Christo Stassis
St. John’s, NL A1E 2C9
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FORMAL EDUCATION
(September 2000 – March 2002)
College of the North Atlantic, Stephenville, NL
Diploma in Multimedia: Digital Animation
3 MAYA 4.0 Certifications, Introduction to Maya, Character Animation, and Maya for Games, 3D Studio Max 4.0, SoftImage XSI v.1.5, Adobe Premiere 6.0, Adobe Photoshop 6.0, Macromedia Flash 4.0, Macromedia Director 8
(January 1998 – April 1999)
Keyin College, St. John’s, NL
Diploma in Computer Studies
Visual Basic, RPG, C++, Visual C++, HTML programming, Microsoft Office
OTHER EDUCATION
(November 2013 – January 2014)
Gardiner Centre, St. John’s, NL
Completed the Digital Media Marketing Program
(September 2002 – November 2002)
NIFCO, St. John’s, NL
Completed the Basic Filmmakers Program Part I and II
TECHNICAL SKILLS
3DS Max 2015, Adobe Photoshop CS6, Adobe After Effects CS6, Adobe Flash Professional CS5, Adobe Illustrator CS6, Adobe InDesign CS5, Animation Master, Blender 2.74, Alias Sketch Book Pro, Sound Forge, Open Office, Microsoft Office, Visual C++, RUBY Scripting, Java Scripting, C# Scripting, HTML, RPG Maker Ace, Unity 4.6.3f1, Unity 5.
ADDITIONAL SKILLS
Strong communication and problem solving skills.
Strong understanding and abilities with providing quality customer service.
Strong social media experience with Facebook, Twitter, Linked-in, Google Plus, and You Tube
Over 10 years of experience competently working with and/or leading others in a group, team or one-on-one.
Competent and efficient functioning within a fast-paced work environment.
Languages: English, Greek, a little French and Japanese.
WORK EXPERIENCE
(July 2011 – Current)
Little Spartan Studios, St. John’s NL
Owner, operator. Designing, and concept work on trans-media platforms, including retro style RPG games for PC windows, digital comics and mobile applications.
(January 2013 – August 2014)
Red Meat Games,
Cofounder, President and Chairman. Designing, concept creation and implementation of games for multiple platforms including PC, iOS and Android.
(November 2010 – December 2012)
Dragon 6, multidisciplinary creative project
Designing, creating, and updating 3D models for an interactive comic. Also studying and researching the iOS software development kit for I-Phone, I-Pod Touch, and I-Pad.
(March 2003 – November 2012)
GRI Simulations, Inc., Mount Pearl, NL
Design Lead: Lead a team in the design, creation, and updating of 3D models for a simulator used to train pilots to operate a virtual remote operated vehicle (VROV). Also lead the team in developing and designing new scenarios for the VROV simulator.
Duties include management of all 3D Modelers and the 3D model data base, helping guide issues related to project management, scheduling, pricing and planning, and shared responsibility for all hardware related issues and maintenance of the in-house network.
(July 2007 – January 2008)
Kitara Media, Online
Banner and game designer for online marketing campaigns, working heavily with Macromedia Flash and Adobe Photoshop.
(April 2002)
College of the North Atlantic, Stephenville, NL
Instructor for a 3-day training program in Maya 4.0, and a 3-day training program in the basics of animation, including instruction in Maya 4.0, and 3D Studio Max 4.0
(February 2002 – April 2002)
Protechs, Carbonear, NL
Character artist, designed original character sketches
REFERENCES
Available upon request.