During the day I have an ordinary 9-6 job. Well – not that ordinary. I work at an animation studio as a Rigging Pipeline Technical Director. That means that I write scripts and tools and put skeletons into 3D characters so they can be manipulated by an animator.

Resume

Mainframe Studios (formerly Rainmaker Entertainment):

• Current: Rigging Pipeline TD
• 2018 – 2019: Lead Rigging Artist for Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures
• 2017 – 2018: Rigging Artist
• 2016 – 2017: Junior Rigging Artist

Other Work:

• 2016: 3D Freelancer, working on animated advertisements for TV and web
• 2014 – 2016: Student tutor at Darmstadt University for Technical Art and 3D Projects

Education:

• 2012 – 2016: Bachelor of Arts (Animation and Game)
  Graduated with First Class Honours from University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt, Germany

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Skills and Software

• Autodesk Maya
• Python/PyMel
• Proficient in rigging, animal anatomy, in-depth knowledge of dynamics systems
• Toolbuilding and pipeline integration
• Experience in having a lead position and working across departments, with outsourcing or with clients
• Trilingual (English, German, Russian), basics of French