Experience

• Freelance Animator at Santa Barbara Games

  Seattle, US

  January 2026 - Present

  - 3D character animation and rigging in Maya
  
  - Unity integration.

• Freelance Senior Animator (Remote) at Astral Clocktower Studios

  Seattle, US

  November 2025 - Present

  - 3D gameplay and cinematic animations in 3D Studio Max.
  
  - Unreal integration for the Kristala project.
  
  - Feedback and mentoring junior animators.

• Senior Animator at PTW Ghostpunch Games

  SEATTLE, US

  April 2023 - Present

  Senior Animator for various AAA titles.

• Contract 3D Animator at Team Grit

  SEATTLE, United States of America

  August 2022 - January 2023

  - 3D character gameplay animation, locomotion and rigging for the AAA multiplayer/battle
  
  royale Grit project
  
  - Animation/art asset updating in Unreal Engine 4.7
  
  - Outsource management for 3D character skinning and rigging

• Associate Art Director and Animation Lead at Kooapps Inc

  Bellevue

  November 2020 - July 2022

  - Associate art director and lead animator for Snake.io, Stacky Bird, Watch Pet, Helix Stack Jump,
  
  Piano Dreams, Power Up, Tetrodoku, Bullet Knight, Pictoword School, Gun Matrix and many more.
  
  - Manage both WW launch and soft launch titles while maintaining organization with effectiveness, health, and set up for success with clear and measurable goals.
  
  - Joyfully plan and create characters skins, banners and UI for live-op events
  
  - Work closely with design and game data analytics to determine art choices, game performance, monetization, and retention based on the metrics
  
  - Enthusiastically create and art direct creative video advertisements for Apple Store, Google Play, and Tiktok with the marketing team
  
  - Art direct and manage our satellite art team in the Philippines, Taiwan and outsource
  
  companies
  
  - Run onsite and remote art scrum meetings with the art, animation and multimedia teams
  
  - Create pre-visual and concept works to help design and developer teams to understand game

• Freelance Animator/Artist/Consultation at Self-Employed

  SEATTLE, United States of America

  January 2015 - Present

  2D/3D Generalist
  
  2D/3D Character Rigging
  
  Game Dev and Art Consultation
  
  Motion Graphics and Video Production
  
  Graphic Design
  
  Illustration
  

• Contract 3D Animator at Amazon Games

  SEATTLE, United States of America

  March 2020 - December 2020

  3D character animation and rigging for My Loft: Alexa Games
  
  Worked with great voice talents featured on IMDB https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14302430

• 3D Artist at Jackson-Maynard Inc

  SEATTLE, United States of America

  January 2018 - December 2020

  3D Generalist for an industrial design “to-be-announced” mobile app project
  
  Created furniture props and interior design environments using Blender
  
  Worked with 3D photo-realistic rooms and environments in Blender
  
  Works featured for clients at https://www.magnushomeproducts.com/ and
  
  https://www.signaturehardware.com/
  

• Contract 3D Animator and Generalist at Microsoft Corporation Xbox MR

  Redmond, WA, United States of America

  March 2018 - March 2019

  3D Art Generalist (Character, Shader, Lighting, VFX, and UI) for R&D and Mixed Reality prototype
  
  Designed, greybox and created art assets for interactive VR/AR prototypes through Unity
  
  Provided motion graphics work for infographic powerpoint presentations and art pitches
  
  UI/UX motion design for launcher applications and menu work
  
  Researched and playtested VR art tools for potential production use
  

• Contract Senior 3D Animator/Artist at Disney Interactive

  Bellevue, United States of America

  May 2014 - November 2015

  3D character animation and Unity/Scorn scripting for “Marvel Avengers Alliance 2” and "Marvel Avengers Allience Tactics"
  
  Responsible for exporting and implementing animation/art assets for Unity 3D 4.8
  
  Camera work and gameplay staging through Unity
  
  Outsource responsibilities in providing detailed direction and feedback on character animation
  
  Organized, managed, implement character animation assets into Unity
  
  Character animation for “Marvel: Avengers Alliance Tactics” project
  

• Contract 2D/3D Animator at Z2/King.com

  SEATTLE, United States of America

  July 2012 - April 2014

  2D Flash animation, art asset exporting, and art cleanup for Battle Nations project
  
  Fabricate 3D character, prop, and particle animations for game prototype
  
  3D rigging and weighting for 3D characters and props

• Lead Animator/Artist at Griptonite Games/Glu Mobile

  Kirkland, WA, United States of America

  March 2005 - July 2012

  Hand animated 3D character animations and skeletal rigging for gameplay and cutscenes
  
  2D sprite art, UI layout, and VFX
  
  Managed and designed all animation pipelines