JOHN BURNETT
20 Years of Game Development . Over 50 Shipped PC, Mobile, Console & Blockchain Titles . Teambuilding & Leadership.
Art Director
I have extensive experience leading teams, hiring & outsourcing and leading projects to unparalled success. As the UI UX Director with international mobile developer Glu Mobile on over 12 concurrent projects (including Deer Hunter, a top 50 iPhone app of all time). Later, I became the Art Director of emergent blockchain company Polyient, guiding their teams through their first successful million-dollar NFT launch.
UI ARTIST
I am also an award-winning UI Artist and UX Designer in the videogame & entertainment Industry with nearly 20 years of experience. I’ve worked on AAA products (Call of Duty, Plants vs. Zombies Xfinity, Warframe), small indie titles and everything in between. I’ve worked on every platform and every genre – frankly, if it has a pixel, I’ve probably done it before!
UX Mentor
I also a private 1 on 1 mentorship program that teaches people all over the world how to break into the game industry as a UI Artist. Some of my mentees have gone on to roles in Jolt, Electronic Arts and Ubisoft. I blog and guest blog extensively on UI UX subjects, and am one of the very few experts in the field writing academically on game UI UX design.
Knowledge. Art Direction, Hiring & Outsourcing, Team Leadership, Project Management, Product Design, Team Building, Agile / Scrum, 2D and 3D Art, UI Art, Art Style Guides, Remote Work
Programs. Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Figma, Miro, Unity (Learning), Unreal (Learning), WordPress, CSS, HTML5, WEB3, NFTs
RECOMMENDATIONS
We hired John to bring “order to chaos” with several of our user experiences but we got much more! In addition to completing the tasks at hand, John also brought a fresh perspective to the way we approach UX and art direction […] He has a keen sense of value and consistently identifies opportunities to improve an early-stage product with great design.
-Nick Casares
Head of Product at Polyient
John is hands down the best mentor I’ve ever had the pleasure of learning from. From his expertise in game design and UX to his amazing and upbeat demeanor and personality, he made every video call a wonderful and enthusiastic place to learn.
– Kay Rawson,
Product Designer at Jolt (mentee)
I would recommend John’s mentorship without hesitation! I made more progress in a couple of months than I thought was possible, and had a great time in the process. John is really invested in meeting you where you are and pushing you to reach the next level.
– Ajai Raj,
Content Creator at Johns Hopkins University (mentee)
John has a great eye for detail, strategic thought, unique thought provoking design work, and a dedication to well thought out asset creation. Incredible pleasure working with him.
-Brad Robertson,
Founder and CEO of Polyient
SELECTED CASES
Other Projects: Warframe, Call of Duty Ghosts, Call of Duty Advanced Warfare, Zombie Gunship: Survival, Plants Versus Zombies Xfinity, Lord of the Rings Mobile, Rage, Tiger Woods Golf Xfinity, Wasteland 3, Nova Blitz, Zuma’s Revenge Xfinity, Shadowrun Hong Kong, Wolfenstein Mobile, Doom Mobile, Doom 2 Mobile, Rage Mobile, The Saboteur, Stranglehold, Blacksite Area 51, Unreal Tournament 3, This is Vegas, Ballers Phenom, Ballers Chosen One, TNA Wrestling, Blitz The League.
RESUME
Career
Principle Mentor . 2020-Present . The Game UI UX Nexus
My 1-on-1 remote Design Mentorship bootcamp, started during Covid lockdowns, now approaching its 100th UI UX student.
UI UX Director . 2013-Present . John Burnett Consulting
My personal Design Studio, consulting, sub-contracting and working directly with Fortune 500 companies like EA, Activision, Microsoft & Google
Art Director . 2020-2021 . Polyient
A pioneering Blockchain company exploring uncharted world of NFT gaming & crypto investments.
UI UX Director . 2012-2013 . Glu Mobile
Directing, hiring, and strategy for one of the top 50 casual mobile game companies in the world
Lead UI Artist . 2009-2012 . Id Software
UI Concepts, Wireframes, Art, Animation, Effects, and Coding on the award-winning Rage and recreating mobile versions of beloved classics like Doom & Wolfenstein
Senior UI Artist . 2007-2009 . Electronic Arts
UI UX concepts, wireframes, art, coding, effects and animation on The Saboteur
UI Artist . 2005-2007 . Midway Games
Entry-level UI Artist working on nearly 6(!) titles in two years
Side Projects
My private 1-on-1 mentorship program where I teach people from all over the globe UI and UX design for games.
My personal talent showcase – online since 2000 – highlighting all my Renaissance-Man talents in art, music, writing, acting and coding.
My personal blogs and Medium articles has thousands of reads and are cross-referenced by powerhouses like the Interaction Design Foundation and UXDesign.cc.
I am also a prolific Web3/NFT Artist working in digital and virtual reality mediums to express myself in this exciting and unexplored new frontier of Art.
