Experience

• Rendering Technical Artist III at Riot Games

  Santa Monica

  May 2022 - Present

  Works with content creators to develop materials & shaders for the Premium Content team of Valorant.

• Technical Artist II at Blizzard Entertainment

  Irvine, CA

  March 2022 - May 2022

  Supported artists & helped implement best practices for the pipeline for the upcoming Unannounced Survival Project.

• Technical Director at Halon Entertainment

  Santa Monica, CA, United States of America

  November 2020 - February 2021

  Optimized Fortnite trailers to achieve better frame rates & render time. Created documentation to define best practices for the pipeline & set style sheet. Customized & created new shaders/materials to meet the teams' needs.

• Technical Lead at The Famous Group

  Los Angeles, United States of America

  August 2020 - November 2020

  Main supporting hands for VFX Supervisor & Producer for the Riot Worlds 2020 Opening Ceremony performance. Responsible for integrating models, animations, & FX assets into Unreal Engine 4 & Zero Density project. Assists with live demos to clients & vendors. Optimize assets while maintaining quality to increase performance & frame rate.

• Technical Artist at The Third Floor

  Culver City, United States of America

  April 2020 - June 2020

  Support development team within Unreal Engine 4. Research and develop new assets for the Previs library.

• 3D Texturing & Rendering Professor at Santa Monica College

  Santa Monica, United States of America

  January 2020 - June 2020

  Educate college students on the tools & methods used to texture, light & render 3D characters & environments for real-time scenes. Areas covered include surface materials, UV mapping, texturing, scene lighting, & rendering for their portfolio.

• Technical Artist at Ronin Applied Sciences

  New York, United States of America

  August 2015 - July 2019

  An upcoming action RPG indie game created in Unreal Engine 4.
  
  Responsible for creating materials, shaders, textures, and short cinematic teasers.

  Software: Substance Designer, UE4, 3DS Max, Photoshop CS6, After Effects CS6
  
  Skills Used: Material and Shader Creation, 3D Modeling, Sequencer, Lighting, Level Building

• Video Game Instructor at Freshi Media

  Santa Monica, United States of America

  June 2017 - September 2017

  Responsible for educating students the basics of 3D modeling, shaders, level design, and animation.

  Software: Blender and Multimedia Fusion 2,
  
  Skills Used: Motion Graphics, 3D Modeling, Branding Assets, Web Development, Interface Design

• Art Intern at Playsino, Inc.

  Santa Monica, CA, United States of America

  January 2015 - March 2015

  Worked along side of art team creating Facebook and mobile assets for Bingo World, Bingo USA, and Bingo HOME. Shadowed producer and worked as QA for provided Facebook games.

• Student Notetaker at EDMC

  North Hollywood, CA, United States of America

  June 2015 - March 2016

  Discretely provide clear notes of various lectures for those with disabilities throughout their quarter.