Doug Pham

Artist / Animator

ducduypham@gmail.com

www.linkedin.com/in/doug-pham

 

Skills

♦         2D /3D Animation & Illustration

♦         Mobile Game Art Production

♦         Motion Design (Character, UI, VFX)

♦         Basic Modeling / Rigging / Texturing

♦         Stylized Art & Visual Storytelling / Storyboarding

♦         Live Ops Content Creation & Optimization

♦         Texture Atlases & Spine & Unity Integration

♦         Animation Systems, Tools, & Documentation

♦         Feature & Concept/Design Creation

♦         Pipeline Analytics & Asset Development

♦         Team Training & Leadership

♦         Cross-functional Collaboration 

experience

  • Storm8- Animator (2012), Senior Animator (2012-2016), Principal Animator (2016-2025), Principal Game Art Generalist (2025)

    • Led asset design and implementation strategies, enhancing visual fidelity and reducing production time across multiple titles. Developed robust animation and art pipelines, increasing asset delivery efficiency and supporting scalable project growth. Produced high-quality 2D/3D animations that elevated user engagement and contributed to improvement in app store ratings. Drove cross-functional collaboration to deliver new features and proprietary tools, accelerating development cycles and improving team synergy. Coordinated structured testing schedules, enabling early issue detection and reducing post-release bugs. Facilitated regular animation team meetings to align priorities and accelerate asset approval timelines. Developed clear outsourcing guides, improving vendor deliverable quality and reducing revision rates. Collaborated with Engineering to implement asset verification tools, improving visual fidelity and storage efficiency; documented and trained art team on best practices to standardize workflows.

      •         Streamlined production workflows, cutting down iteration cycles and increasing cross-team productivity.

      •         Authored tool and feature documentation, reducing onboarding time for new hires.

      •         Co-led development and launch of PvP feature for Home Design Makeover and Property Brothers Home Design, establishing pipelines, scheduling, and processes that contributed to 25% revenue increase for both titles.

      •         Built all rigs, texture atlases, and animations for two shipped casual puzzle games, supporting extensive reskinning and asset customization to sustain high content output.

      •         Shipped 15+ top-grossing mobile titles including Bubble Mania, Jewel Mania, Castle Story, Kingdom Clash, Dragon Story, Diamond Quest, City Story Metro, Restaurant Story, Bingo Mania, Bingo Monopoly, Clue Bingo, Hungry Babies, OMG! Party Slots, Dream Garden, Home Design Makeover, Property Brothers Home Design, collectively reaching millions of downloads and consistently ranking in top charts across app stores.

  • Rockyou- 2D Artist (2010-2012)

    • Asset Design, 2D Animation, Content design, Work with Outsourcing, Lead Zoo World Art team

    • Shipped titles: Zoo World, Toyland, Hook'd

Education

  • University of Kentucky- B.A. Fine Arts

  • Case Western Reserve University- B.A. Biology



experience

  • Storm8- Animator (2012), Senior Animator (2012-2016), Principal Animator (2016-2025), Principal Game Art Generalist (2025)

    • Asset Design and Implementation, Develop animation/art pipelines, 2D/3D animation, Collaborate across departments for feature and tool development, Co-Lead development and operation of PVP feature, Optimize processes, Create documentation for tools and features, Schedule testing, Organize animation team meetings, Create outsourcing guides

    • Shipped titles: Bubble Mania, Jewel Mania, Castle Story, Kingdom Clash, Dragon Story, Diamond Quest, City Story Metro, Restaurant Story, Bingo Mania, Bingo Monopoly, Clue Bingo, Hungry Babies, OMG! Party Slots, Dream Garden, Home Design Makeover, Property Brothers Home Design

  • Rockyou- 2D Artist (2010-2012)

    • Asset Design, 2D Animation, Content design, Work with Outsourcing, Lead Zoo World Art team

    • Shipped titles: Zoo World, Toyland, Hook'd

Education

  • University of Kentucky- B.A. Fine Arts

  • Case Western Reserve University- B.A. Biology