Director Design

Scott Wilkinson Resume

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Personal Details

born 8th March, 1964

place of birth Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire, UK

nationality American Permanent Resident, British Passport, New Zealand Passport

title 3D animation director, character designer, animator and visualizer

primary software Maya, After Effects and Photoshop

web www.scottbwilkinson.com

email *****@***************.***

mobile +1-347-***-****

Work History

August 2006 – present: Cirkus Productions - New York & Auckland, New Zealand

animation director Comfort Fabric Softener “Cloth World” campaign, Asia/Pacific Region.

Agency creative: Kevin Geeves. Agency: Ogilvy & Mather, Singapore.

animation director Comfort Fabric Softener “Cloth World” campaign, West Europe Region.

Agency creatives: Andy Bird, John Crozier Agency: Ogilvy & Mather, London.

duties direction, overall project and client management, environment design, character design and animation, motion boards

and 3D previs, lip sync in eight unique languages.

(please see comprehensive list of projects on page 2)

May 2005 – July 2006: Weta Productions - Wellington, New Zealand

shots department “Jane and the Dragon” 26 episodes - 3D animated childrens series.

duties Hair and Syflex cloth simulation and secondary prop animation with Maya deformers.

Promoted to unofficial shots department lead, I also acted in a quality control capacity, reviewing rough renders of simulations

and sending them through to the rendering department upon completion.

2004 - April 2005: FAT - Auckland & Wellington, New Zealand

freelance 3D generalist

duties Modeling, texturing, animation in Maya, Previs and Compositing in After Effects and Photoshop.

projects My varied freelance work included working at FAT, Wellington on animatics and product shots for two 30 second

“Chef” commercials. In addition I assisted with 3D elements on a Vietnamese production for “Fristi” commissioned by Silver-

screen, Wellington. Towards the end of 2004 I worked with FAT, Auckland on a TVC for the opening of a new Ikea store in

Sydney. Done in a catalog graphic style this TVC, for BMF Advertising, Sydney did extremely well for Ikea.

2003: Red Gecko Animation - Fitzrovia, London, UK

duties Modeling, texturing, animation in 3D Studio Max, Previs and Compositing in After Effects and Photoshop.

projects 2 x 40 sec Open University TVCs. I created initial animatics in After Effects, 3D environments and animation in 3D

Studio Max, character setups in Character Studio, and final compositing in After Effects.

2001 – 2002: Eye Animation - Noho, London, UK

duties Modeling, texturing, animation in Maya, Previs and Compositing in After Effects and Photoshop.

projects Apart from 3D animation, my duties included shoot supervision, illustration, storyboarding and animation tests for

competitive pitches. For six months, I was involved in title graphics for a new pre-school TV series called “Boohbah” created by

Ragdoll Productions - the makers of the widely acclaimed “Teletubbies”.

1992 – 2000: JAM Design / FAT - Auckland & Wellington, New Zealand

Along with three other partners I established JAM Design, a 3D animation company in Wellington, New Zealand.

With a full time staff of 3D artists growing yearly we worked on productions from New Zealand, Australia, and Malaysia creating

a reputation in our industry for design innovation.

In 1997, one of my partners and I moved up to open an office in Auckland to better service our agency clients with regular

production meetings and interim visuals.

JAM added strong character animation skills by merging with a respected traditional animation company, called No Straight

Lines, to become FAT.

Up to my departure from the company in 2000 I increasingly found myself in the role of art director for projects in Auckland and

coordinator for major productions being created in the Wellington main office. This involved a great deal of client liaison across

a wide range of agency and film house personalities.

1990 – 91: Artspec - Wellington, New Zealand

Macintosh designer/operator in a prominent Wellington typographic firm. In charge of the day to day running of the studio.

1988 – 89: Freelance Designer / Illustrator - Christchurch, New Zealand

Operated my own freelance graphic design studio in Christchurch specializing in illustration, corporate identities and poster art.

1985 – 87: Design Student - Christchurch, New Zealand

Graduated from Christchurch Polytechnic in 1987 with a Diploma in Visual Communication (carrying distinctions in Illustration

and Design).

