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 Kids, and New Testament Church. • 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 of customers during the car-buying process. • 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 standards and artistic direction for the entire team. • 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 quality 80%. • 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.