Role

Filmmaker, Director, Editor, Camera, Animation / Graphics

About

An accomplished graduate with MDes in animation qualification and 6 years of experience in multiplatform digital media. My past projects include interactive games development for BBC Scotland, 3D animation for paramount pictures ‘Transformers’ mobile application and web design for Hilton hotels around the world. My Showreel: http://vimeo.com/30549749 Portfolio: www.be.net/licor

Credits / Experience

June 2008 to Present
Spectral Model Design
Freelance Web Designer and Animator
Designed and animated websites for companies such as Maccoffee and Golden Luffa Enterprises.

Key Responsibilities
• Web design, flash animation and action script programming.
Key Achievements
• Worked on multiple projects at once, managing the time to deliver all the products on schedule.

August 2011 to October 2011
TRC Media - Gen Up internship
Have been chosen from 4000 applicants to participate in a unique training programme for emerging digital talent in Scotland. Gen Up gives an opportunity to learn from leading experts in multiplatform, games, animation, television, advertising, digital design and marketing.

Key Responsibilities
• Learn from industry professionals and work on live briefs creating and improving digital content.
Key Achievements
• Doubled my confidence.
• Learned the workflow of large creative companies.

Channel 4, London (one week placement as part of my Gen Up internship)
Creative Designer
User experience development and improvement of channel four’s educational programmes.

Key Responsibilities
• Develop ideas for Channel Four’s educational content.
• Design a new website layout for the ‘Four Music’ channel.
Key Achievements
• Adapted new technologies to combine educational content with channel four’s TV shows.
• Utilised my previous web design knowledge to build a user friendly web interface.

The Leith Agency (one week placement as part of my Gen Up internship)
3D Animator/Creative Developer
Role involved creating 3D animation and generating ideas for the upcoming major advertising campaigns.

Key Responsibilities
• Create 3D visuals and animation.
• Produce ideas to advertise a well known and established product.
Key Achievements
• Contributed to the Irn-Bru’s ‘Euro 2012’ campaign.
• Created and Improved 3D visuals for the Scottish Government ‘Safer Scotland’ campaign and animated a concept logo for Irn-Bru.

BBC Scotland (one week placement as part of my Gen Up internship)
Creative Developer
Role involved working closely with the BBC’s entertainment team and Bitesize developers.

Key Responsibilities
• Generate new concepts of interactive games for BBC’s television shows.
• Transform aging methods of education into a fresh and user friendly multiplatform programme.
Key Achievements
• Obtained valuable experience on creative ideas development.
• Widened my communicational skills working with large and professional teams.

March 2011 to April 2011
Logovision Inc.
3D Artist
Animated 3D graphics for mobile applications of ‘Transformers’ and ‘Axe’.

Key Responsibilities
• To model 3D visuals and produce an animated sequence.
Key Achievements
• Managed to produce a complex animation within 48 hours.

February 2010 to March 2010
Hilton Creative Team – Glasgow
Creative Artist
Designed and animated websites for various luxury hotels and resorts in Europe and North America.

Key Responsibilities
• Introduce 3D graphics to the standard ‘flat’ web experience in order to increase creativity.
Key Achievements
• Formed a new niche and maximized company’s income by implementing 3D into their web portfolio.

Skills

SKILLS / ACHIEVEMENTS
• 3D/2D Animation and Compositing
• Flash, Web and Graphic Design
• Filmmaking and Photography
• Illustration and Storyboarding
• Maximized Hilton’s income by generating new visual content
• Artwork has been featured on various online blogs and magazines
• Chosen by the Glasgow School of Art to create their 2011-2012 TV advert
• Languages spoken fluently: Russian, Spanish and English

EDUCATION

September 2010 to September 2011
Glasgow School of Art
Master of Design in Animation (MDes in Animation) (Merit)

September 2007 to July 2009
University of the West of Scotland
BSc (Hons) in Computer Animation with Digital Art

September 2005 to June 2007
Cardonald College
HND Three Dimensional product design

Website

http://www.be.net/licor

Twitter

http://www.twitter.com/realmrsax

Vimeo

http://vimeo.com/30549749