Emeric Thoa

Game Director at Ubisoft

Paris Area, France

Current
Past
  • Worldwide Conception Director at Ubisoft
  • Worldwide Game Designer at Ubisoft
  • Usability Specialist at Ubisoft
  • Webdesigner at NXPublishing
Education
  • Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers
  • Ecole des arts visuels
  • IMAC
  • Université Paris XIII
Connections
221 connections
Industry
Computer Software
Websites

Emeric Thoa’s Summary

- Currently Game Director on New IP

- Conception Director on all AAA games (responsible for Game Design in all AAA titles)

- Game designer on AAA video games (Ghost Recon A.W. X360 [million seller], Splinter Cell D.A. X360 [million seller], End War [million seller])

- Usability specialist (playtests and accessibility guidelines for games)

- Editor in chief and webmaster of www.ergologique.com (Usability and user-centered design) [in French]

Emeric Thoa’s Specialties:

Design: Game/Level Design, User-Centered Design, Webdesign

Production:
- Programming [PHP, ActionScript, Lingo, Java, C, JavaScript...]
- Webdesign [HTML, CSS, XML] [Dreamweaver, Photoshop, InDesign, Flash, Director]
- Game engine: Yeti - Unreal

- Languages: French, fluent english (beginner: spanish, chinese, japanese)


Emeric Thoa’s Experience

  • Game Director

    Ubisoft

    (Public Company; FR0000054470; Computer Games industry)

    December 2007Present (2 years )

    Lead Game Designer on AAA games.

  • Worldwide Conception Director

    Ubisoft

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Games industry)

    September 2006December 2007 (1 year 4 months)

    Responsible for the Game Design quality of all Ubisoft games in conception and preproduction phase.

  • Worldwide Game Designer

    Ubisoft

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Entertainment industry)

    February 2005September 2006 (1 year 8 months)

    Game Designer on AAA games (GRAW X360 ; SCDA X360)

  • Usability Specialist

    Ubisoft

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; UBI; Computer Software industry)

    July 2004January 2005 (7 months)

    Usability specialist (playtests and accessibility guidelines for AAA games)

  • Webdesigner

    NXPublishing

    (Internet industry)

    April 2004May 2004 (2 months)

    www.ergologique.com - Usability and User-Centered Design
    Editor in chief, webmaster and owner.

    www.nxpublishing.com - Company website
    Webdesigner.

    [...]


Emeric Thoa’s Education

  • Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers

    DESS (master) , Game Design, ergonomie du jeu

  • Ecole des arts visuels

    Maitrise , Ergonomie, design graphique, scénarisation, gestion de projet

  • IMAC

    Maitrise , Ergonomie, gestion de projet, rédaction, histoire des médias, réalisation audiovisuelle

  • Université Paris XIII

    DUT , Informatique, programmation, architecture des ordinateurs, base de donnée, réseaux


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