Projects in New York

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Comfort Cloth World - “Boost” 30 sec TVC, “Boost Up” 15 sec TVC - Ogilvy and Mather, London

Comfort Cloth World - “Freshometer”, “Maze”, “Thai Value”, “Mother in Law”, “Big Day”, “Chase” 30 sec TVCs - Ogilvy and

Mather, Singapore

Comfort Cloth World -“Rain”, “Supermarket”, “Pink” 15 sec TVCs - Ogilvy and Mather, Singapore

Projects in New Zealand

Comfort Cloth World - “Flare”, “Magnum”, “Ibiza”, “Wedding” 30 sec TVCs - Ogilvy and Mather, Singapore

Comfort Cloth World - “Thai Pouches”, “Spring Breeze”, “Fragrance Beads”, “Magnum Post Launches” 15 sec TVCs - Ogilvy

and Mather, Singapore

“Jane and the Dragon” - Weta Productions, Wellington, New Zealand

Ikea - BMF Advertising, Sydney, Australia

Projects in London

Sure Rexona - “Hard Cell”, 30 sec TVC - Lowe Worldwide, London

Open University - “Board game”, “Road map” 2 x 40 sec TVCs - DP&A, London

Boohbah - titles for pre-school TV series - Ragdoll Productions (makers of Teletubbies)

Awards

Silver 2010 IPA Effectiveness Awards Comfort Fabric Softener Campaign

Agency Creative: Kevin Geeves - Ogilvy and Mather, Singapore

Silver 2007 Phoenix Advertising Awards (Asia Film, Video and Digital Media Awards) Category: Animation

Comfort “Wedding” - Cirkus - Agency Creative: Kevin Geeves - Ogilvy and Mather, Singapore

Finalist 2007 Phoenix Advertising Awards (Asia Film, Video and Digital Media Awards) Category: Animation

Comfort “Ibiza” - Cirkus - Agency Creative: Kevin Geeves - Ogilvy and Mather, Singapore

2005 Trophy The Australasian Television Awards Category: Computer Animation

Ikea “Now Open” - FAT - BMF Advertising, Sydney

Silver 2004 Axis Awards (The Communications Agencies Association of New Zealand)

Category: Craft - TV/Cinema - Animation Ikea “Now Open” - FAT - BMF Advertising, Sydney

Strengths

– Entrepreneurial drive to succeed due to almost ten years involvement in running a successful animation company.

– Worked extensively “at the coal face” of animation as designer/operator primarily using Maya, After Effects and Photoshop.

– Finely tuned drawing skills from years of visualizing and storyboarding many varied projects.

– Strong abilities in client/project management.

Referees

Sally Miller - Producer - Ogilvy & Mather, London phone: 011-**-***-*** 3493

“What an awesome director not only amazing with clients, very creative and always happy to help anytime of the day it was a

pleasure working with Scott and hope to again soon”. Sally Miller - Producer - Ogilvy & Mather, London.

Kevin Geeves – Art Director – Ogilvy & Mather, Singapore phone: 011 65 6 213 7899

“I have been working with Scott for close to 5 years on a long-term advertising campaign for Comfort Fabric Conditioner, one of

Unilever’s leading brands. From the very first commercial, we are now on our 17th unique TVC, Scott has been a real pleasure

to work with. He’s collaborative, his inputs are always good and his experience, in all forms of animation, means he can

always find a solution to any problem. Be it a budget issue or a late change in animation, Scott’s view has always been, ‘we’ll

find a way to fix that.’

The standard of animation has always been excellent. The work we have created together has run on a global stage. There

have always been sequence changes to reflect local market issues, some quite complex, but Scott has always managed them

well. Deadlines have never been missed in the 5 years this campaign has run.

I wouldn’t hesitate one second in recommending Scott for any job. Big or small, he puts the same enthusiasm in to every

commercial, even a pack change out!”

Jan Haynes – Weta Productions (Wellington, NZ) phone: 011 64 4 380 3012

Marko Klijn – Cirkus (Auckland, NZ) phone: 011 64 9 486 0865

(all nos. are for calling from USA)

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