling, Life Drawing, Physics, etc
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