Stan Szymanski

President, Chief Resource Strategist, StanleyVision

Stan is a digital media production executive with a 30-year career in VFX, Animation, Games, and Tech recruiting/headhunting, artist management, talent development, production and studio operations.

During his 14 years as SVP of Creative Resources & Digital Production for Imageworks, Stan recruited and managed thousands of creative and technical artists. He founded StanleyVision in 2010, a consulting, recruiting and resource management firm for today's global games, VFX, animation, AR/VR and digital media production environments.

StanleyVision’s clients include LAIKA, Double Negative Animation, Double Negative VFX, Streamland Media, Sony Innovation Studios, PlayStation, PlayStation Productions, Innovation Studios (a Microsoft Company,) Riot Games, DigitalFish, Madison Square Garden Company, MSG Sphere, Technicolor, MPC, The Mill, Method Studios, Sony Pictures Animation, Mikros Animation, Blue Sky, Framestore, Digital Domain, Weta Digital, Rodeo FX, Alkemy X, Crafty Apes, Wayfair, Shutterstock, Universal Creative, Ringling College of Art & Design, and The Third Floor.