Justin Varghese Email & Phone Number

Remote

Greater New York City Area

• Gained 12+ years of progressive experience as a Lead Artist for 4 indie game developers. Created character art (sprites and models), backgrounds (level tile sets and backdrops, animations, and trailers from scratch.
• Produced dynamic and engaging logos/promotional images for 3 local businesses. Created assets including storefront awnings, print material, and website art according to client tastes and brand requirements.
• Created hand-drawn, custom animated looping gifs for popular Twitch streamers like BigJon with viewership bases of 800+ people.
• Worked with diverse clients and scalable budgets. Clients included Columbia University, Hey Let’s Gold, Mediabistro, Punch Communications, Big Rook Games, Pow Studios, Root Beer Barrel Boys, Raw Aesthetics, St. Mary’s.
• Proactively updated knowledge on industry best practices and commonly used cutting-edge software.

Jericho, New York, United States

• Lead print projects from conception to final product for over hundreds of individuals and independent businesses, using time management, triage and scheduling.
• Designed digital and print assets for over 40 small and large businesses.
• Collaborated with clients from Douglass Elliman, Laffey International, Corktree Wines and the Cohen Children’s Foundation.

• Modeled, textured, rigged over 15 highly detailed, game ready models for use in the Virtual Reality game Channel Surfing+, with densely packed hand painted textures for efficient memory usage.

Old Westbury, NY

• Modeled 1500+ car accessories including custom wheels, body graphics, and cargo carriers for manufacturers such as Chevrolet, Dodge, and Jeep. Provided high-definition, enticing assets for catalogs viewed by thousands.
• Collaborated with a team of 4 artists to create hand-drawn concept art, storyboards, and animatics in accordance with 100% of company branding/marketing standards. Facilitated transparent communication to align visual.
• Worked closely with the Lead Programmer by liaising with the art team. Collected project requirements and researched baseline software to implement a new real-time car visualization platform that improved product.
• Personally trained 2 team members in methods and procedures to reduce memory costs by 60% for high polygon models.
• Used JIRA to ensure assets exceeded company and client standards. Relayed concerns/hotfixes to the art team and consistently followed-up with clients to receive 10+ positive project evaluations.
• Contributed to company tradeshows/marketing events. Created animations and car render posters for the 2009 Specialty Equipment Market Association show attended by 300+ industry professionals.

Certification In Ux Design And Ui Design, User Experience

Completed a comprehensive online training program using project based milestones. Each project included User Research and Journeys.

Bachelor’S Degree, Computer Graphics

Activities and Societies: • Animation ClubCourses taken: • Computer graphics, animation and modeling • Life drawing, graphic design, Art.