Pavel Zosim

Technical Artist | Pipeline & Tools Developer at Nexus Studios (XR Interactive Platform)

Developed custom HLSL shaders and real-time VFX; prototyped effect workflows in Houdini before engine integration; balanced 4K video streaming with spatial audio and real-time VFX on Quest hardware; improved GPU frame time by ~2–4 ms; premiered at Meta Connect and released on Meta Quest Store.

Technical Artist / VFX & Tools at Bully! Entertainment

Architected automated Houdini texture atlas pipeline with shader-driven UV offset control; served as Art Director across app, website, graphic novel, and video formats; developed UI shaders and a procedural facial expression system for robot assistant; delivered scalable asset pipelines and large-scale engagement.

Technical Artist / Foundation Projects at EARLY CAREER FOUNDATION – Freelance / Contract

Fully procedural race simulation engine in Cinema 4D with Python; end-to-end pipeline from simulation to final render; GPU-optimized; automation tooling across Photoshop and After Effects.

Technical Artist | VFX & Tools at Bully! Entertainment

Architected automated Houdini texture atlas pipeline — shader-driven UV offset control, zero manual UV work per screen variant; Art Director across app, website, graphic novel, and video formats. Developed UI shaders (screen-space and world-space); procedural facial expression animation system for robot assistant.

Technical Artist | Pipeline & Tools Developer at Nexus Studios

Developed custom HLSL shaders and real-time VFX; prototyped effect workflows in Houdini before engine integration; reduced iteration cycles and ensured GPU budget compliance prior to Unity implementation. Balanced 4K video streaming with Dolby Atmos spatial audio and real-time VFX under standalone Quest hardware constraints; Improved GPU frame time on Quest 3S; premiered at Meta Connect; released on Meta Quest Store.