PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Illustrator & Character Designer at JoJo Learning
June 2020 – present
• Scheduled meetings and maintained calendars with co-founders and co-worker
• Took detailed notes during meetings and applied feedback to projects
• Provided quick turnarounds and explanations of the prototypes’ design choices to linguistic educators
• Organized multiple iterations for projects’ concept and final stages
• Strengthened monthly subscription and products through over 100 designs and illustrations
• Explored additional resources and styles for project
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Color Artist & Shadow Animator at Studio Zmei
Feb 2022 – June 2024
• Worked on ‘Unicorn Warriors Eternal’,
‘OW2: Venture’s Adventures’, ‘Delivery at Dawn’, ‘The Kaiju’s Problem’ and unannounced projects
• Communicated with artists and production staff in a professional demeanor
• Multitasked in a fast-paced production environment
• Submitted work in a timely manner
• Completed 3 seconds or more for daily quota
• Colored in and animated shadows
• Implemented missing clean up details
• Imported additional animation for final composite
• Exported final shots for final composite
Freelance 2D Animator & Illustrator
Jan 2023 – present
• Corresponded with client for feedback on project through various stages of production
• Organized files for easy delivery
• Negotiated payment and delivery method
• Analyzed animation and delivered constructive critiques with animation crew
• Created rough, tie-down, and clean up animation
• Illustrated client’s ideas on traditional or digital mediums
EDUCATION
Savannah College of Art and Design
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Animation, minor in Sequential Arts
Magna Cum Laude
SOFTWARE
TV Paint Pro • Toonboom Harmony • Photoshop • Clip Studio Paint • After Effects • Premiere • Adobe Suite • Storyboard Pro • Blender • Microsoft Suite • Shotgun • Slack • Google Suite • Discord
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TECHNICAL
Character Animation • Clean Up • Tie-Down • TVPaint camera movement • TVPaint compositing• After Effects 3D function• Utilizing perspective tools • Experience in 3D and 2D pipeline • Quick coloring in TVPaint • Traditional dry and wet media
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SOFT SKILLS
Proficient communication in written and verbal forms • Quick Troubleshooter • Dedicated team player • Attentive to details and deadlines • Flexible • Incorporates feedback effectively • Resourceful • Googly-Eyes Connoisseur
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COLLABORATION PROJECTS
Thesis Film: “Kid President”
Jan 2024 – April 2024
Tie-Down and Clean Up
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CHICKEN: Vol 2: A Charity Zine
Nov 2023 - present
Instagram moderator and traditional illustrator
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CHICKEN: Vol 1: A Charity Zine
Feb 2021 - May 2021
Traditional illustrator
Capstone Senior Film: “Out of Place”
Sep 2019 - May 2020
2D Animator, Clean Up, Color, Prop Concept, Style Frame Layout Artist, Character Concept
2019 Animation Showcase Bumper: “SCADragon”
Jan 2019 - Mar 2019
Animator, Clean Up, Color, Test Animator, Character Concept
RythmReanimate: “Dog Ninja DS”
Aug 2018 - Jan 2019
Animator, Clean Up, Designer, Compositor