Ali Gillani

FOUNDER

ARTDUCTIVE STUDIO

Aug 2020 - Present • 5 yrs 9 mos

As the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at the Artductive Gaming Studio, I: • Manage business generation, outreach, and liaison. • Communicate and coordinate with my clientele and stakeholders. • Lead the creative processes. • Provide art direction for graphic design and illustration work for gaming and advertisement design. • Highlights: 1. Enhanced monthly revenue by up to 4000%. 2. Expanded international clientele to over 25 clients across North America, Europe, and Asia. 3. Delivered more than 250 projects successfully over the past four years. 4. Artductive has maintained an impressive 95% client return rate. 5. Mentored up to 20 individuals in various traditional art styles, including character design, environment design, and caricature illustration, using media such as poster paints, oil paints, and watercolors. 6. Trained my employees in Adobe Photoshop and ZBrush, for character, and prop design.

Art Director

VIRTUAL BRIXS

Sep 2019 - Present • 6 yrs 8 mos

As the Senior Concept Artist at Virtual Brix, I: • Spearhead the concept brainstorming and design team's engagements. • Manage and supervise the design and illustration processes for cartoons, characters, environments, sci-fi comics, postcards, and social activism. • Lead the project designs and management. • Manage and engage with stakeholders. • Lead marketing illustrations and design development for the agency, with my team. • Highlights: 1. Delivered over 170 successful projects in the past five years. 2. Generated over $220,000 in revenue for VirtualBrix so far.

ART DIRECTOR

CREATIVE ASPECTS • Full-time

Mar 2018 - Nov 2020 • 2 yrs 8 mos

s the Art Director at this design agency, I: • Spearheaded clientele expansion via liaison and client management. • Supervised and streamlined the design process to ensure quality and efficiency. • Supervised the design team. • Coordinated between all stakeholders. • Spearheaded the project management responsibilities. • Highlights: 1. Initiated and led the partnership processes with companies like Coca-Cola and Menu. 2. Catalyzed the monthly revenue from $5,000 to $32,000 in less than 12 months.