Jonathan Alexander Chen

Mississauga, ON
jac006101@gmail.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonalexchen/

Portfolio
● https://jonalexchen.weebly.com/

Experience
Cinematic Animation Intern - Ubisoft Toronto May 2024 - Present
● Animate cinematics and realizations for Star Wars: Outlaws
● Use Motionbuilder to clarify and augment mocap data
● Apply feedback from leads and director to align with game vision

3D Animator Intern - Behaviour Interactive, Montreal May-Aug 2022

● Animate gameplay for Jurassic World Primal Ops
● Use Maya and Unity to create and export keyframe animations to game engine
● Apply feedback from seniors and game devs for quality of pose, timing, and gameplay integration

3D Animator/Generalist - Holoeducation Technologies, London August 2023- Present

● Animate surgery knots for virtual reality training modules using mocap data in Blender
● Export fbx from Blender to Unity and troubleshoot pipeline issues
● Apply feedback from project managers for clarity of animation and proper knot technique

Awards
Ubisoft Toronto NEXT 2024 - Animation Winner

Education
● Sheridan College Honours Bachelor of Animation, Oakville, ON, Canada 2019 - 2024
○ 4th year thesis “Off the Stove”
○ Animation Lead on 3D Group Film “Twinkle”
● Kyosil
○ Summer 2023 mentorship with Alex Snow, Fall 2023 mentorship with Shawn Lee
● Animschool
○ Fall 2021 Intro to 3D Animation, Chris Dias

Software
● Maya ● Motion Builder ● Photoshop
● Blender ● Unity ● After Effects

Skills
● Time management ● Application of ● Analytical mindset
● Attention to detail feedback

Interests
● Martial Arts ● Trumpet ● Cooking
● Strength Training ● Cats ● Video Games
● Paleontology ● Biking