Email: nic@nicfontaine.com
Portfolio: nicfontaine.com
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Blending VR learning, interaction design, and web/native app development to make 'what-ifs' possible.
- Spec and prototype software feature enhancements
- Research architectural, operational, and user impediments
- Build pipeline & art tooling
- Craft UI & art for learning and interaction
- Add polish and customization to 3D art
- Distill knowledge & research into technical documentation & leadership insight
- Facilitate R&D collaboration across departments
- Prototype & UI design in Figma, Adobe XD, Invision, and browser
- Frontend development in React, HTML, CSS, and VanillaJS
- Backend development in NodeJS, SQL, MongoDB
- Version control in Git, SVN
- Game & UI development in Unity3D
- Video & motion graphics in After Effects, Premiere, Final Cut Pro
- 3D in Maya, Motionbuilder, and Zbrush
B.A. New Media
- UNC Asheville
Mursion (May 2016 - Present)
Developing for cross platform user-experience in Full-stack web and AR/VR game engine. Technical art, backend pipeline, api design, front-end design & dev, testing, QA, technical documentation.
Bridging art, engineering, and operations to enhance product for both internal teams and end users. From prototype to enterprise launch.
Element-360 (Sept 2014 - May 2016)
Landing pages, display ads, email newsletters, device analytics, heatmaps and A/B testing for international real estate clients. Testing, search performance, and conversion auditing.
ThingFace (Aug 2014 - Sept 2016)
IOT app authoring ecosystem - research, design, and development.
The Littlest Golfer, Inc. (Apr 2013 - Aug 2014)
2D mobile game art design and 3D pilot show - script to launch.
UI, environment, character animation, level design. Character modeling & animation, video editing & compositing, and marketing promo design.
Leadership Asheville (Aug 2012 - Dec 2012)
Managed web site maintenance within Wordpress for an active portal used by over 80 participants of an annual leadership training course.
In addition, I created event stationary and promo prints for fundraisers, designed seasonal event newsletters, promoted events on social media, and managed online donation records and contact database.