Christine Gutierrez is a Design Lead at Microsoft for the game Minecraft. Born and raised in Chicago, she now lives in Seattle, WA. Video games have been a part of her life since she was young. Video games helped fueled her passion for art and design. To this day, she continues to grow her collection of retro games & consoles and loves her new consoles: xbox, playstation, PC, and Switch. 

Christine joined Minecraft in 2017 at Microsoft for Mojang Studios, has been promoted to Design Lead managing a team of Graphic Designers, 3D generalists, Video Editors, and Web Designers. She was recently selected as a member of the 2020 The Game Awards: Future Class. Check it out here: https://thegameawards.com/future-class

She is dedicated to improving representation in the gaming industry. She is part of Better Together, a diversity and inclusion initiative within Minecraft; co-founder of Crafters of Color an ERG at Mojang for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) employees and their allies; and a Project Spirit Ambassador, helping drive internal mental and emotional strategy, and sharing centrally created content with her team. It's her goal to help impact the gaming industry by promoting diversity within core branding, creative, design, and programming roles. To include more diverse content creators, ensuring games and products that represent a wider range of inclusive experiences within the gaming community.

Due to contracts...For additional work, please email me at christinegutierrez24@gmail.com