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Tiago Colaço
Caldas da Rainha (Leiria)
01/10/1983[42 years old]
Tiago Colaço

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Tiago Colaço is a senior professional in the video game industry, specializing in creative direction, marketing art, worldbuilding, and visual strategy. Recognized for his ability to connect art, product, data, and business, he has led projects with significant economic and artistic impact, including founding and structuring the Marketing Art department at Socialpoint, with pipelines and performance-driven campaigns generating an estimated $1M USD per month.

He was responsible for the worldbuilding and concept art of Playstark’s first project, defining the game’s foundational visual identity and contributing to the securing of €1.5M in initial investment.

Tiago is the founder, creative director, and curator of Game Dev Sessions, leading the vision, content curation, and selection of international speakers, establishing the event as a reference point in Portugal’s video game ecosystem. He also provides creative and strategic consulting for studios, independent projects, and institutional initiatives, supporting the definition of creative vision, visual positioning, production pipelines, and alignment between art, product, and business goals.

Additionally, he served as professor and mentor for the Games & Multimedia program at the Polytechnic of Leiria (2021–2025) and the Video Games program at Universidade Lusófona (2022–2024), helping train professionals with a focus on real-world production, systemic thinking, and industry standards.

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Portuguese Video Games

Foreign Video Games developed

2021 Warhammer: Chaos & Conquest Tilting Point Senior 2D Game Artist / Senior Marketing Artist
2021 Reign of Empires Tilting Point Senior Marketing Artist
2021 Cooking Voyage Tilting Point Senior Marketing Artist
2021 Underworld Football Manager Tilting Point Senior Marketing Artist
2021 Siege Warfare Tilting Point Senior Marketing Artist
2021 Spachero Tilting Point Senior Marketing Artist
2021 Battle Strategy War Game Tilting Point Senior Marketing Artist
2021 MMA 2021 Tilting Point Senior Marketing Artist
2021 Star Trek: Timelines Tilting Point Senior 2D Game Artist / Senior Marketing Artist
2021 Adventure Escape Mysteries Tilting Point Senior Marketing Artist
2021 Nova Empire: Space Commander Tilting Point Senior Marketing Artist
2020 Astrokings Tilting Point Senior Marketing Artist
2020 Narcos: Idle Cartel Tilting Point Senior Marketing Artist
2020 Doctor Who Tilting Point Senior Marketing Artist
2020 Lord of Heroes Tilting Point Senior Marketing Artist
2020 TerraGenesis Tilting Point Senior Marketing Artist
2020 Idle Miners Settlement Tilting Point Senior Marketing Artist
2020 Hidden Hotel Tilting Point Senior Marketing Artist
2020 Crazy Rush Sales Tilting Point Senior Marketing Artist
2020 Dino Bash Tilting Point Senior Marketing Artist
2020 Fantastic Pets Tilting Point Senior Marketing Artist
2020 Lucky Buddies Tilting Point Senior Marketing Artist
2020 MMA 2020 Tilting Point Senior Marketing Artist
2020 Operations: New Earth Tilting Point Senior Marketing Artist
2020 Avatar: Realms Collide Tilting Point Senior Marketing Artist
2020 MasterChef: Learn to Cook! Tilting Point Senior Marketing Artist
2020 Criminal Minds: The Mobile Game Tilting Point Senior Marketing Artist
2020 Food Truck Chef Tilting Point Senior Marketing Artist
2019 SpongeBob: Krusty Cook-Off Tilting Point Senior Marketing Artist
2019 Zombieland: AFK Survival Tilting Point Senior Marketing Artist
2019 Walking Dead Slots Tilting Point Senior Marketing Artist
2019 M&M’s Adventure Tilting Point Senior Marketing Artist
2019 Narcos: Cartel Wars Tilting Point Senior Marketing Artist
2017 Underworld Football Manager Stanga Games Senior 2D Game Artist
2017 Runners of Gaia Playstark Principal Concept Artist
2017 uFighter TonkTonk Games Principal Concept Artist
2016 Champions Arena Socialpoint Concept Artist
2015 Jurassic Hunter Socialpoint Lead Marketing Artist
2015 Dragon Land Socialpoint Lead Marketing Artist
2015 World Chef Socialpoint 2D Game Artist / Marketing Artist
2014 Hooked Socialpoint 2D Game Artist
2013 Monster Legends Socialpoint 2D Game Artist / Marketing Artist
2013 Dragon City Socialpoint 2D Game Artist / Marketing Artist
2013 Social Wars Socialpoint 2D Game Artist
2013 Social Empires Socialpoint 2D Game Artist
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