Jackpot Time Miami & New York | IGT/Everi

Project Title: Jackpot Time Miami & New York
Role: Art Lead | Creative Strategy

Project Overview
Jackpot Time is a high-performance slot title featuring dynamic cash-on-reels gameplay and expanded reel mechanics. As the Art Lead, I drove the creative vision and production strategy, acting as the primary bridge between the math, engineering, and game design to ensure a cohesive, high-quality user experience.

| Key Leadership Contributions |

Creative Advocacy & Mediation:
Served as the strategic pillar for the creative team, successfully navigating conflicting priorities between stakeholders, game designers, and artists. I acted as a mediator, ensuring the core artistic vision remained intact while aligning with broader project goals.

Product-Driven Creative Direction:
Orchestrated the translation of complex math models into intuitive visual experiences. I directed the visual hierarchy of both static and animated symbols, ensuring that high-value outcomes were visually signaled to the player to maximize engagement and clarity.

Pipeline Architecture & Technical Optimization:
I mediated between art and engineering to resolve performance bottlenecks, personally overseeing the optimization of 3D assets, complex VFX, and large-scale textures to maintain high-fidelity visuals within strict memory and performance constraints.

Distributed Team Leadership:
Owned the day-to-day operations for a remote-first, cross-functional team, including artists, mathematicians, and developers. I maintained rigorous communication and quality standards, ensuring project velocity despite the challenges of a fully distributed development environment.

| Project Impact |
Despite a tumultuous production lifecycle, I successfully drove the project to a stable, on-time release. The game maintains consistent, solid performance on the casino floor, with its install base continuing to grow over time—a testament to the visual quality and gameplay clarity maintained under my direction.