Kristófer Knutsen
Senior Technical Artist at Next Games, A Netflix Game Studio
Helsinki, Mainland Finland
Summary
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Top SchoolKristófer Knutsen is a Technical Art lead and Art Owner based in Helsinki with eight years of hands-on experience bridging art and engineering in game development. Currently guiding technical art for Stranger Things: Puzzle Tales at Next Games, he combines pipeline optimization, tool development, and asset ownership to keep live production efficient and visually consistent. Trained in Information Technology (Metropolia), his background ranges from game developer trainee to team leader, giving him a practical appreciation for both code and creative workflows. Outside of games he brings a strong multimedia sensibility—photography, audio engineering, video editing and running an A/V rental business—that informs polished, production-ready art deliverables. Fluent in cross-disciplinary collaboration, he leverages past roles from carpentry to chef and events CEO to solve hands-on problems and manage complex, deadline-driven projects.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Information Technology, Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Information Technology at Metropolia University of Applied SciencesBusiness & Economics, Business & Economics at Akureyri Comprehensive College
English, Icelandic, Swedish, Finnish
Github Skills (6)
oms6
defense6
unity3d5
game-ai5
tower4
3d2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
BeeBeeCue/Aktia_Csharp
Sep 2021 - Sep 2021
Contributions:34 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
BeeBeeCue/MapViz
Dec 2020 - Feb 2021
Contributions:22 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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