About Me

Austin is a University of Houston graduate and Creative Director with a passion for developing useful, entertaining, and intuitive experiences, be it games, tools, or anything else. Born in 1996, Austin was curious and eager to explore, experiment, and improve. Learning from his Father, a mathematics heavy engineer, and his mother, a creative literature teacher, Austin developed a very well-rounded mentality toward learning and understanding. This unique mixed perspective has allowed him to develop a skill set that encompassing anything from creative writing and illustration to statistics and algorithmic programming.

Design Philosophy

When designing, there are two primary questions that must be answered to assure success.

How do you want your audience to feel? This question will act as a guiding compass for all elements of design. If you’re designing a to-do application, you want them to feel organized, articulated, and motivated. When writing a dramatic narrative teaser, you want them to feel immersed, enthralled, and thoughtful. When designing a luxury skincare brand, you want them to feel clean, classy, and elegant. The easiest way to get your message across to someone is to make them feel it, no matter the medium. Once you have the emotional core of the project, you have the vehicle to design.

What purpose does your design serve? This question will keep your scope in check. If your project, be it a game, application, book, or something else, doesn’t have a defined useful purpose, there will be nothing for the audience’s emotions to attach to. No reason for them to engage in the first place, and nothing for you to design around. For applications, this purpose might be the functional requirements. For a book, it may be the message and themes you’re trying to impart on your readers. Once you have a defined purpose, you have the goal your project should be aiming for.

Any questions beyond these are supplementary, and serve to better organize, understand, and approach the steps to actually achieve a successful design. All that’s left is to follow through.

Experience

Creative Director at Spellbreaker LLC (Aug 2016 to Present)

• Managed and lead teams to produce creative content in a cohesive manner as part of a complex system of interweaving mechanics and writings

• Created an encompassing and expansive brand for a tabletop roleplaying game

• Designed and developed a website to showcase the aspects of for a tabletop roleplaying game system

• Developed internal tools to facilitate efficient and accurate content creation taking into account statistics and gameplay balance

• Produced thousands of individual mechanics and player options, each with a unique and useful application

Design Specialist and Engineering Assistant at Titan Solar Power (Jul 2022 - June 2024)

• Increased project advancement rate by developing a project tracking system that removed double working project issues, allowed for visible project history, and facilitated partner delegation

• Produced site survey reference documents and website to reduce the need for revisits and speed up new surveyor onboarding

• Created a clear and specific categorization system for 3rd party information requests to reduce the time between responses

• Decreased onboarding time of new partners by developing easily understood training materials

• Produced a standard operating procedure manual which reduced project revision counts

• Was routinely top performing specialist in biweekly meetings

• Oversaw proper engineering code was followed in designs to eliminate risk and ensure ethical practices

Media Director and President of Cougar Dancesport (Aug 2018 - Aug 2021)

• Developed organization branding and content strategy to further promote organization awareness across campus

• Increased prospective member attendance to 300% by overseeing the design and distribution of promotional materials and management of social media platforms

• Rebuilt class structure and content to create a better learning and social environment increasing member retention rate by 200%

Bachelors of Science in Digital Media at The University of Houston (Aug 2016 - Dec 2019)

Minor in Leadership Management at The University of Houston (Aug 2016 - Dec 2019)

Skills and Services

• Graphic Design

• Illustration

• Content Strategy

• Audio and Visual

• Animation

• Photography

• Videography

• 3D Modeling

• Front End Development

• Back End Development

• Software Development

• Javascript

• HTML

• CSS

• GDScript

• C#

• C++

• Python

• Windows

• MacOS

• Project Management