WILL MAGINITY
Boyne City,MI
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Lead 3D Character Animator
Universal Phoenix Group LLC
07.2025 - Current
- Created expressive facial animations using advanced 3D character rigs, thus enhancing emotional depth of characters.
- Managed a team of animators and generalists, ensuring collaborative communication and an efficiently moving project.
- Delivered high-quality 3D character animations within tight deadlines, ensuring timely project completion.
- Refined existing character assets for improved visual appeal through texture updates and shading adjustments.
- Contributed to pre-production planning by providing input on storyboards, and animatics.
Freelance 3D Animator
Thrill Studios
08.2018 - Current
- Portfolio channel dedicated to showcasing my most polished and professional original 3D animation works.
- Constantly challenging animation skills in unique and creative ways, using self-made 3D characters and assets.
- Extensive practice in 3D environment modeling , texturing, additional asset building, and rigging.
- Solo made flagship short film Sparky and Steel: Renegades (2025) is a 22-minute short film with all original characters, rigs, environments, and dynamic action sequences. Was accepted into multiple film festivals for "best animation" category.
- Created 30+ animated projects, including multiple narratively driven short films. Surpassed 1,900 subscribers, 580,000 total views, +130 Videos.
Digital Marketing Specialist
Lavender Hill Farm
05.2023 - 08.2023
- Interned as a media specialist creating weekly promotional material for social media, additionally Integrating 3D animation into intern media projects.
- Assisted in creating written, video, and image content for marketing channels.
- Responsible for accounting extensive file management for brand logos, assets, and other graphical elements.
- Strengthened online presence by creating engaging social media content through social media platforms.
Education
B.A. - New Media Studies, Honors in New Media Studies
Alma College
Alma, MI04.2025
Skills
- Blender 3D, Adobe Suite
- 3D animation expertise (Both character and non character)
- Facial animation and lip syncing
- Variety 3D modeling (Character, environment, props)
- Art/graphic design
- Rendering and scene lighting
- Character rigging
- Project management
- Effective communication and collaboration with a team
Animated Projects
Sparky and Steel: Renegades (2025), short film, 21:58
Nintendo DS Ad I made in my bedroom (2025), spec ad, 0:29
TREASURE PLANET REMADE in Blender (2024), video, 2:40
Timeline
Lead 3D Character Animator
Universal Phoenix Group LLC
07.2025 - Current
Digital Marketing Specialist
Lavender Hill Farm
05.2023 - 08.2023
Freelance 3D Animator
Thrill Studios
08.2018 - Current
B.A. - New Media Studies, Honors in New Media Studies
Alma College
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