SÉBASTIEN
PARADIS

SÉBASTIEN is a passionate and accomplished creative director, known for his keen attention to details and artistic vision.

About SÉBASTIEN

Agent with a visionary prespective on labor relations in major industries; with a background career in video game productions. Deploy innovative management that contributes to the success of major companies, as well as promising start-ups. Having the focus to align business strategies and developed products, using out of the box management to bring multi-disciplinary teams toward a common goal. In terms, the climate created allows the reaping of better team engagement and accountability, which is essential when dealing with clients they have and will never interact with. Oriented towards the growth of companies and all its members.Expertise encompassing the technical, financial, creative, business development and management. Exceptionally dedicated professional with unparalleled interpersonal, communication and organizational skills, entrusted with high-level mandates requiring negotiation skills, knowledge of the video game industry, economy, as well asglobal politics. Acts also as a consultant to assess the viability of projects and/or companies.

CEO & CREATIVE DIRECTOR - Pure Creation

Currently in development: the VthDimension in Steam Early Access PC version, release scheduled for 2021.

Development of board games and collectible cards VthDimension physical version and Steam PC
Development of the business strategy
Production team management
Management of focus groups

FINANCIAL SECURITY ADVISOR - Industrial Alliance

Produce financial analysis for individuals and companies.
Recommend a complete set of financial strategies (insurance, investment, retirement etc.)
Find the most optimal path to achieve the client's objectives from his starting point
Remain current in international events and everything that can influence the market curves

PRODUCER - Frima

Delivered : Harry Potter: Wizard Unite (mobile), Iron Man MK50 (connected toy) Battleship Playlink (PS4) Worked on: Light Saber Academy (Connected toy), Pokémon (VR)

Liaison between development teams and in charge of dealing with clients
Responsible for coordinating efforts to ensure the end product meets project framework
Proactively identify any potential issues and provide creative solutions
Ensure that tasks are completed within time, budget and quality standard of the company
Supervise the creative and technical teams in the creation of the game
Mentoring associated producers wishing to one day become producer

PRODUCTION MANAGER, Keywords

Delivered : What Remains of Edith Finch (PS4 / X1 / PC), Gorogoa (PC / IOS) The Room Old Sins (Mobile), Splendor (Mobile), Mysterium (Mobile), Colt Express (Mobile / PC), Evoland 2 (Mobile), 2Dark (PC), Wonderboy 3 (PS Vita), Y's Origin (PS Vita), Metronomicon (PC), Dobble (Mobile). Worked 1 year and a half on Rocket League (PC / PS4 / X1 / Switch).

Supervise operations in different service units.
Functionality, linguistic, CQA and compatibility tests
Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One, Steam PC, IOS, Android.
Support the team of project managers
Client conflict resolution
Resolve any conflict in the team by seeking consensus around which everyone can rally
Organize individual meetings to discuss performance and give positive feedback
Make the bridge between the different production teams to ensure consistency between them
Integrate new employees into the team, informing them of expectations and the procedure to be followed, enabling them to quickly contribute to the production effort
Management of a portfolio of more than 40 clients, often with a dozen active projects at the same time
Measure and analyze client satisfaction and address any issue with them
Forge professional relationships with clients by helping them with development plans with road maps of several years.Ultimately, prepare and negotiate a service offer that meets their needs.

PRODUCER at THRACE GRAPHISTE conseils

Orchestrate the execution of the project by ensuring adherence to the budget and deadline.
Prepare project status reports and create summaries for the team.
Coordinate a team of 15 internal developers, as well as 10 resources outside the country.
Recruit and select the team by assigning them their responsibilities and tasks.
Evaluate the team's performance by offering them solutions to improve.
Develop plans to establish costs and return on investment. Identify the needs of additional resources to carry out the project and approve the modifications suggested by the team that could improve the achievement of our objectives.
Follow up on deadlines, deliverables and their quality control.
Promote communication with users to understand their future needs and priorities through discussion groups and online forums.

CREATIVE DIRECTOR - CINÉGROUPE, MONTREAL

Design and creation of the video game for the Tripping the rift for XBOX live arcade.
Presentation of the concept to SYFY TELEVISION during an executive meeting in New York.
Assembly of a production team, as well as synchronization between multidisciplinary teams from various countries. (3D - China, community supervisor - Montreal, customer support - India and quality assurance - Romania).

QA /CUSTOMER SERVICE (GAMES) UBISOFT MONTREAL