Experience

• Senior Technical Artist at TikTok

  Culver City, United States of America

  October 2021 - Present

  - Promoted from Technical Artist to Senior Technical Artist in Apr 2023.
  
  - Created the first version control & asset management system for the design & interactive engineering teams in the US, saving 100+ hours of work.
  
  - Worked with design and engineering teams to streamline the pipeline from Maya to our internal engine for TikTok Avatars by creating & supporting MEL, Bash, & Python tools.
  
  - Frequently collaborated with producers, artists, and engineers to identify needs and develop actionable tasks & tools to support effect team benchmarks.

• 3D Artist Lead at 3XR Inc.

  Wakefield, United States of America

  May 2019 - August 2021

  -As the first 3D artist hired for 3XR, was responsible for daily production of three 3D artist teams accounting for 20+ 3D artists, which included management of cross functional communication, quality review, and deployment activities.
  
  -Developed & maintained scripted tools/work-flows, which expanded and enhanced 3D & AR development from Blender to the web, reducing manual work required for production from 20+ minutes at a time to seconds.
  
  -Supported the deployment of 2,500+ real-time optimized 3D content for e-commerce in quick 2-4 week turnaround times with Blender, Photoshop, & Substance Painter, which generated over $100k in revenue.
  
  -Was responsible for training 50+ 3D artists in new production techniques and ensured that on-boarding methods were scalable, documented, and compatible with all existing platforms for e-commerce.
  
  -Launched photogrammetry & 3D solutions for upgrading the 3D asset creation process.

• 3D Artist at Eagre Games

  Ellsworth, United States of America

  January 2019 - February 2019

  -Contracted to create and texture assets for ZED on a quick turnaround time
  
  -Collaborated with the Art Director to create assets that were in line with the existing game look
  
  -Worked directly with veterans of the game industry with a combined experience of 60+ years in industry

• Multimedia Generalist at Boston Red Sox

  Boston, United States of America

  January 2017 - October 2017

  -Created 3D content to be used for first Augmented Reality initiatives for Major League Baseball & Boston Red Sox
  
  -Corresponded directly with Major League Baseball to help bring 3D and 2D Augmented Reality content to execution
  
  -Created 3D interactive content for social media that was used on multiple occasions by over 10,000 users

• Animator & Designer at Bare Tree Media

  Boston , United States of America

  January 2017 - October 2017

  -Worked on creating custom digital stickers, trading cards, and animations for brands such as Garfield, Bojack Horseman, and Power Rangers
  
  -Worked with the design team to brainstorm and execute concepts for various mediums of contemporary promotional branding
  
  -Collaborated on creating custom emojis for Game Show Network television show Emogenius