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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Responsible for designing and animating high-quality, stylized effects (cloth, fluids, smoke, explosions, debris, clouds) that meet all technical and aesthetic standards for animated shows. Working closely with the LRC team to ensure all effects work smoothly within the show pipeline. Activities also included creating FX shaders in Arnold and V-Ray, producing look dev tests based on provided reference materials and taking direction from FX Leads and TDs.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

São Paulo Area, Brazil

Responsible for compositing and integrating CGI elements on live-action plates, as well as prep and clean-up work on most of the VFX shots in the second season of Netflix’s show “The Chosen One” (2019).Activities also included:• Spotting and fixing rendering issues• Delivering shots to editorial department• Quality assurance

São Paulo Area, Brazil

Collaborated with both marketing, creative team and clients devising, planning and overseeing all aspects of digital media content projects helping brands connect to their audiences through social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.Formulated on-brand, high-level omnichannel strategies across platforms, conceptualizing and executing on-trend content which considerably helped increase reach and engagement levels with leads all within tight-turnaround projects.Activities also included:• Conduct keyword research and use SEO guidelines to optimize content• Review performance of content to optimize engagement• Work closely with Social Media Manager to strategize content

São Paulo Area, Brazil

Supervised post-production teams delivering exceptional animation and live action advertising content for countless clients, including Bosch Brazil, Philips Walita, Telefonica and Vivo Telecom. Increased productivity by implementing a cohesive production pipeline on wide-reaching animation tv show projects for major animation studios such as Disney, Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, Mauricio de Sousa Production and Globosat Network.

São Paulo Area, Brazil

Managed all aspects of video production from concept to final delivery by use of strong organization, time management, and communication skills. Collaborated with production staff and school interns to direct the timely development of compelling, consistent, and high-quality video content for multiple clients.Provided exceptional leadership to the video production team by offering constructive feedback, including assisting school interns with training and mentoring across all in-house productions.

São Paulo Area, Brazil

Worked closely with directors, production designers, art directors and lighting crew to help determine exceptional and unique narrative elements through visual style in advertising campaigns, documentaries and feature films.Award-winning productions worth citing• Felistoque, E. [Director]. (2014). Insubordinates [Film]. Feature, drama, 72 min.• Piotto A. [Director]. (2012). Pride of Being Brazilian [Film], Feature, documentary, 89 min.

São Paulo Area, Brazil

Assisted director, producers, background artists and animation teams achieve a cohesive aesthetic look on animation sequences during the production of “Monica’s Gang CineComics 3 – Foolproof Plans”, animation feature, 72min.Activities included editing storyboard and animatics, blending and compositing 2D assets for scenes, creating camera movements, and seamlessly integrating illustrated static backgrounds with animation shots using Toon Boom Harmony and After Effects.

São Paulo Area, Brazil

Sole responsible for editing undergraduates' final term projects, assisting TAs with training and mentoring of students and designing institutional motion graphics pieces to promote in-house events and campaigns.

Graduate Certificate, Game Art And Animation

Graduate Certificate, Visual Effects For Films And Television

Graduate Certificate, Semiotics And Social Studies

Graduate Certificate, Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics And Special Effects

Honor B.A., Advertising And Marketing Communications

Graduate Certificate, Commercial Photography