Professional Experience
2D Animator (Freelance) | Alane Adams Studios, Remote| August - September 2024
Requested by name to assist in episode 2 of a children’s animated short
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Adapted quickly to the existing style and produced 30% more shots than assigned that addressed stylizations to be used in future scenes
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Assisted in technical notes for character rigs and background blending nodes, resulting in cleaner assets and easy streamline use for animators
2D Animator and Harmony Rigger (Freelance) | Koobits Learning, Remote | January – May 2024
Developed appealing and educational animated gifs for an English teaching educational program
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Efficiently created 400+ animated gifs and implemented new pipeline and feedback strategy for the company and all their freelancers
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Developed an organized library of assets including characters, props, templates, and reuse animations to increase productivity by 5%
2D Animator (Three-week contract) | Alane Adams Studios, Remote| March 2024
Recruited by name to assist current animation team to produce a children’s animated short
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Became a reliable source of discovering flaws and bugs within the character rigs for future revisions, allowing for smoother animations for all artists
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Mentored the team as an experienced industry animator and produced 20+ seconds of animation per week to ensured we met a tight deadline
2D Animator | Floyd County Productions, Remote| April – September 2023
Composed snappy and entertaining animation based on existing TV Show
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Maintained reputation as fastest animator on the team, and played a key role in animating at least 50% of entire production of 5 episodes
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Sought after to provide swift revisions across on top of my current assignments for all episodes, ensuring the team meet tight deadlines
Key Animator | Awesome Inc, Remote | July 2022 – March 2023
Produced high-quality character acting for a feature length production
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Responsible for tackling a high quantity and quality of shots, pushing production forward to exceed production quantity for each deadline
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Excelled in dancing animation, and therefore requested and was responsible for the ending dance sequence of the film
Lead Animator | Floyd County Productions, Remote | September 2021 – February 2022
Directed a team of 10+ animators, responsibilities including facilitating feedback and completing revisions
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Addressed pressing creator feedback myself and allowed my team to continue forward to increase productivity by 10%
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Adapt in tracking details of each episode and implemented feedback to entire team to keep continuity and reduce future note and changes
2D Animator | Floyd County Productions, Remote | February 2019 – August 2021
Created expressive and dynamic character performances for both television and feature productions
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Adaptability with style, skills in animating and character rigging, and production speed created requests from different departments to join their team
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Ensured quality of all productions by addressing technical notes for all animators and character riggers, resulting in a promotion to Lead Animator
Pilot Episode
Executive Producer | NCS Animations, Remote | January 2021 – August 2023
Assisted director in script writing and board direction for an animated pilot episode
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Implemented changes within the script for more a believable and appealing story, allowing for a more streamlined narrative
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Taught a team of animators the pipeline of the production and became a contact between the animators and the director
Skills
2D Cutout Animation, 2D Hand-Drawn Animation, Toon Boom Harmony Character Rigging, Storyboarding, and Illustration
Software
Toon Boom Harmony, Storyboard Pro, Photoshop, After Effects, Premiere, Illustrator, Microsoft Office
Hobbies
Community Event Organizer | Dungeons and Dragons | November 2018 – Present
Scheduled, hosted, and led weekly entertaining team-based events for a group of 7
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Created events and challenges that promoted team communication, creative problem-solving, and trust for the group
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Strengthened interpersonal skills both as a listener and as a leader, and encouraged feedback from the group to ensure a more entertaining space
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Animation
Savannah College of Art and Design