Animation Resume Template (Text Format)
FIRST AND LAST NAME
Email: your.email@email.com
Phone: (123) 456-7891
Address: Street, City, State
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/yourprofile
Career Objective
Enthusiastic animator with 5+ years experience bringing stories and characters to life through hand-drawn, 2D and 3D animation. Proven ability to take creative direction and collaborate with cross-functional teams. Skilled in the full production process from preliminary storyboarding and design to final delivery. Seeking to leverage my skills, eye for detail, and passion for the craft to create visually stunning animation that engages audiences.
Work Experience
SENIOR ANIMATOR (May 20XX – Present)
Vista Animations, San Francisco, CA
- Create character rigs and animate scenes for the studio’s 3D animated television series using Maya, Blender, TVPaint, and motion capture tools
- Collaborate with creative directors and producers to storyboard action sequences. Deliver animation on tight deadlines
- Lead animation efforts for studio’s key projects, leading a team of 6 animators for various TV series and commercials
- Spearheaded animation of two 30-second commercials which increased client engagement by 30%
- Currently directing a team of 4 on animation for an interactive VR experience using Unity
ANIMATOR (August 20XX-April 20XX)
DrawSpace Studios, New York, NY
- Produced background character animations in Maya for feature films
- Illustrated storyboards and designed 2D assets and backgrounds for marketing videos in Photoshop and After Effects
- Assisted lead animators to block out animation sequences and supported character rigging
- Led animation on 8 eLearning modules, overseeing 1 junior animator. Final videos increased course engagement by 60%
JUNIOR ANIMATOR (June 2015-May 2019)
Redfin Technologies, New Rochelle, NY
- Created 10 rigged 3D props/set pieces for use in animated TV pilot using Blender
- Produced short 2D animated clips and sprites for social media content
- Shadowed animators and attended storyboard review sessions
Education
Relevant Skills
- 2-D and 3-D animation
- Storyboarding
- Maya
- Blender
- Character modeling
- Motion graphics
- Adobe Animator