Resume

Jessie Lu
phone: (510)862-4722
e-mail: jessiejlu@gmail.com

Objective
Making ideas come to life through animation as a 2D animator.

Skills
Fluent in Mandarin Chinese, Adobe Photoshop CS4, Adobe Illustrator CS4, Adobe Premiere Pro CS4, Flipbook, Toon Boom Animate, Knowledge in PC and Mac OS
Currently learning Adobe Flash

Experience
Graphic Artist
First Gear Inc., Janurary 2016 - present,
Peosta, IA

  • Design catalogues and flyers, logos, and product concepts
Quality Assurance Tester
Disney Interactive, May 2015- December 2015,
Glendale, CA
  • Find bugs, write up accurate and concise issue reports
  • Work with other testers, Lead Testers and Supervisors
Contract Illustrator
Rockstar Learning Skillsets, April 2014 - present,
San Ramon, CA
  • Illustrate scenes to go with topic for mobile/tablet app
Contract Animator
Creativity, Inc., April 2013 - October 2013,
San Carlos, CA
  • Key frame animation for electronic children's toy
  • Lead a team of animators to complete electronic children's toy. Assigned and managed tasks, along with providing feedback to animators.
Private Art Instructor
November 2013 - June 2014
  • Introduce new art techniques to a small group students from ages 8-12 and enhance their skill levels
Art Instructor
Multicultural Educational Research Center (M.E.R.C.), January 2007 - June 2014
Stonebrae Elementary School, Hayward, CA
  • Design lesson plans and activities focused on children art development from ages 5 to 12
  • Introduce new art techniques to students and enhance their skills through variety of art materials
  • 'Question and Answer' teaching technique to stimulate students' thinking process
Contract Animator
Creativity, Inc., January 2012 - January 2013,
San Carlos, CA
  • Key frame animation for electronic children's toy
  • Created 8-bit animations for LCD eyes of an electronic children's toy
  • Lead a team of animators to complete electronic children's toy. Assigned and managed tasks, along with providing feedback to animators.
Education
Ohlone College, Fremont, CA
Personal Enrichment, 2010
  • 3D Animation course; programs used Adobe 3D Studio Max 
  • Digital Graphics course; programs used Adobe Illustrator
Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2D Animation, Graduated December 2009
  • Rough animator and editor in collaborative project  "Boogers"; featured in Fall Festival 2009
  • Rough animator, Inbetweener and Clean-Up animator in collaborative project "Prelude"; featured in Spring Show 2011
  • Computer Graphics course using Maya and Adobe After Effects, Experimental Animation/Stop Motion using iStopMotion, Still Life Painting, Figure Drawing using charcoal and color pastels
  • Attended Quick Studies Workshops
Ohlone College, Fremont, CA
General Education, 2006
  • Story Telling, Art History, U.S History, Painting using oil paint and watercolor, Business, Public Speaking, History of Film 
San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
General Education, 2005
  • Creative Writing, College Math,  Color Design, Art course experiencing with different mediums
Castro Valley High School, Castro Valley, CA
High school diploma, 2004

References
Sherrie H. Sinclare
Director, Animation 2D at Academy of Art University
phone: (415)618-3681

Philip Cruz
Digital Artist at Creativity, Inc.
e-mail: Pcruz620@gmail.com

*Other references available upon request
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