Xavier Agulló

PROFESSIONAL

EXPERIENCE

Social Point - Barcelona
Take-Two Interactive

Senior Game Designer | Sep. 2015 - Present

• Worked in multiple released titles: “Dragon City”, “World Life”, “Tasty Town”, “World Chef”.
• Won 3 silver and 1 golden medals in 4 different game jams with 4 different teams.
• One of my game jam proposals made into production, but it was later cancelled.

Gameloft - Barcelona

Senior Game Designer | Feb. 2013 - Aug. 2015

• “Despicable Me: Minion Rush”: Liveops systems, monetisation, mini-games & level design.
• R&D for different titles. Pitched proposals for: “Ice Age”, “Avengers: Age of Ultron” and others.

Gameloft - New York City

Game Designer | Mar. 2008 - Jan. 2011

• Designed and led small teams in multiple java titles like: “COPS”, “Spider-man”, “Far Cry 2”, “High School Hookups”…
• Successfully helped the studio transition into its first 3D iPhone game (“Star Battalion”).

Gameloft - Barcelona & Paris

Game Designer | Nov. 2006 - Jun. 2008 (incl. 6 months in Paris HQ)

• Designed and led “KO Legends” a Boxing Game for Java cell phones.
• Worked for 6 months in Paris headquarters on a 3D FPS for Java devices. (Canceled)

Villarrosás - Barcelona (currently: &Rosàs)

Junior Art Creative | Oct. 2005 - Oct. 2006

• Produced and coordinated art for brands like “Nike”, “Honda”, “Dewar’s”, “Damm”…

EDUCATION

Sichuan University - Chengdu

Chinese Language Program | Feb. 2011 - Jul. 2012

• Achieved “HSK 5” certification in mandarin (Intermediate).
• Awarded by the European Union through the “China Scholarship Council”.

Elisava, School of Design & Engineering

Higher Degree in Design | Oct. 2001 - Jul. 2005

• Double degree with “University of Southampton” (England) Bachelor of Arts in Design.
• For 3 years, worked part-time in the university’s publishing department.
• Took part in different student clubs: “Travelling” (Student Magazine) & “Cinètic” (Film Club).

SKILLS

• Art & Design: Photoshop, Illustrator, AdobeXD.
• Economy & data handling: Google Sheets, Basic SQL (+data formats JSON, XML, etc.).
• Programming & Game Engines: C# (Unity), Python (Godot), Lua (Pico 8), Git.
• Others: Dabbled in 3ds Max, Cinema 4D, Blender, HTML, CSS, After Effects, InDesign, etc.

LANGUAGES

• Catalan & Spanish: Mother tongue.
• English: Professional fluency.
• Japanese: Upper beginner, JLPT N4 (2020)
• Chinese: Totally forgotten, reached intermediate level, HSK5 (2012)