Hi, I’m Jake Merkel, a 3D Artist and Blender specialist with over three years of experience delivering high-impact 3D product renders and animations for advertising and marketing campaigns. I excel in product-focused lighting, rendering, and post-production using Blender, Photoshop, and After Effects, managing the full 3D asset pipeline from concept to polished marketing visuals. I create texture-rich assets and realistic materials, build and render from safe, production-ready workflows, and collaborate with marketing teams to illustrate product features and design directions. I enjoy exploring color and material combinations to drive compelling visuals and efficient post-production processes.…

Jake Merkel

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Hi, I’m Jake Merkel, a 3D Artist and Blender specialist with over three years of experience delivering high-impact 3D product renders and animations for advertising and marketing campaigns. I excel in product-focused lighting, rendering, and post-production using Blender, Photoshop, and After Effects, managing the full 3D asset pipeline from concept to polished marketing visuals. I create texture-rich assets and realistic materials, build and render from safe, production-ready workflows, and collaborate with marketing teams to illustrate product features and design directions. I enjoy exploring color and material combinations to drive compelling visuals and efficient post-production processes.…

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Hi, I’m Jake Merkel, a 3D Artist and Blender specialist with over three years of experience delivering high-impact 3D product renders and animations for advertising and marketing campaigns. I excel in product-focused lighting, rendering, and post-production using Blender, Photoshop, and After Effects, managing the full 3D asset pipeline from concept to polished marketing visuals.

I create texture-rich assets and realistic materials, build and render from safe, production-ready workflows, and collaborate with marketing teams to illustrate product features and design directions. I enjoy exploring color and material combinations to drive compelling visuals and efficient post-production processes.

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Language

English
Fluent
Portuguese
Beginner

Work Experience

3D Designer at ECCO Leather B.V.
June 5, 2021 - September 1, 2025
Taking scans of textiles and other materials and processing them to create photorealistic textures and materials using substance designer. Using these to also create workable shaders. Creating product renders, and animated videos for advertisement and marketing materials using Blender 3D. Working to create rangebuilding images to show both possible and recommended color and material combinations. Management and development of the 3D materials workflow.
3D Modeler and Texture Artist at Historical Movement Archive
February 1, 2020 - April 1, 2022
Modeling and texturing 3D environmental assets and props Setting up lighting and cameras for rendering Implementing environmental assets into Unity
3D Artist / Modeler / Texture Artist
December 1, 2018 - January 1, 2020
Taking scans of textiles and other materials and processing them to create photo realistic textures and materials using Substance Designer. Using these sets to create shader workflows. Creating product renders and animated videos for advertising and marketing materials using Blender 3D. Working to create range-building images to show both possible and recommended color and material combinations. Managing and developing the 3D material workflow. Modeling and texturing 3D environmental assets and props. Setting up lighting and cameras for rendering. Implementing environmental assets into Unreal Engine.

Education

BFA in Computer Game Design at George Mason University
January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2020
BFA in Computer Game Design at George Mason University
January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2020
BFA in Computer Game Design at George Mason University
January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2020

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Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Software & Internet, Other, Gaming, Professional Services
    uniE621 Ceremony Therapeutics
    Marketing images for a home goods brand. 3D products, lighting, textures, and rendering all done by me. 3drendering productrendering 3ddesign branding 3dvisualization…
    uniE608 StereoMachina Turntable
    A concept video for a modern turntable design, showing the mood and key features of the design. 3ddesign 3danimation productvideo productrendering 3danimation 3dmodeling…
    uniE608 Teenage Engineering MIDI Keyboard
    I think that Teenage Engineering has some of the best product design. So I did a recreation using Blender for modeling and textures, Illustrator for the icons, and Photoshop and After Effects for post-processing. animator video 3ddesign 3danimation product rendering productanimation 3dart…
    uniE621 ECCO MX Outdoor shoe
    Detail shots showing the materials used in the shoe construction. Rendered in 3D in order to show and manipulate color options. 3ddesign 3dvizualisation 3drendering productrendering…
    uniE621 Marketing concept for an athletic shoe
    Part of a series of online advertising concepts for the ECCO biom shoe. 3d 3dmodeling productrendering 3ddesign 3dvizualisation…
    uniE621 Marketing image for the ECCO biom
    Part of a series of marketing materials showing the results of a new texturing and rendering workflow. 3d 3dart 3ddesign 3dvizualisation productrendering 3dproduct…
    uniE621 Leather and textile range-building
    Taking advantage of 3D workflows to make range-building visualizations for ECCO Leathers portfolio. productrendering 3dvizualisation 3dtextures texturerart 3ddesign…
    uniE621 Footwear range-building
    Internal range-building for footwear materials and colorways. All rendered in full 3D. 3drendering productrendering 3dart textureart footwear…