Javier's Resume

Javier

Narrative Designer & Cultural Consultant

Male

31 y/o

Illustrator/Cartoonist/Animation Design/Multimedia Design/Art

Live in Thailand

Nationality United States

Summary

Creative professional with 6+ years of experience in game development, narrative design, concept development, and digital content creation. Experienced in building original IP, developing compelling characters and worlds, storyboarding, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to bring creative ideas to life. Proficient in AI-assisted creative workflows, video production, and visual storytelling, with credits on internationally recognized titles including *The Grand Mafia*, *Bloodline: Heroes of Lithas*, *Matchington Mansion*, *Honkai: Star Rail*, and *Zenless Zone Zero*. Passionate about creating engaging entertainment through innovative design, strong collaboration, and thoughtful storytelling.

Work experience

Language Localization Specialist
Powers Translation International (PTI)
2024.01-Current
(3 years)
Video Game Localization Mandarin Chinese to English localization for an array of video game companies and titles.
Actor & Model
VIE Models
2023.01-Current
(4 years)
Commercial Productions Involving music videos, commercials, advertisements, web series, and photoshoots.
Narrative Designer & Cultural Consultant
Magic Tavern - Matchington
2025.09-2026.04
(8 months)
Narrative Puzzle Mobile Game Developing storylines, character dialogue, and narrative structure while ensuring cultural authenticity for Western audiences. Collaborating across design and art teams to support level development, concept art direction, and character design. Providing Language Quality Assurance (LQA) for English localization, refining dialogue flow, tone, and narrative clarity. Contributing to visual and gameplay development through concept illustration, character design, and level design support to maintain cohesive storytelling across gameplay and art.
Narrative Designer
Goat Games
2022.01-2023.01
(a year)
Bloodline: Heroes of Lithas Mobile Game Involving LQA and CQA tasks, Poster/Marketing design, Script writing, Concept Art, Character Design, Storyboarding, Voice Casting, and World Building. I wrote 1⁄3 of the entire Game and designed 1⁄3 of all the characters present.
Narrative Designer
Yotta Game Studio
2020.01-2021.11
(2 years)
Grand Mafia Mobile Game Involving Logo design, Poster/Marketing design, Script writing, Concept Art, Character Design, Storyboarding, Voice Casting, Working Closely with the Music Department, and World Building. At the time I had written 1⁄2 of the entire game.

Educational experience

University of Hawaii at Manoa
Arts and Science in Mandarin Chinese
2014.09-2018.05
(4 years)
I have a Bachelors of Arts and Science in Mandarin Chinese.