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Profile

A creative and dedicated recent animation/illustration graduate with a passion for design, animation and background painting. Outstanding leadership and communication skills with a strong ability to enhance collaboration through creative processes. Seeking opportunities in animation, graphic design and concept art. Fluent in English and Japanese. Education

2017-2020 Animation/Illustration, San Jose State University Qualification Bachelor of Fine Art, GPA 3.4

Awards President’s Scholars Fall 2017, Dean’s Scholars 201*-****-**** General Studies - Arts and Humanities, Art Illustration, Palomar College Qualification Associates Degree, GPA 3.8

Work Experience

2020-present Find My Parent - Social Media Content Creator - Morgan Hill, CA Experience Researched user base and literature to better comprehend the social issues being addressed by the company and determine writing style and voice. Collaborated with engineering team to design, prototype, and produce computer-generated artwork and mockups for marketing and promotional materials on the company’s website (Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Jira, Wix). Translated English content (i.e. web/social media content, articles) to Japanese to raise awareness within the Japanese target audience. 2020 Bioinsider - Graphic Designer - Woburn, MA

Experience Lead end-to-end design e orts, from research and concept through launch, in close collaboration with the design team; this lead to increased user engagement resulting in 125-135% attendance rate for targeted virtual events and gaining 5 presses/media and 3 sponsors. Collaborated with technical team to create wireframes, visual design mockups, branding material, and layout for company website

(Adobe XD, WordPress). Documented production standards and step by step visual guides (i.e. color scheme, speci c software setting, fonts etc) for implementing new company branding material (Adobe Photoshop). Assisted video production team to explore and enrich social media marketing material

(Adobe Illustrator, Adobe AfterE ects).

2018-2019 San Jose State University - Graphic Designer - San Jose, CA Experience Collaborated with campus o ces to create a variety of branding materials (i.e. posters, yers, logos, and t-shirts), promoting school services (700+ followers). Conceptualized, developed, and designed rich graphic content and infographics for SJSU’s website and social media campaigns - a total of 18 projects (Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop). Curated artistic social media content and tracked user engagement with posts (Adobe Spark, Bu er, Lightroom).

2018-2019 Shrunkenheadman Animation Club - Librarian - San Jose, CA Experience Handled club library hours and book/print sales. Cataloged books to the library database to help distribute art resources. Oversaw an annual on-campus artist convention (180+ artists, 300+ visitors). Carried out a social media campaign which lead to a 233% increase in attendance. Ran weekly cabinet meetings to organize club events with animation industry professionals (Fall: 27, Spring: 40 events). Projects and Volunteer Experience

2018-2020 Rowdy Rumble - Visual Developer/Social Media Manager Experience Explored and nalized characters, backgrounds, and game UI/UX (Adobe Acrobat, DC Premier Pro, Media Encoder, Adobe Photoshop, Maya). Spearheaded campaigns on Instagram and Kickstarter and coordinated merchandise production.

2019-2020 Let’s Eat - Concept Artist

Experience Created holiday promotional artwork on Instagram (Adobe Photoshop). Produced matte paintings and backgrounds for the lm (Adobe Photoshop, Maya).

2018-2019 Centaur Hunter - 2D Animator

Experience Brought 8 shots (i.e. characters, e ects) to life based on model sheets (Harmony, Adobe Premier Pro, Media Encoder). Composed end credit designs and retouched layouts (Adobe Photoshop). Skills and Software

Skills: pro cient in (Background Painting, Calligraphy, Color Design, Environmental Design, Graphic Design), familiar with (2D Animation, Branding, Character Design, Digital Sculpting, Layouts, Prop Design), basic knowledge in (3D Modeling, Production Management, UI Design) Software: pro cient in (Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Google Suite), familiar with (Adobe Premiere, Adobe Spark, Adobe XD, Figma, Harmony, StoryboardPro, Maya, Microsoft O ce Suite, ZBrush), basic knowledge in (Adobe After E ects, Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Media Encoder, Substance Painter)