Resume

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Jacob Buck
730 E. 45th St Savannah, GA 31405
Email: jacobhb@gmail.com
Tel: 713 320 3108
www.jacobbuck.com

EDUCATION:
Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
BFA in Visual Effects, June 2007
Focus: Character Technical Direction and pipeline development
   Awards: Dean’s List: Winter 2005 – Winter 2007, Graduating Cum Laude

INTERNSHIPS:
Technical Artist Internship, Electronic Arts: Chicago - Summer 2006
• Worked as a character technical artist with the Def Jam 3 production team
• Enhanced the character pipeline by producing scripts to transfer information between software packages
• Developed realistic facial systems for in-game characters

EXPERIENCE:
Vice President and co-founder of the Digital Media Club - Winter 2006 – Winter 2007
• Facilitated the exploration of new topics and methods in different categories of digital media
• Organized club meetings to discuss upcoming activities and possible improvements to the current classes
• Planned lectures with guest speakers to bring information to the student body

Lead Character Technical Director, Cereal Killers - Fall 2005 – Winter 2006
• Managed a three-man rigging team by planning and delegating necessary tasks
• Personally developed an automation script to facilitate the rigging process in a collaborative student project of thirty people
• Refined cartoony, flexible rigs created with my automation script
• Maintained the characters for their life throughout the project

Flash Animator/Programmer, WebVeracity - Summer 2003
• Designed and created original flash content
• Linked flash movies to custom databases
• Provided user interfaces

SKILLS:
• Alias Maya, Side Effects Houdin
• C/C++, MEL, RS
• Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects, Apple Final Cut Pro, Apple Shake, Adobe Flash, Adobe Premie
• Apple OS X, Microsoft Windows
• Familiar with: XSI Softimage, Python, Bash Script, Linux, TCL

Hobbies and Interests:
Camping, fitness, snowboarding, tennis, martial arts, puzzle games, photography