# Mark Sottilaro

> Creative Director at Charmed Particle Design

Location: San Carlos, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/marksottilaro

## Work Experience
### Creative Director @ Charmed Particle Design
Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
I have 25+ years of experience working with traditional and digital media. Let my high-level experience work to enhance your next project, be it a game, marketing make-over, or film project.

 http://www.charmedparticledesign.com

### UI Designer @ Mercenary Technology
Jan 2018 – Present | Fremont, CA
Rebranded Mercenary Technology's logo, marketing materials and website: http://www.mercenarytechnology.com

Music Composition and Sound Effects for Meta's Geometry Gunner and Robot Raiders games.

Worked with Meta to guide them in their Graphics and Audio Engine for Horizon Worlds (Oculus)

Recreated graphics for Batman Arkham Asylum.

### Game Music Composer and SFX Designer @ Mercenary Technology
Jan 2021 – Jan 2025 | Fremont, California, United States

### Contract Multimedia Designer @ Zerocrossing Media
Jan 1999 – Jan 2024 | Ithaca, New York Area/San Francisco Bay Area
Zerocrossing Media offers a full complement of contract design services including Print, UI, Web and Animation design.  Clients include Oracle, UCSF, OnQ Lighting, Bluescape, and Cytiva Software.  Current contract projects include:

Tutorial Design/Art: Chatpassme App for the iOS
Intro Art Sequence: Wislr App for the iOS
UI Art redesign for iOS 7: Bluescape Whiteboard iPad App
UI/UX Design: Flux OS municipal light control app for Android and Windows 8

### UI Artist/Designer @ Electrified Games (Out of business)
Jan 2010 – Jan 2013 | San Rafael, CA
Design and create art/User Interface assets for the new Pokémon TCG Online: Trainer Challenge
Animate the Flash Tutorials for the Pokémon TCG Online: http://www.pokemontcg.com/tutorials

UI and FFX art and design on Kaijudo Online Battle Game and TCG: http://www.kaijudo.com/games/

UI art and design on Cafe 51 for the iOS: https://www.facebook.com/Cafe51Game/

UI art and design for: Kaijudo Online Action Card Game https://kaijudo.fandom.com/wiki/Kaijudo_Online_Game

### Contract UIUX Design and Sound Designer/Music Composer (3 month) @ Three Rings Design
Jan 2010 – Jan 2010
Designed the User Interface for Spiral Knights http://www.spiralknights.com/

User Interface art for How To Train Your Dragon MMO

Updated UI design in Puzzle Pirates and Puzzle Pirates FB. https://www.puzzlepirates.com

Composed game music for the Three Rings Facebook game Downtown.

Redesigned the Three Rings Website

### Contract Flash Artist (1 month) @ EA
Jan 2010 – Jan 2010 | Redwood Shores, CA
Creating art and touching up code for Pogo Flash games.

### Contract UI Designer (6 months) @ Slipgate Ironworks (out of business)
Jan 2008 – Jan 2009 | San Mateo, CA
I was responsible for translating the game design docs into wire-frame and prototype user interfaces.  I was also responsible creating and implementing art assets for the user interface using Flash and Scaleform.  Often I would collaborate with game designers to make sure the game was fun, challenging and intuitive.

### UI Artist @ Planet Moon Studios (out of business)
Jan 2007 – Jan 2008
Designed UI for games on the Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS and Microsoft XBOX360 platforms.  Projects include rhythm action, trivia and action/adventure genres.

Projects include 

EA's Smarty Pants
THQ's Battle of The Bands

### Sr. Multimedia Designer @ InVision Communications
Jan 2000 – Jan 2007
Each job began with the development of a theme for each show.  Often I was a part of the brainstorming process where the theme was created. Once a theme was chosen it was my job to create branding and logos that would support the chosen theme.  Depending on the nature of the show, my job could include web design, print, presentation and motion graphics.

### Assistant Media Lab Manager @ San Francisco Art Institute
Jan 1999 – Jan 2000
Maintained a multi-media computer lab and assisted students in using the hardware and software needed to complete art projects.


## Education
### BFA in Computer Graphics
Syracuse University

### Associate's Degree in Graphic Design
Tompkins Cortland Community College


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/zerocrossing
- Portfolio: http://www.zerocrossing.net

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Last updated: 2026-04-13