Experience

• Art Instructor at AIE - Academy of Interactive Entertainment

  Lafayette, United States of America

  July 2015 - Present

  Instruct students on developing their skills in 3D modeling, texturing, animation, project management, and game development

  Develop lectures, exercise, and other teaching materials for students, as well as adapting lesson materials provided from other instructors

  Lead multiple game and animation projects to completion following an Agile methodology in collaboration with other Art and Programming Instructors

  Communicate with industry-experienced professionals to provide the school and students with feedback and to provide insight into the entering the workforce
  

• CG Artist at LITE - Louisiana Immersive Technologies Enterprise

  Lafayette, United States of America

  December 2014 - July 2015

  Developed Interactive Virtual Learning Environments (IVLE) and serious gaming alongside other artists and software developers.

  Created 3D art assets for developing serious games alongside a team of artists, programmers, and software developers.

• CG Artist at Zoom Digital Animation Studio

  Lafayette, United States of America

  May 2013 - December 2014

  A variety of tasks in animation production primarily for the oil and gas industry. These tasks include: storyboarding,
  
  hard surface and environment modeling, texturing, animation, lighting, rendering, compositing, editing, client
  
  interaction, and project estimation.

• Depth Artist at Pixel Magic

  Lafayette, LA, United States of America

  January 2011 - June 2011

  Created depth maps for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Parts 1 and 2 for use in stereoscopic conversion.

• Rotoscope and CG Artist at Pixel Magic

  Lafayette, LA, United States of America

  February 2010 - April 2010

  Rotoscoped several shots and animated 3D characters for use in crowd shots in the film Secretariat.

• Digital Image Retoucher at Stuller, Inc.

  Lafayette, United States of America

  December 2010 - May 2013

  Digitally enhanced images of jewelry for web and print publications using Adobe Photoshop
  
  Preflight and quality assurance of print materials

• Lead CG Artist at CREATE Research Group - University of Louisiana at Lafayette

  Lafayette, United States of America

  February 2009 - July 2013

  Created a library of 3D models and textures for use in real-time virtual reality simulations, including a collaborative
  
  project with the Army Research Lab utilizing CAVE technology and an Omni-Directional Treadmill.

  Instructed summer interns to create and optimize environment models using Maya and importing assets into Unity to create virtual environments based on real locations.