Designer, Illustrator, and Game Maker
estherabosch@gmail.com || Los Angeles, CA
Education
UCLA // 2015-2019
B.A., Design Media Arts
Minor in Asian Languages (with a focus in Japanese)
3.9 GPA
Tsuru University 都留文科大学 // August-December 2018
Study Abroad, Japanese Language, Culture, and History
Fountain Valley High School // 2012-2015
High School Diploma
4.6 GPA
Experience
Freelance Illustrator
ABL Space Systems
August 2022- Now
- An ongoing illustration and design project with ABL.
Assistant Language Teacher
JET Programme / Miyakojima Board of Education
August 2021 – July 2022
• Developed English language curricula and for Elementary School grade levels 3-6 and led classes in Japanese and English.
• Created educational games and activities for increased engagement with course content.
• Facilitated cultural exchange between myself, students, and Japanese-speaking faculty and staff through presentations, panels, and everyday conversations.
• Attained N3 level Japanese qualification in the JLPT exam.
Game Designer
Pipeworks Studios
September 2019 – April 2021
• Acted as primary game designer on UI/UX intensive projects and mediated between art, engineering, and clients.
• Created visual design standards for multiple game projects and documentation that would ensure cohesive look and feel across a suite of tools in development.
• Created and maintained design documentation for various ongoing projects in Confluence.
• Tracked progress on overall project goals and delegated software development tasks through Jira.
• Designed levels for multiple game titles using INK and JSON and Unity Game Engine.
• Designed data schema for the ongoing addition of assets to software in development.Created visual design standards for multiple game projects and documentation that would ensure cohesive look and feel across a suite of tools in development.
Game Design Teaching Assistant
UCLA Game Lab / UCLA Department of Design Media Arts
June – August 2019
• Provided assistance to the primary teacher and high-school age students of a summer game design course.
• Conducted classes in animation, illustration, and interaction using Unity Game Engine.
• Produced printed final versions of cards, game boards, and other assets developed by students.
• Assisted in the organization and set-up of a gallery showing of students’ work at the conclusion of the course. Assisted instructor and led workshops on animation, interaction, and design in analogue and Unity games.
Game Design Fellow
UCLA Game Lab
Jan 2019 – June 2019
- Created a game as part of the UCLA Game Lab Fellowship program.
Design Lead
Double Major
Feb 2017 – June 2019
• Delivered promotional material for clients related to UCLA events, including animated projections, social media banners,print materials, and videos.
• Created design standards for UCLA Geek Week, TedX, and more.
• Wrote copy for and designed the layout of Double Major’s internal Annual Report.
• Tracked progress on design tasks and event activations through Airtable.
Design Intern
18th Street Arts Center
July-September 2016
- Created promotional material for 18th Street Art Center’s various fundraising events as well as the artists-in-residence.
Web Design / Programming Certification
California Regional Occupational Program
Organizations
UCLA Game Lab
December 2018 – now // A member of and former research fellow at UCLA’s Game Lab, a student group that fosters the creation of games and puts on various events/lectures throughout the year, including the biannual Game Arts Festival at the Hammer Museum in Westwood.
Fountain Valley Art Club
September 2014 – June 2015 // Founder and President of Fountain Valley High School’s Art Club, which met to further various student projects and create murals on school grounds.
Skills
Proficient In:
- Blender
- C#
- HTML
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Autodesk Maya
- Unity
- Japanese
Esther Abosch 