Team Leadership in the Game Industry

Seth Spaulding is a twelve-year game industry veteran. His first company was Cyberlore Studios where he contributed to 9 titles including Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Simulator, MechWarrior4: Mercenaries and Playboy: The Mansion. During his 10 years with Cyberlore, Seth’s roles included Lead Artist, Art Director, Vice President/Project Lead and President. Since 2005, Seth has worked as Art Director for Firaxis Games (a 2K Games developer) and has contributed to 5 titles including Civilization Revolution and Sid Meier’s Railroads! In 2006, Seth led a seminar on Game Department Leadership and Management during a multi-day seminar in Helsinki through aRTO (a multimedia educational/professional organization). Seth speaks regularly at the Game Developers Conference, presenting on topics such as the Art Directors Roundtable and Art Direction: Confidential. He has also spoken at numerous universities including University of Maryland and the Washington, D.C. Art Institute and he is an active member of the International Game Developers Association. In 2007 he was invited to join the Academy of Interactive Art and Sciences (AIAS) to participate in the selection process for their 2007 awards ceremony.