Lead Animator at Slipgate Ironworks
San Francisco Bay Area
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- Lead Animator at Slipgate Ironworks
- Lead Animator - Gods and Heroes at Perpetual Entertainment
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Ross Armstrong’s Summary
A focused and capable team player with excellent communication skills and proven ability to meet tight deadlines and lead a team of animators. A dynamic professional with a 12+ year record of achieving exceptional results in the field of Character Animation. Open to opportunities in games, feature or television production.
Ross Armstrong’s Specialties:
• Team leadership
• Advanced human and creature character animation
• Animation direction
• Mentoring and building animation teams
• Directing and scheduling international teams and remote contractors
• Pipeline development and project organization
• Working on location with external developers to provide art and animation direction
• Strong problem solving skills
• Great work ethic
Software: Max and Maya
Ross Armstrong’s Experience
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Lead Animator
Slipgate Ironworks
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Games industry)
March 2008 — Present (3 months)
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Lead Animator - Gods and Heroes
Perpetual Entertainment
(Privately Held; Computer Games industry)
January 2004 — Present (4 years 5 months)
* Prototyped the animation pipeline and helped design and establish a visceral and immersive combat system
* Helped conceptualize and define the animation style for mythological, animal and human characters
* Supervise daily reviews of the animation teams work and effectively communicate animation direction
* Managed international and local outsourced animation assets and established methods for reviewing and tracking deliveries
* Reviewed animation candidates and helped establish the in-house animation team
