Kim Adams

Kim’s deep experience spans the entertainment, software, tech, and hardware industries. Currently at Niantic, Kim is the Senior Director of Game Development, Pokémon GO, where she supports cross functional teams across a game that brings delight to millions of players across the world every day.

As the Director of Real-time production at Nexus Studios, Kim led studio initiatives in real-time animation production across original TV and film, branded content and immersive storytelling. She is also the Co-Founder and former COO of award-winning Adventure Lab; a VR platform for live hosted, multi-player, virtual interactive experiences.

Before leading a team at Meta in developing the AR “Storytime” app for the Portal video device, Kim was Head of Production / EP at Oculus Story Studio, where she shepherded the development of the Emmy Award-winning narrative VR project, Wolves in the Walls. Also as part of the leadership team at Google Spotlight Stories, she produced some of the first VR narrative content for a worldwide audience.

From 2009-2013, Kim was a Producer at Pixar Animation Studios, where she led a division across two countries and produced 13 short films within the beloved Toy Story and Cars franchises while shepherding the development of a multitude of additional Pixar projects.

A visual effects producer previous to Pixar, her credits include Apocalypto and VFX Oscar-nominated Master and Commander.

She is a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, the PGA, and the Television Academy.