Chicago Based Digital Content Agency Expands Team to Los Angeles With New VP and Office.
Chicago: Los Angeles based Spencer Stuard will be joining Artists of the Industry as VP of Interactive. This new division is to be the Los Angeles arm of the company and will help build cutting-edge interactive products for industry-leading businesses. Formerly of Disney, Stuard has helped to design top-grossing mobile applications and award-winning console and VR titles making him a great fit to lead Artists of the Industry’s diverse interactive projects.
Spencer was behind the two most recent interactive projects for Artists of the Industry. Both of which were demanding and required a vast understanding of new and emerging technologies. He first led the effort to create Artists of the Industry’s first Virtual Tour Experience (VTX) which ambitiously set out to virtually map one of Atlanta’s largest downtown hotels and deliver the experience to desktops, tablets, and online. His second project was an interactive self-guided virtual reality experience that educated United Airlines senior management at their yearly leadership conference.
With Artists of the Industry, Stuard is looking to apply his entertainment background and expertise to build cutting-edge applications and experiences for new industries. Moving forward Artists of the Industry looks to have Stuard build a multi-disciplined team of designers, engineers, artists, and product managers to tackle the wide range of interactive needs across multiple industries. We welcome Stuard and are thrilled with the new projects soon to come.
View a behind the scenes video short of the Atlanta Marriott Marquis’ VTX experience, click here.
About Spencer Stuard: Spencer Stuard started his career in the entertainment industry at Disney Consumer Products Think Tank doing multimedia product development. His background in production, editing, and effects helped shape the Think Tank’s pitches and presentations. He was then recruited to Master Key, a Hollywood based VFX house to work on several prime-time FX show as a 3D modeler and simulation artists. When most major VFX studios moved to Canada for government incentives Spencer used the opportunity to shift gears and learn mobile game design at Disney Interactive.
A year later he had helped design the top grossing app “Temple Run OZ” and was promoted to Gameplay Programmer where he began rapid prototyping for Disney’s next mobile title. Spencer went on to help design the award-winning console game “Oxenfree” with a small team of 5 developers and then launch his own Virtual Reality development studio to produce an award-winning VR title. Stuard saw the potential of VR, AR, and other Realtime technologies to reach much further than just the entertainment industry and is thrilled to help lead Artists of the Industry’s Interactive division.
About Artists of the Industry: Artists of the Industry is an experiential creative content marketing and production agency. We deliver emotionally intelligent, technologically advanced content and platforms to companies that need to tell their story, communicate and get heard above the noise. A foundation built on creating content and producing remarkable events and technologies all designed to convert the audience into a fan, believer and relationship that will stand the test of time. We provide businesses with the world’s most visionary, creative professionals in every facet of event production, presentation design, sales, marketing technology and content marketing fulfillment. For creative professionals, we offer a cross-discipline, collaborative environment coupled with thought and visionary leadership with the goal to become the partner of global disruptors across business and industry. Visit www.artistsoftheindustry.com to learn more.
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