John Barnes

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT JOHN BARNES

Dad of 3 under 5 (inc. a set of twins ) looking to continue my career in games.Portfolio is here: https://jbarnesdesign.wixsite.com/j-barnes-design and is being actively updated!Level Design veteran creating exciting levels across multiple award-winning projectsHighly skilled in use of Unreal, Blueprint, Unity, 3DS Max, Photoshop, to make awesome, high-quality contentSuccessfully led teams of 10+ level designers creating top quality levels, leveraging their skills to regularly deliver ahead of schedule Used extensive management training to build a strong team rapport and give team members the skills they needed to progress their careersContinued creating high quality content using Unreal and 3DS Max, whilst also performing Director duties. A double threat!Used a holistic view of, and thorough understanding of, games development schedules, pipelines and tools to successfully double the level design team\'s content output, reducing the delivery estimates from 90 to 45 days per levelRapidly learnt how to use Unreal when we transitioned from our old engine. Successfully taught myself to make levels in the new environment and passed on that knowledge to the LD teamCreated first prototype levels in Unreal engine, using all my experience to produce two levels roughly twice as large as anything we\'d ever built before, then worked alongside the Code teams to help them fit it in memory!Responsible for selecting, interviewing, and ultimately hiring some of the finest level designers I\'ve ever knownCreated style guide for cinematic aspects of Level Design, utilising my knowledge of film grammar and photography, and had input into release trailers, teaser, and gameplay videosMaintained Level Design \'bible\' containing decades of LD experience to expedite onboarding and act as reference for entire studio Led teams in multiple countries to successfully gather top quality referenceProficient at working with external partiesDesigned and built numerous levels using 3DS and Unreal. See my portfolio here: https://jbarnesdesign.wixsite.com/j-barnes-design