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my resume

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ioana sandor

A 3D animator experienced in 3D modeling, illustration, and VR. Has worked in a number of areas of the animation pipeline including storyboarding, lighting, and particle system effects.

technical skills

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Autodesk 3ds Max
Autodesk Maya
Pixologic Zbrush
PopcornFX

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Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator

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Adobe After Effects
Adobe Premiere Pro

education

Undergraduate at SFU with a BSc in Media Arts and Interactive Systems

Completed the French Immersion Program and received a Dual Dogwood Diploma

Professional fluency in:
English, French, Romanian

interests

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video games

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photography

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languages

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music

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physics

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writing

work experience

2018 - 2019

Research Assistant at PopcornFX

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Persistant Studios,
France

I worked on a set of tutorials that teach Visual Effects Artists how to use PopcornFX’s particle system software. Through my work, I paid close attention to how users learned and stay engaged during tutorials and used this information to create more effective videos to teach the software to others.

PopcornFX is a company under Persistant Studios that specializes in creating particle effects. They create their own in-house software, but also create effects for various different companies.

2018 - 2019

Research Assistant at the iViz Lab

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Simon Fraser University,
Canada

I provided support to the bio-sensing projects during my first year by creating particle systems receptive to bio feedback and testing sensors. Currently, I am starting to work on the AI based projects.

The iViz lab is a research lab within the School of Interactive Arts and Technology at SFU that supports PhD students in creating projects that work with bio-sensing data and artificial intelligence programs.

2016 - 2017

3D Modeler & Animation Intern

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Fukui Byora,
Japan

I made five safety movies to show their factory workers. I did the modeling of characters and parts, texturing, rigging, animating, lighting and post production on these films.

Fukui Byora is a metal parts manufacturing company that produces metal parts for medical, electronic and auto equipment.

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