Ollie Thomas Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

London, England, United Kingdom

Character & creature animator for TV and FilmShows:- Lost Ollie - TV/Netflix- Life on our planet - TV/Netflix (not yet released)- Napoleon- Film (not yet released)- Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania - Film- The Marvels - Film (not yet released)

Volunteer animation tutor ‣ Coaching students enrolled in Animation Mentor on the principles of animation.‣ Helping students to understand their mentor notes and assignment goals.‣ Providing notes for students on their current assignment to help push the performances.

London, England, United Kingdom

Character & creature animator for filmShow: - The Matrix Resurrections

London, England, United Kingdom

Character animator for VR filmShow: - Glimpse - VR award winning short film

Dubai

Leading the delivery of Service Design and Digital Factory projects. Responsible for all delivery elements from conception to realisation.

Holborn

Shows:- Mowgli - Film/Netflix- Alita: Battle Angel - Film - Pokemon: Detective Pikachu -Film- The Secret Garden -Film

London, England, United Kingdom

‣ Coaching students enrolled in Animation Mentor on the principles of animation.‣ Helping students to understand their mentor notes and assignment goals.‣ Providing notes for students on their current assignment to help push the performances.

Copenhagen Area, Denmark

Dubai

Key responsibilities:• End to end digital program delivery (PRINCE II, Scrum practiced)• Risk Management and documentation• Governance modelling• RACI creation and control• Financial management; monthly & yearly forecasting, reporting, resource management (internal & 3rd party) and change request generation• Facilitation: sprint planning / estimating sessions / retrospectives / workshops / triage• Vendor selection, RFT and MSA management• Project documentation: SOW / change / status report / budget tracker• Internal / external stakeholder management

Dubai - Media City

Key responsibilities:• End to end project delivery (Waterfall, Scrum & Kanban principles practiced)• Financial management of retainer and campaign based activity: monthly & yearly forecasting / margin & revenue reporting / resource management (internal & 3rd party) / quotation, invoice and change request generation• Facilitation: sprint planning / estimating sessions / retrospectives / workshops / triage• Pitch preparation, documentation & presentation (RFT & RFP)• Project documentation: scope of work / change / status report / budget tracker• Project control creation: acceptance criteria / definition of done / policies / iteration goals• Media project management and planning: social / PPC / SEO• Release management & maintenance: test / deployment / run / maintenance• Internal / external stakeholder management Experience:• Multi channel campaign delivery: paid & social media / web & app development• Strategic planning: requirement gathering / benchmarking / persona development• Process implementation: physical & digital boards (Trello) / budget trackers / project control documentation (RAIDs) / retrospectives / iterative planning sessions

Mediacityuk, Salford Quays

Key responsibilities:• End to end project delivery: Scrum / Kanban / Lean principles• Test management: regression / smoke / edge case / unit / BDD / TDD• Facilitation: sprint planning / estimating sessions / retrospectives / workshops / triage • RAID management: risks / assumptions / issues / dependencies• Iterative project planning: resource / time / scope / budget• Internal / external stakeholder management• User story & task management: Jira / Rally / physical board implementation / policies / acceptance criteria / definition of done• Project documentation: change / shape / build / status reports • Key stakeholder management / reporting • Release & Operations management Experience:• Engineering Excellence Practices• Product launch to 5 million+ audience• Broadcast development management: MHEG / HBB / IPTV / service layers• Tracking / analytics / monitoring / audience analysis & trials Accredited courses:• Certified Scrum Master• Stakeholder management (BBC academy)• Behaviour driven development (BBC academy)• Kanban principles (BBC academy)• Product management (BBC academy)

Manchester

Key responsibilities:• End to end project delivery (agile & traditional)• UX planning & research including wireframe and sitemap creation• User story & task management: Jira / Pivotal Tracker / Redmine• Project planning i.e. resource, time, scope, budget, risk, issues etc.• Internal / external stakeholder management• Project documentation i.e. change, shape, build docs• Team briefing• Internal process implementation Experience:• Scrum Master• PRINCE 2 Practitioner• Key point of contact for Johnson & Johnson / Roche diagnostics / Merck Serono pharmaceutical digital projects• Web: HTML / JavaScript / CSS / ActionScript / .net / Ruby / php• Mobile: apps (native & device agnostic) / sites / optimisation• Tracking / analytics / monitoring• CMS integration

Manchester, United Kingdom

Key responsibilities:• End to end project delivery (traditional)• Key point of contact for The Co-operative Group• Stakeholder management / reporting • Project planning i.e. resource, time, scope, budget, risk, issues etc.• Strategic campaign planning• Forecasting / billing Experience:• CMS integration• Media campaigns: SEO / PPC / Display• Multi variant testing• Digital management: HTML / JavaScript / CSS / .net / php• Social media campaigns• Video production

Manchester, United Kingdom

Key responsibilities:• Key point of contact for The Co-operative Financial Services and GE Capital• Presenting creative / workshops• Managing and developing the Account Management team• Planning / resourcing• Forecasting / billing / reporting• Requirement gathering• Internal process implementation Experience:• Online: JavaScript, SEO, CMS, Flash, HTML, PHP and CSS• Offline: National radio, outdoor and press ad campaigns, to brochures & brand ID• ‘Fresh’ Gold award – The Co-operative Financial Services national brand campaign• MIN agency of the year 2009

Bath, United Kingdom

Key responsibilities:• Planning and scheduling various client’s activity through National media (circa 10m inserts per quarter)• Internal / external stakeholder management• Studio management• Timing plans, production estimates and image purchasing• Supporting Client Services Director with pitches

Games Animation

Online animation course: Animating convincing character cycles with weight and personality to keep gameplay engaging Learning the key.

3D Character Animation

Animation Mentor is an online animation school teaching advanced character animation principles and techniques.

Bachelor'S Degree, Animation Ba (Hons), 2:2

BA (hons) Animation

Diploma In Art Foundation, Graphic Design