Jacob Minkoff is a Lead Game Designer at Naughty Dog Inc in Santa Monica, California, USA.
He graduated with a BFA from the School of Visual Arts, New York where he trained in film and visual effects.
Jacob was one of the three founding members of Blue Omega Entertainment and worked there as Lead Designer on the multiplatform Unreal Engine game Damnation for 5 years until the company’s dissolution in 2009. Following his departure from Blue Omega, Jacob joined Naughty Dog where he designed and developed the acclaimed Train and Convoy levels (among others) for the hit game Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. He is currently Lead Designer on Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, which he co-leads with Richard Lemarchand.
Jacob is currently working at Naughty Dog on Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception.
