Experience

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  Reality In Virtual Reality

  • Southam, England, United Kingdom

  • 3D Artist

    • Jul 2022 - Present
    • Southam, England, United Kingdom

    As a 3D Artist, I work directly with the art director to help bring environments and assets to life for use in VR (Virtual Reality) and AR (Augmented Reality).Noteable projects I have worked on that can be shared include:Fire of Warwick Museum AR experience - I assisted the project with optimising details on the mesh used. I also created the fire and smoke VFX within Unity. Birmingham Royal Ballet AR experience - I worked on the models currently available on the Birmingham Hippodrome's website that can be viewed in AR. These included props and costumes from the Nutcracker Ballet. Taking the scanned assets, I retopologised them and detailed/tidied high poly versions to bake before texturing them and adding roughness, metallic, Ambient Occlusion and proper Normal Maps. I was then responsible for optimising the meshes and textures for use in AR. I created Snapchat versions of the costumes that follow body tracking and allow audiences to 'wear' the costumes. I also worked on some of the assets for a VR version of the project, including rebuilding and optimising the entire stage. Check out the Birmingham Hippodrome AR experience, or head into Birmingham to see more! My general day to day tasks across our projects include: - Retopologising photogrammetry scanned assets and preparing, including low poly creation and material creation, them for use in VR and AR.-Developing Environments and props from scratch, as well as scanned data, for VR training experiences running in Unity.-Material creation in both Substance Designer and Substance Painter.-Asset and material optimisation.-VFX and material shader creation.-High to low poly baking workflows.-UV creation.-Work is done in Maya, Substance Painter, Substance Designer, ZBrush and Unity.

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  Mitie

  • Tewkesbury, England, United Kingdom

  • Build Manager

    • Mar 2021 - Jun 2022
    • Tewkesbury, England, United Kingdom

    Returning the UK I landed a role as Build Manager with a company that has just been absorbed by Mitie. As part of the Telecoms division I was responsible for organizing on site, civils works and supervising and managing builds and remedials across our extensive portfolio of sites. I am a trained site manager and the registered PICW. I would often be on site to advise and ensure that the plans in place are adhered to and that the Health and Safety is up to standard and being followed. Along with organizing on site works and developing relationships with our contractors I would also survey sites to determine civil based issues that need addressing. I worked closely with Project managers to advise the works required and who is best to complete them, assisting with the costing and the organization of the projects. I was also part of the Drone survey team, I have an A2 qualification to fly drones and conduct surveys to develop Photogrammetry based 3d renders of our sites for engineers. I was responsible for ensuring the data acquired is of the best quality to create the most detailed 3D compositions that are being used to extensively upgrade our vast range of sites to 5G.

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  Concrete Solutions Ltd

  • Christchurch

  • Applicator

    • Jan 2017 - Jun 2020
    • Christchurch

    As an Applicator, I am sent to multiple sites to carry out structural reinforcement and repair. I largely work in areas that have been affected by earthquake damage as well residential sites and larger projects. I am trained to identify issues and rectify them as well as completing pre-scoped plans. Our work includes, but it's not limited to; crack injection, gel injection, FRP strengthening, concrete repair, waterproofing and impregnation, all of which I am tasked with carrying out to the highest professional standard.

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  Self Employed

  • Project Manager

    • Sep 2015 - Jan 2017

    Self employed Project Manager and painter in the Melbourne CBD. I was employed to run the refurbishment of a busy 24 hour car park. I have a team of 5 painters who report to me while I am charged with planning the project and ensuring it's execution to the standards of our contractors. As part of the project I am not only responsible for planning the project but negotiating contract fees for myself and my team. i remain in constant contact with our contractors informing them of the job duration and progress.

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  Magic Memories

  • Service Delivery Technician

    • Dec 2013 - Mar 2014

    As a technician it is my duty to deliver technical support for multiple sites in Sydney, Australia. This requires me to be a reliable and knowledgable asset for the company as I am expected to be on call at all times should sites require technical or I.T support. Support ranges from repairing photography and computer equipment and updating software to installing and modifying current tech to help sites remain efficient and profitable assets for the company. I am expected to be knowledgable of all current systems that the company runs on and am able to offer support both on site and remotely. I have to be able to work alongside other technicians and engineers when it comes to learning new systems and software we implement whilst maintaining an ability to manage technical support alone for the Sydney area. This means that, often, I will be working on my own and managing the requirements of multiple sites simultaneously to ensure that the company is always in a position to provide customers with quality service and products.

  • Site Manager

    • May 2013 - Dec 2013

    As Site Manager for Magic Memories at Warwick Castle it was my responsibility to lead and manage the photography and photography sales department along side the Site Performance Manager. This was across 4 photo units across site at Warwick Castle. My day to day duties included ensuring a smooth and efficient operation across site focusing on meeting our KPI targets and offering tech support on site. I led a growing team of individuals and was responsible for overseeing their development within the company from assisting with on site training to offering support on the front line. Away from the sales areas I was responsible for fulfilling specific duties such as stock control and technical support to costume orders and theming. I had to be in constant contact with my performance manager, head office and operations manager to make sure that I had everything I required to run my site. I was also given the opportunity to be an active part of the creative set up of the site offering ideas and suggestions to improve all areas and then implementing them when they had been agreed upon.

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  Warwick Castle

  • Warwick Castle

  • Supervisor

    • Nov 2011 - May 2013
    • Warwick Castle

    I've returned to Warwick Castle as a member of the photography retail team and have recently become the supervisor for the Dungeon attraction. To do this job I am required to have excellent management skills as I am responsible for not only my team and my unit but I have to manage guests as they visit. I am in charge of the day to day running for the unit and responsible for ensuring that it is in an excellent condition whilst finding new and innovative ways to boost sales to ensure that our KPI standards and targets are met. I was recently awarded nominations in the company Star Awards two months running for excellent leadership and for personally achieving 100% in our recent Mystery Shopper results along with new members of the team that I had trained.

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  Codemasters

  • QA Technician

    • Feb 2011 - Sep 2011

    Games worked on:Bodycount (Xbox 360)Dirt 3 (Xbox 360)Operation Flashpoint: Red River (Xbox 360)Formula 1 2011 (Xbox 360)In this role I worked on a project under development by taking the project game and testing it. This means looking out for bugs in the game and reporting them straight to the development team. I worked closely with senior staff whilst following strict test plans from tick sheets to more detailed work flows dealing with aspects of the games such as save data. The role has given me an insight into how games are developed and how changes are made and then implemented. It also gave me experience in an office based environment which, before this role, was never a prominent work area for me.