3D Designer & Animator with nearly a decade of experience building photorealistic CG and motion design with Cinema 4D and AfterEffects. I enjoy both the creative side, creating detailed materials, cinematic lighting, immersive spaces—and the technical side that keeps teams moving fast with efficient, optimized workflows. Recently, I’ve worked on international brand campaigns and simulation-driven CGI for high-profile product and event content for luxury goods, tech, and automotive brands. Comfortable carrying projects from concept through delivery.

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3D Designer & Animator with nearly a decade of experience building photorealistic CG and motion design with Cinema 4D and AfterEffects. I enjoy both the creative side, creating detailed materials, cinematic lighting, immersive spaces—and the technical side that keeps teams moving fast with efficient, optimized workflows. Recently, I’ve worked on international brand campaigns and simulation-driven CGI for high-profile product and event content for luxury goods, tech, and automotive brands. Comfortable carrying projects from concept through delivery.

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3D Designer & Animator with nearly a decade of experience building photorealistic CG and motion design with Cinema 4D and AfterEffects. I enjoy both the creative side, creating detailed materials, cinematic lighting, immersive spaces—and the technical side that keeps teams moving fast with efficient, optimized workflows.

Recently, I’ve worked on international brand campaigns and simulation-driven CGI for high-profile product and event content for luxury goods, tech, and automotive brands. Comfortable carrying projects from concept through delivery.

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

3D Designer & Animator at Lunar North
August 29, 2022 - May 1, 2026
Worked across 20+ clients over three and a half years, including Eagle Ottawa's biennial trade show package: brand 
identity, 3D animation, motion graphics, and video production for events in Asia, Europe, and North America Designed 3D animation for Microsoft Copilot Studio's announcement video presented at Microsoft Ignite 2023 and a 
Michigan Lottery MegaMillions commercial that aired on broadcast TV, and built real-world-scale 3D environments for compositing with footage in DENSO's 2035 Future Society Vision campaign Created photorealistic and surreal CGI for enterprise and consumer campaigns, replacing practical photography with resource-efficient 3D production, combining detailed modeling, materials, cinematic lighting, procedural Mograph, 
and cloth, particle, fluid, and volumetric simulations to deliver art-directable visuals Led client design review calls, built reusable production tools and presets, rebuilt the studio's asset library for Cinema 4D's latest database system, and took part in team critiques and creative reviews
3D Designer & Animator - Contract at Microsoft
June 1, 2022 - July 1, 2022
Designed a series of digital-marketing videos for Microsoft Whiteboard, translating product features and UX concepts 
into clear visual narratives for feature promotion and user education
UI Motion Designer - Contract at Whirlpool
October 20, 2021 - February 10, 2022
Built a UI motion design system for Whirlpool's kitchen appliance digital interfaces using ProtoPie, delivering implementation-ready animation specs to engineers and supporting product development through prototyping and user testing
Sr. Motion Graphic Designer at Reverie
November 28, 2018 - October 18, 2021
Directed brand, video, digital, and print work across Reverie's consumer and wholesale channels, giving two other designers direction on their work through product launches, tutorial videos, and trade and retail showroom builds Led video and photo brand content production, including preproduction planning, art direction, photography, and on-set directing
Motion Graphic Designer at Reverie
December 29, 2016 - November 28, 2018
Led the shift from photography to 3D rendering for product visuals, replacing a full crew and multi-day shoots with one person's work in 3D; owned the 3D workflow end-to-end for the entire product catalog and custom wholesale partner products. Produced a monthly wholesale market news and updates series including video production and brand identity, in addition to designing product presentation decks, digital ads, and print manuals.

Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts at Eastern Michigan University
September 1, 2011 - May 30, 2015

Qualifications

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Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Professional Services, Computers & Electronics, Software & Internet, Transportation & Logistics, Consumer Goods
    Eagle Ottawa — Brand Identity, 3D Animation & Product Visualization

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    A LEAR Corporation brand designing and manufacturing luxury leather interiors for automotive since 1865.

    InterAuto 2026 — “The Quest”

    I brought logo and icon design, style frames, typography, patterns, poster design, photogrammetry, and 2D/3D design and animation to this identity package. Photogrammetry captured the leather samples and rebuilt the collection as accurate 3D materials, carrying the story of discovery and refinement across every deliverable.

    InterAuto 2024 — “Leather is”

    I worked on style frames and 2D/3D design and animation for this collection, exploring abstract 3D spaces, objects, and materials to show the full range of what leather can do.

    Tech Modules

    I helped shape storyboards, style frames, and 2D/3D design and animation for a series of short videos demonstrating the advanced methods and technology behind Eagle Ottawa’s leather craft.

    Microsoft — 3D Animation & Motion Design

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    Building the tools and intelligence that power how the world creates, collaborates, and works.

    Supply Chain Vision

    I handled style frames and 3D design and animation for Microsoft Supply Chain Vision, a miniature, abstracted 3D world where logistics and inventory become tangible, moving objects tracking data as it flows through the space. Physical metaphor stands in for literal UI, making an abstract software process easy to follow at a glance.

    Whiteboard

    As a freelance contractor, I designed and animated a series of videos demonstrating new Microsoft Whiteboard templates, giving ideas and sticky notes physical form as they float above the screen in a 3D collaborative space. The playful, tactile treatment makes a software feature feel approachable rather than technical.

    Copilot Studio

    I took on style frames and 3D design and animation for this Copilot Studio piece, turning the agent-building process into something tactile as UI fragments and interface pieces drift, snap, and assemble into a central form. The goal was to make an abstract AI workflow feel like something you could reach out and touch.

    Newlab — 3D Design & Animation

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    Newlab is a global venture platform for critical technology startups building a sustainable future.

    Michigan Central Opening

    I contributed style frames and 3D design and animation to a video celebrating the grand opening of Newlab Detroit’s headquarters inside the restored Michigan Central Book Depository, a 1936 Albert Kahn-designed Art Deco landmark reimagined as a creative workspace. The design direction drew on the physical scale models architects relied on before CAD tools took hold in the 1980s and 90s, tying the building’s history to the way the piece itself was made.

    Challenge: Multi-Modal Logistics

    I led 3D design and animation on this recruitment video exploring the strain that oversized freight haulers place on global logistics, making the case for smaller, more flexible delivery methods built for adaptability at scale, and contributed 2D design and animation as well. The freight itself breaks apart and reforms into smaller units to visualize the shift.

    Challenge: Newlab Riyadh

    I contributed style frames and 2D/3D design and animation to this recruitment video for Newlab’s Mining Innovation Studio in Riyadh, developed alongside Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources, Ma’aden, ESNAD, and the Saudi Geological Survey. The piece positions Saudi Arabia as a new hub in the global mining value chain, part of Newlab’s expansion under Vision 2030.