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Damiano De Cataldo has a diverse work experience spanning multiple companies and roles. Damiano started their career in 2009 as a Designer at Alstom and also worked as a 3D CAS modeler at Pininfarina, where they collaborated on the B0 project. In 2010, they joined Virtual reality e Multimedia Park as a 3D generalist and later became a 3D generalist/compositor.

In 2012, Damiano worked at Maga Animation Studio as a TD/3D artist and completed an internship. Damiano then moved on to Milestone s.r.l. as a Vehicle Artist before joining Gameloft Barcelona in 2014. At Gameloft Barcelona, they started as a Vehicle Artist and later became a Principal Vehicle Artist and then a Lead Vehicle Artist.

In 2018 and until the present, Damiano has been a Lead 3D Artist at Gameloft Barcelona, where they lead the vehicle 3D art team for games like Asphalt 9 and Disney SpeedStorm. Damiano is responsible for team management, making decisions and providing directions, and interacting with other departments for feature implementation.

Damiano's most recent position is as an Art Director at Gameplay Galaxy, starting in 2023. In this role, they manage and mentors a large team of artists across various disciplines, establishes style rules, and creates processes to ensure high-quality output.

Throughout their career, Damiano has demonstrated expertise in art direction, team management, and vehicle modeling.

Damiano De Cataldo completed their education in a chronological order. From 2006 to 2009, they attended the European Institute of Design (IED) and earned a professional diploma in Transportation Design. Subsequently, from 2010 to 2012, they enrolled at Virtual Reality e Multimedia Park and obtained a master's degree in Film/Cinema/Video Studies with a specialization in VFX.