Jake Tench

Work History

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  Lighting TD

  Method Studios

  January 2019 - September 2020

  Montreal

  
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  Lighting TD

  MPC

  January 2017 - September 2018

  Montreal

• 3D Artist

  RIOT CGI

  June 2016 - January 2017

  Leeds, UK
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  Advertising Runner

  MPC

  December 2015 - June 2016

  London, United Kingdom

  General runner duties and barista duties.
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  Freelance Runner

  Soho Runners

  December 2015 - December 2015

  London, United Kingdom

  MPC Runner for six weeks before being asked to stay on full time.
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  Junior 3D Artist

  Painting practice

  October 2015 - November 2015

  Twickenham, United Kingdom

  A 1-month freelance role, with the responsibility of designing, creating assets and previs sequences for a well known UK TV series. I was also tasked in creating 3D layouts for the concept artists to paint over for matte painting and art direction/concept art.
  
  Cinema 4D, Photoshop
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  Temp Runner

  Industrial Light & Magic

  August 2015 - October 2015

  London

  General Runner duties as described below, covering a friends secondment.
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  Client Assistant

  Rushes

  December 2014 - August 2015

  London, United Kingdom

  Dispatching and delivering documents both in house and out of house. Managing stocks and supplies, arranging orders, dealing with reception and general help to staff and clients. I constantly train outside of work hours, teaching myself new techniques and software, while producing practice client Advertising Projects. I was also fortunate to be able to be a MGFX researcher for the Bond film Spectre. This included taking footage and images, researching code, locations, and gathering lots of data for the team.
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  Bond (Spectre) Researcher

  Rushes

  March 2015 - April 2015

  I was fortunate to be able to be a MGFX researcher for the Bond film Spectre. This included taking footage and images, researching code, locations, and gathering lots of data for the team.
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  Assistant Head Runner and Matchmove Trainee

  Double Negative

  March 2014 - October 2014

  Temporary Assistant Head Runner helping the Head Runner delegate tasks and organisation of the daily/weekly errands, and stepping in as head runner when needed. Outside of work time I was expected to train as a Matchmover using the tutorial shots and supervisors provided. I matchmoved 11 shots including object tracking and body tracking.
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  Runner and Matchmove Trainee

  Double Negative

  December 2013 - October 2014

  Assisting all employees with queries and helping to resolve any problems. Dispatching and delivering documents both in house and out of house. Managing stocks and supplies, arranging orders, dealing with reception and general help to provide the smooth running of the VFX development process. Outside of work time I was expected to train as a Matchmover using the tutorial shots and supervisors provided. I matchmoved 11 shots including object tracking and body tracking.
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  Work Experience 3D Artist

  Red Star 3D

  October 2013 - October 2013

  Sheffield, United Kingdom

  A two-week unpaid work experience at Red Star Studio Ltd, where I worked on a live project sculpting the canyon environment for their 4D animation attraction. I also acted as a general runner for the company. Prior to the role I taught myself Modo to let me work on the live project.