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Victor Chavez

Sr Animator

Senior Animator / 13 yrs

Long Beach, CA

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Perfect Dark

Character Animator

New World (2021)

Character Animator

Firefall

Cinematic Animator

Rise of The Tomb Raider (2015)

Gameplay Animator on multiplayer team

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (2014)

Animator

Destiny (2014)

Gameplay Animator

Halo 4 (2012)

Work History

Sr Animator

The Initiative

September 2020 - Present
Character Animator

Amazon Game Studios

May 2016 - September 2020

Irvine, CA
Animator

Red 5 Studios

March 2015 - November 2015

Irvine, CA

Character Animator on Firefall.
Animator

Crystal Dynamics

September 2014 - March 2015

Redwood City, CA

Cinematic/Cut Scene Animator on Rise of the Tomb Raider.
Animator

Sledgehammer Games

March 2014 - September 2014

Foster City, California

Animator on the multiplayer team working on Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare.
Animator

Bungie

July 2013 - January 2014

Animator on Bungie's new game "Destiny".
https://www.destinythegame.com/

• Created various animations for Cinematics team, Gameplay and ‘SpecOps’ (object animations, like machinery, ships and other objects that don’t fit into gameplay or cinematics).
- Cinematics Team: Motion Capture clean-up and hand/finger animations.
- SpecOps: Animated objects while working with FX and Rigging team to ensure best experience for the player.
Gameplay Animator

Bungie

May 2012 - May 2013

Gameplay animator on Bungie's new game "Destiny".
https://www.destinythegame.com/

• Created in-game animation content including player and AI combatants / enemies. Types of animations included: emotes, pings, locomotion (walks, run, turns and direction transitions), aim/look screens, avatar animations for main UI.
• Created animations using motion capture and keyframe animation (or combination of two).
• Experienced working in a direct feedback environment for improving animation.
Gameplay Animator

343 Industries

July 2011 - May 2012

Gameplay Animator on Halo 4

• Created in-game animation content (campaign and multiplayer) for main character and enemies. Types of animations included: hard/soft pings, hard/soft kills, locomotion (walks, runs, transitions), aim/look screens, evades, dives, jumps, weapon reloads (1st and 3rd person).
• Used motion capture, re-targeted and keyframe animation.
Lead Systems Engineer

Microsoft

April 2004 - June 2009

• Led team of 10 SE’s/DBA’s to support the Display Ads Platform system for Windows Live (MSN) Operations, supporting 13 distinct properties with over 50 components in 6 environments (including international data centers) and over 2,500 servers.
• Drove daily triage meetings with entire team to prioritize work items/releases, review operational issues and approve change requests.
• Member of Leadership Team headed by the Director in our space. Participated in management and organization decisions for our group (100+ people).
• Responsible for capacity pl
Operations Program Manager

Microsoft

August 2001 - April 2004
Systems Engineer

Microsoft

June 2000 - August 2001