Work Experience

Technical Animator: Face @Rockstar Games (January 2025 - present)

• Authored automation pipelines to support unique workflows for asset creation and collaborated

with others to improve automation in Jenkins and other proprietary servers.

• Worked with production and leadership to spec out new tools that improve face animator workflows.

• Balanced task priorities with minimal oversight and executed detailed work with confidence.

Associate Technical Animator: Face @Rockstar Games (January 2024 - December 2024)

• Developed tools to support face animators and asset specialists.

• Wrote and maintained documentation for various tools and pipelines.

• Improved workflows for many DCC applications and found creative solutions to aid the team.

Associate Asset Specialist: Face @Rockstar Games (June 2022 - January 2024)

• Worked closely with face animators to support their needs and problem-solve complex issues.

• Quickly gained extensive knowledge on various workflows across multiple teams and projects.

• Helped bridge the gap between animators and external teams to prevent and resolve bugs.

Projects

Creative Art Lead for “Path to Oshun“ (June 2021 - March 2022)

• Conceptualized core game design and narrative.

• Designed, sculpted, textured, and animated playable character.

• Used both procedural and manual techniques to create 3D models.

• Organized art documentation for a structured asset pipeline.

Arctic Tern Flight Simulator (February 2021 - present)

• Developed a game prototype while learning to combine Unreal Engine and Arduino.

• Created custom 3D art assets and animation quickly while maintaining quality.

• Explored unfamiliar hardware concepts and overcame tech challenges efficiently.

GWPAC Research Assistant (2018 - 2020)

• Collaborating with physics students and faculty to visualize gravitational wave data and illustrate future detectors.

• Interviewed for a front-page article in the Orange County Register.

Molly Animated Short Film (2017 - 2018)

• Directed and produced a 3D short film.

• Gathered information on methods of animation pre-production and production pipeline.

Education

MS Games and Playable Media

UC Santa Cruz (at Silicon Valley campus)

Expected Graduation Date: Spring 2022

BFA Entertainment Art/Animation

Minor in Computer Science

California State University, Fullerton

Graduated in May 2020

Software & Skills

• Python

• C++

• C#

• Autodesk Maya

• Substance Painter

• Substance Designer

• Adobe Photoshop

• Adobe Illustrator

• Adobe Premiere Pro

• Adobe After Effects

Hobbies

• Ballet, Sewing, Raspberry Pi, and more!

Favorite Games!

• Bloodborne

• Witcher 3