Melissa Shim

Work History

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  Senior Animator

  Santa Monica Studio

  November 2015 - Present

  Greater Los Angeles Area

  God of War
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  Senior Animator

  Goldtooth Creative

  December 2014 - March 2017

  Vancouver, Canada

  Just Cause 3
  -Body and face motion capture clean up on cinematic scenes
  
  Kabam Spirit Lords trailer
  -Keyframe animation
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  Senior Gameplay Animator

  The Coalition

  April 2015 - October 2015

  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

  Gears of War 4
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  Senior Animator

  Waterproof Studios

  April 2014 - November 2014

  Vancouver, Canada

  Mortal Kombat X
  -Keyframe animation and motion capture clean up on cinematic scenes

• Relic Entertainment Inc. (SEGA)

  October 2013 - March 2014

  
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  Animator

  Relic Entertainment

  October 2013 - March 2014

  Vancouver, Canada

  Company of Heroes 2: The Western Front Armies
  -Created character animations including interactions with weapons and vehicles
  -Rigged and animated base buildings
  -Collaborated with lead, tech artists and artists to determine animation requirements
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  EA Canada

  March 2013 - September 2013

  
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  Animator

  Electronic Arts

  March 2013 - September 2013

  Burnaby, Canada

  FIFA 14.
  -Created animation assets for Substitution situations including placement choreography and 2-player interactions.
  -Motionbuilder motion capture clean up and integration into game with ANT toolkit.
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  Animator

  Io-Interactive

  March 2010 - November 2012

  Copenhagen, Denmark

  Hitman: Absolution.
  -Primary animator responsible for Hero movement content including locomotion, agility, cover movement, throwing, environment interactions, and weapon/prop handling using layered and partial animations.
  -Additional work on close combat prop attacks and level-specific animations.
  -Reverse engineered and edited existing network setups for character/prop interactions and weapon animations.
  -Worked closely with designers and programmers to develop multiple Hero features.
  -Aided lead animator to determine Hitman's movement style.
  -Motion capture planning and direction
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  Animator

  Electronic Arts Canada

  July 2002 - October 2009

  Gameplay and non-interactive sequence animator on multiple sports titles.
  -Responsible for content creation, implementation and polish using Motionbuilder and ANT.
  -Collaborated closely with programmers and designers to create and iterate on features.
  -Organized mocap shot lists and directed numerous shoots.
  -Created learning material for outsource studio, managed and reviewed outsourced assets.
  -Trained junior animators.
  Credits:
  -NBA Live 2010
  -NBA Live 2009
  -NBA Live 2008
  -NBA Live 2007
  -MVP NCAA Baseball 2006
  -MVP Baseball 2005
  -MVP Baseball 2004
  -Fifa Soccer 2004
  -MVP Baseball 2003