Summary
Kristófer 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
Business & Economics, Business & Economics at Akureyri Comprehensive College
Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Information Technology, Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Information Technology at Metropolia Ammattikorkeakoulu - Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences
English, Icelandic, Swedish, Finnish