About me:
My Name is Jeff Hatton, I am an Art Production Director currently living in Oslo, Norway.
I have over 15 years experience within the games industry working on a variety of projects.
Currently my role is the Art Production Director at Funcom working on the DUNE: Awakening openworld survival project.
I have a lot of experience working in all aspects of game development. I started in the industry as a 3D modeller and progressed into a technical art role, working on a variety of LEGO projects with an extremely fast paced release cadence.
Since then, I've worked as a Lead Artist and transitioned into a Art Produiction Director role, responsible for scaling the project, overseeing the entire art team, managing multi studio development including co-dev partners, freelancers and outsourcing and have held both producer and product owner roles for different areas of the game.
I have a strong 'can-do' attitude and I'm not afraid to get stuck in with something outside of my comfort zone to help ensure a projects success.
- Involvement in the development of over 14 shipped releases + DLCs:
- Pre-Production, Production and Post-Production experience.
- Core knowledge of the whole project production pipeline:
- Experience with Jira, Confluence, Excel, recruitment, Multi-Studio development, external partners, freelance & outsourcing support.
- Stong experience managing teams and production methodologies:
- CPSO, CAL-E certified.
- Strong working knowledge of the entire videogame production pipeline:
- Including technical art, modelling, texturing, animation, rigging, engine, performance & optimisation.
- Multiplatform console releases:
- PC, PS4, XBOX, WiiU, PS3, 360, Wii.
- Basic knowledge of home networking and production environments:
- Proxmox, Docker, VM's, networking and vlan
Apart from building games, my interests outside of work invlolve a lot of hiking, fishing and camping with my dog, computer hardware, networking and home environments as well as a keen interest in music and DJ.
You can find my full CV and more, on my Resume page.
