William Ventura-Chavez Email & Phone Number

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Frisco, Texas, United States

• Created over 3000 professional photorealistic product renderings at print resolution that are currently actively used across websites, email campaigns, social media advertising, brochures, spec sheets, and more. This includes product installations, architectural visualizations, product teardowns, ect.• Developed 7+ procedural rigs for 5 different product families, leveraging the power of Blender's geometry node system. Responsible for rigging, scripting, UV unwrapping, texturing, hard surface retopology, rendering, and compositing. This allowed for ease of access to rapid visualization of product at unprecedented speeds to the workplace.• Implemented a batch rendering workflow that 5-10X the speed and output of product renders. This allowed for idle rendering of hundreds of images at a time and drastically increased the speed of reviews.• Transitioned the compositing pipeline to a Multilayered EXR workflow utilizing DaVinci Resolve Fusion to reap the benefits of working in linear color spaces, using procedural node trees, and minimizing file sizes while retaining maximal amount of color/value information.• Developed a material library, including 10+ product finishes and several materials for internal product components for rapid texturing of product models.• Sourced, ingested, and optimized 30+ architectural demo scenes initially with 3-5+ million polygons to below 1-2 million polygons via aggressive instancing, proceduralism, and retopology.• Pioneered Solais' presence on The Lighting Exchange, an interactive website integration for lighting agents including product search tools and manufacturer line cards. Maintained over 100 products including advertising materials, metadata integration, database management, ect.

Notre Dame, Indiana, United States

• Innovated a system for the production of social media content for a weekly newsletter that dynamically updated based on the liturgical calendar; created content using this system and refreshed it multiple times over the span of 2 academic years.• Developed visual identity systems for six different programs, 2 of which were entirely new.• Designed promotional materials including posters, table tents,sandwich boards, shirts, and social media for 10+ events on campus (most of which were recurring).• Conducted photography production for 2 faith-based groups.• Produced video for a lecture by a high-profile Catholic speaker.

Notre Dame, Indiana, United States

• Produced 2 customized stewardship videos for 2 separate large-profile donors to the University.• Created and standardized a system for video content production for stewardship videos that was accessible to all employees, regardless of experience.• Updated assets for promotional and directory materials

Remote

• Created a brand guide that standardized all visual elements of the brand graphics including typography, logo usage, color reproduction, imagery, etc.• Redesigned the system involved in the production of corporate overview documents for the selling of available assets (IT companies valued at $1M-100M).• Designed social media posts for acquisitions, special events recruiting, advertising, general purpose announcements.• Created, designed, and maintained info graphics that visualized the company’s performance, which were frequently used in presentations and emails to stakeholders.

South Bend, Indiana Area

• Operated camera equipment for video board and broadcast content during live athletic events• Created social media video content for individual D1 players for football and volleyball• Ingested and logged footage from D1 sports games and large productions for social media

Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics And Special Effects

Bachelor Of Fine Arts In Visual Communication Design, Graphic Design, Senior

Activities and Societies: Tuba Player in the Band of the Fighting Irish Tenor Singer in Unchained Melodies

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