I am a CGI Art Director and Senior 3D Generalist with 10+ years of full-cycle CGI production, motion design, event visuals, advertising, and digital experiences. I combine strong visual taste with hands-on 3D production skills, helping brands and creative teams turn ideas into premium visuals—from concept and key visuals to CGI animation, rendering, and final delivery. I have led large creative teams, built production pipelines, optimized workflows and delivered high-impact visual projects under demanding schedules. I lead 3D asset production, art direction, visual research, storyboards, animation, lighting, rendering, composition, and pipeline planning. I collaborate with clients and production teams across advertising, corporate film, product presentations, and events to translate business goals into strong visual solutions.

Valera Vishniakov

I am a CGI Art Director and Senior 3D Generalist with 10+ years of full-cycle CGI production, motion design, event visuals, advertising, and digital experiences. I combine strong visual taste with hands-on 3D production skills, helping brands and creative teams turn ideas into premium visuals—from concept and key visuals to CGI animation, rendering, and final delivery. I have led large creative teams, built production pipelines, optimized workflows and delivered high-impact visual projects under demanding schedules. I lead 3D asset production, art direction, visual research, storyboards, animation, lighting, rendering, composition, and pipeline planning. I collaborate with clients and production teams across advertising, corporate film, product presentations, and events to translate business goals into strong visual solutions.

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I am a CGI Art Director and Senior 3D Generalist with 10+ years of full-cycle CGI production, motion design, event visuals, advertising, and digital experiences. I combine strong visual taste with hands-on 3D production skills, helping brands and creative teams turn ideas into premium visuals—from concept and key visuals to CGI animation, rendering, and final delivery.

I have led large creative teams, built production pipelines, optimized workflows and delivered high-impact visual projects under demanding schedules. I lead 3D asset production, art direction, visual research, storyboards, animation, lighting, rendering, composition, and pipeline planning. I collaborate with clients and production teams across advertising, corporate film, product presentations, and events to translate business goals into strong visual solutions.

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Language

English
Advanced
Russian
Fluent

Work Experience

Lead 3D Artist at GoGorilla
March 1, 2024 - May 1, 2026
Remote, London, United Kingdom. Led development of a large-scale 3D city ecosystem used as a core visual asset. Created 200+ stylized 3D assets and 300+ production renders. Produced CGI assets, animation loops and web-ready visual content. Contributed to Framer, Airtable and CMS-driven visual systems. Improved production workflows, asset organization and delivery processes to support evolving company needs. Collaborated directly with founders and guided additional artists.
Motion Graphic Designer at Group-Star Production
April 1, 2015 - December 1, 2016
onsite, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. Focused on TV advertising, broadcast graphics and branded video content. Gained strong production experience in fast-paced workflows, combining 2D/3D motion design, animation, compositing and post-production for advertising projects.
3D Motion Designer / 3D Artist at Self-employed (Freelance)
December 1, 2016 - December 1, 2019
Worldwide. Worked on commercial CGI, 3D animation, broadcast graphics, event visuals, product visuals and advertising content for freelance clients; produced 3D scenes, asset production, animation, lighting, rendering, and production workflow.
Graphic Designer at Freelance (Self-employed)
January 1, 2013 - April 1, 2015
Russian Federation. Began career creating visual materials for websites, print, branding and small business communications; used Photoshop, Illustrator and early digital production workflows; built foundational skills in layout, typography and client communication.
CGI Art Director / Senior 3D Generalist at Self-employed
January 1, 2020 - Present
Delivered 130+ commercial CGI projects. Worked with GoGorilla.com, Vivo, Zamil AC, Rostec and Tatneft. Led visual development from concept through final delivery. Built production pipelines and coordinated small creative teams. Created advertising, event, product and brand CGI content. Led visual production for 10+ events and exhibitions, including LED screen content and projection mapping visuals. Frequently delivered high-volume visual content under fixed event and exhibition deadlines

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Media & Entertainment, Computers & Electronics, Software & Internet, Telecommunications, Other, Professional Services, Retail, Non-Profit Organization, Government, Financial Services, Consumer Goods, Gaming, Wholesale & Distribution