Experience

• Artist III at Everi

  Reno, NV, US

  February 2025 - Present

  • Create stunning layouts, logos, animations, typography, and 3D art that align with product specs.
  
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure graphics are top-tier and meet project goals.
  
  • Dive deep into creative decision-making, user psychology, and the art of solving design challenges.
  
  • Streamline production pipelines, ensure stylistic consistency, and deliver top-quality assets on time.
  
  • Maintain impeccable file organization and uphold department guidelines.

• Animation Instructor at Concorde Education

  Atlanta, GA, US

  June 2024 - January 2025

  • Designed and taught animation curriculum to K-12 students.
  
  • Instructed students on animation principles, techniques, and history.

• Digital/Traditional Art Instructor at Art365 Studio

  East Cobb, GA, US

  June 2024 - January 2025

  • Designed and taught 2D/3D digital art curriculum to K-12 students.
  
  • Instructed students on traditional drawing and mixed-medium fundamentals.

• Gameplay Animator and Unreal Engine Artist at Surreal Events

  Alpharetta, GA, US

  September 2023 - May 2024

  For Sephora Universe, Emirates MIRA, and the Atlanta Braves Digital Truist Park:
  
  • Led creation of specialty emotes, interactions, locomotion, and other animations for use in all projects.
  
  • Established pipelines to manage rigging and retargeting of all animation and avatar library content across projects.

• 3D Animator/ 3D Environment Artist at Floyd County Productions

  Atlanta, GA, US

  March 2023 - September 2023

  For Hulu and Marvel's Hit-Monkey, Season 2:
  
  • Animated drone traffic and created 3D rigs for use in final compositions.
  
  • Developed pre-visualized backgrounds based on concept art, indicating lighting and texturing where necessary.
  
  • Established camera angles and character placement for shots based on storyboards.

• Animation Teaching Internship at Savannah College of Art & Design

  Atlanta, GA, US

  May 2022 - September 2022

  • Assisted with lesson plans, demonstrations, lectures, and critique for an ANIM 395: Collaborative Experiences in Animation class.
  
  • Created and managed class social channels to provide feedback sessions to students outside of regular class hours.

• Associate Art Director at Surreal Events

  Alpharetta, GA, US

  March 2022 - December 2022

  For Mohawk Industries Virtual Showroom:
  
  • Designed, documented, and art-directed the project.
  
  • Managed internal workflows, outsourcing, and client communications and expectations.
  
  • Audited individual assets for quality, cohesiveness, and optimization.

• Jr. Animator and Unreal Engine Artist at Surreal Events

  Alpharetta, GA, US

  August 2021 - March 2023

  For Epic Games Detroit Lab, Celebrity Cruise Wonderverse, Flipkart Flipverse, BMW Automotiverse, Mempo Mempoverse, Nissan Heritage Cars & SafeDrive Studio, and other projects:
  
  • Created brand-new and updated animations for all ongoing projects.
  
  • Built custom Control Rigs and animation blueprints within Unreal Engine 5 that served as the sole animation solution for all avatar systems.
  
  • Established a motion-capture workflow utilizing both single and multi-camera AI mocap solutions.