Marc-Olivier Bouchard

UNANNOUNCED AAA PROJECT As the director in charge of defining the setting, tone and player Fantasy on a new iteration of an established AAA games working closely with the Creative Director and transversely with the core team. My deliverables include the leadership of the implementation of the World vision by the team but also it's pitching to the company's board, it's marketing to the audience and the design of how it will be experienced by the player. A lot of the day-to-day responsibilities are defined by the World vision we use as the connective tissue between gameplay mechanics, art direction, level design and narrative intentions. My personal role is that of a participative, pragmatic creative problem-solver for the different departments of the team and vision communication expert. Concretely, it means developing and then communicating a World vision in a multitude of formats. Presentations, videos, design briefs, illustrations, comic books, systems mappings, infographics, in-engine tool development and content reviews. I'm also that dude that people just really enjoy working with.

UNANNOUNCED NEW IP PROJECT 2013/2018 Responsibilities as World/Narrative director: -Lead the conception and development of a unique World & Narrative vision within the founding core team of an innovative, AAA new IP through presentations, prototypes, workshops, illustrations, mapping, in-engine content creation and day-to-day transversal team collaboration, with a focus on the systems that bring Worlds to life. -Deep involvment in the establishing of the IP, the creative pillars and the development strategy of the game. -Collaborated closely with other director on the vision for narrative systems, the narrative structure and narrative content of the game. -Acted as one of the primary speakers for the project at every Ubisoft editorial gate. -Lead the conception, development and company wide sharing of new Worldbuilding methods and tools.

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Assassin's Creed III Lead artist and team manager for the entire Frontier area of the game. Lead the vision for the environment as first artist on the project all the way to ship. Collaborated closely with Art Director, level design directors, animation director, gameplay and graphic programmers to bring a new type of experience to the brand.

Splinter Cell Conviction •Modeling, lighting and level art of one level (Whitebox Laboratories), from conception to debug. •Leading a team of 1 modeler, 1 level artist, 2 level designers and 1 texture artist

Responsibilities: •Developing a texturing style and helping to achieve a uniform look from all the texture artists by developing tools and workflows (dynamic brushes, Photoshop and Maya workflows) •Texturing 2 complete levels and collaborating on 3 more •Modeling and texturing all the game's vegetation and most of the organic geometry and vehicles. •Providing Maya technical and instructional support within the environment team to Artists coming from other software

Responsibilities: •Environment modeling/Lighting and texture painting instructor. •Development of several curriculums and tutorials. •Demo reel mentoring and Art direction for all graduating game art students. •Recruiting and management of instructors.

SSX on Tour (ps2, xbox, Gamecube) Responsibilities: •Lighting four levels and handling a large part of the technical troubleshooting for the lighting team. FIFA Street2 (ps2, xbox, Gamecube) Responsibilities: •Texturing, Modeling and Lighting on two levels, Creation of Lighting styleguides. •Research and development on Ambient Occlusion integration for Next Gen titles.