Damian Harrop

User Interface Technical Artist

Over 6 years of experience working in various UI/UX roles in both AAA and indie projects as well as working in person and remotely. Constantly working on making lives of engineers and artists easier with growing knowledge of technical skills in various programs. 

Skills

Unity | Unreal Engine 4/5 | RenPy | GameMaker

Source Control (Github, SourceTree) | Figma | Clip Studio Paint | Adobe Photoshop | Adobe After Effects 

C# | HTML | CSS | Javascript

Professional Experience

Jam City | UI Technical Artist

Disney Magic Match 3D

2024-Present

  • Designed base prefabs of pop ups/menus and other frequently
    used components to maintain visual design
  • Maintained project files by importing assets and removing old
    assets during project iteration
  • Enforced visual style consistency in UI by condensing art
    assets and text materials
  • Collaborated with multiple disciplines to implement new
    features and update older features

Jam City | Associate UI Technical Artist

Disney’s Emoji Blitz

2023-2024

  • Implemented UI Designs in Unity based on mockups
  • Revised old screens to stay up to date with best practices in
    Unity, and set up new screens to be future proof
  • Collaborated with multiple disciplines and teams to implement
    new features
  • Programmed front end interfaces on data website projects

Chaos Crew | UI/UX Technical Designer

Through Rust We Are Returned

2021-2021

  • Designed UI/UX flows and assets in Figma and Clip Studio Paint
  • Created UI prefabs and updated available screens to allow for
    expandable content
  • Created UI animations and vfx for visual feedback
  • Added and adjusted HDRP Blur custom passes to improve
    readability

Endless Suffering | Lead Game Designer, UI/UX Technical Designer

Forkdrift

2020-2020

  • Designed UI/UX flows and assets in Figma and Clip Studio Paint
  • Implemented UI designs in Unity
    Programmed the mini map system
  • Created 3D scenes in Unity for out-of-round menus
  • Conducted play tests and adjusted gameplay based on data from
    testers

Education

Champlain College | Burlington, VT

Bachelor’s Degree in Game Design