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Jaye Samantha Beer

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Objective

To obtain a position as a VFX Artist in a Vancouver VFX studio, and to offer my skills to help create visually stunning films.

Highlights of Qualifications

  • Microsoft Office Suite

  • Mac and PC

  • Networking – Home or Office, Routers, Switches, Hubs, Wireless, Remote Troubleshooting

  • Highly organised, punctual, reliable, and honest

  • Enjoys challenges and mastering new skills

  • Analytical and quick learner with the ability to resolve technical issues efficiently

  • Courteous, with strong interpersonal skills and an eagerness to work with others and share knowledge

Software

HOUDINI

NUKE

AUTODESK MAYA

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP

ADOBE AFTER EFFECTS

ADOBE FLASH

ZBRUSH

FINAL CUT PRO

iMOVIE

QUICKTIME

PC/MAC/LINUX

NETWORKING

Work experience

VFX TD, Mainframe Studios (Sept 2020 - Aug 2023)

  • Use Houdini to produce photorealistic procedural simulations of real-world phenomena

  • Create effects setups to fulfil client briefs, supe revisions, and director notes

  • Produce test and final renders of FX elements for shots

  • Work with Lighters & Compositors & Animators to ensure shots are delivered to the highest standard

  • Stay on schedule and meet deadlines whilst maintaining high quality of work

  • Write VEX code to develop new methods of producing effects

  • Create cohesive OTLs and tools to effectively populate repeat FX elements through many shots while maintaining a film-quality level of variation

  • Main Effects: Pyro, FLIP, RBD, popnets

 

VFX TD, DNEG (Feb 2020 - May 2020)

  • Main Effects: Pyro, RBD 

 

VFX TD, Cinesite Vancouver (Aug 2016 - Jul 2019)

  • Main Effects: Pyro, RBD, FLIP, Cloth 

 

VFX Artist, Side Street Post (Jan 2016 - Mar 2016)                                                                                

  • Main Effects: Crowd Sim, Particles, Pyro, Cloth

Service Desk Intern, Ontario Medical Association, Toronto ON

  • Programming (C++, VBS, Batch files)

  • Database Management (Epicor, SCSM, managing stock and creating templates)

  • System Organisation (Databases, file systems, folder organisation, blog)

  • Physical Organisation (Cupboards, drawers, storage rooms)

  • IT Support (Email and phone correspondance)

  • Proofing (Internal documents, official documents, company style codes, grammar and spelling)

Customer Service Representative, Marble Slab Creamery, Toronto ON

  • Served customers, prepared food and desserts

  • Handed customer inquiries and complaints, ensuring happiness of all who came through

  • Praised for cleanliness of work environment and friendliness

  • First employee of the season to receive positive feedback from a corporate review

IT Technician, George Brown College, Toronto ON

  • Provided technical support throughout the campus

  • Set up and replaced technical equipment (desktops, servers, projectors, TVs)

  • IT Head Office management: customer reception, physical organisation

  • Data entry: digital file organisation, creation of inventory lists

Education

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Animation ~ Digital Arts
Durham College, Oshawa, ON

  • Houdini (Smoke, Pyro, Water, Particles, Voxel, RBD, Cloth, Fur, Hair, Crowd Sim, VEX)

  • Autodesk Maya (Dynamics, Fluids, Pyro, Particles, Rigid Body, Cloth, Fur, MEL)

  • Nuke (Compositing)

  • Adobe Photoshop

  • ZBrush

Visual Effects for Film
VanArts Institute of Media Art, Vancouver, BC
 

  • Autodesk Maya, Adobe Photoshop, ZBrush

  • Adobe AfterEffects, Final Cut Pro, Quicktime, iMovie

  • Principles of Animation

Game Development and Entrepreneurship
University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT), Oshawa, ON

  • C++, JavaScript, Visual Basic, HTML Markup Language, Batch files

  • Completed up to third year of degree

Extracurricular Activities
Event Organiser Volunteer

  • Society of Media, Arts, and Design (SoMAD) at Durham College: SoMAD Awards Ceremony

  • Event promoting

  • Sound and IT support for event, equipment setup and teardown

  • Event ‘floater’, ensuring all 150+ guests are settled and enjoying themselves

Creator of BeginBrowsing.com website

  • Designed layout

  • Wrote HTML and Java code as well as dissected others' code to learn individually

  • Listened to the needs and wants of the user base, avg. 70 unique hits per day

  • Troubleshooting, and ensured website works on all browsers and operating systems

Online Game Server Manager & Moderator

  • Led a team of 9 Moderators, taught both technical and client-relation procedures

  • Head of community of ~200 people per month (with turnover), 2500+ overall

  • Updated and managed server in order to keep it online and running smoothly

  • Programmed game changes and new scenarios

  • Used C++ and HTML coding languages to program server and website, with SQL database

  • Created and updated web graphics for website use, with simplicity in mind

  • Solved a wide variety of computer problems and network issues to allow users to connect

  • Modified router parameters to allow server interconnection

  • Assisted and moderated general public of players with in-game needs as well as personal dilemmas

Awards & Scholarships

  • UOIT Scholarshop

  • 1st Place Layout and Design - Toronto Star Newspaper Competition

  • Accepted into Sheridan College for Photography

  • P.A.C.E. Merit Award for Academic Achievement

  • P.A.C.E. Award of Excellence in Writing

Hobbies & Interests

  • Film study, 3D animation, linguistics, photography, programming, drawing, snowboarding.

References Available Upon Request

JB

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