Experience

• Senior VFX Artist at Avalanche Studios Group

  Stockholm, SE

  October 2023 - Present

  • Oversaw the visual direction, quality standards, and performance budgets for all in-game effects
  
  • Worked with engineers to identify issues in workflow, and propose editor improvements by giving feedback and proposing new solutions
  
  • Helped to improve destruction pipeline with engineers and tech designers
  
  • Mentored an intern which involved onboarding and providing clear goals and expectations, as well as providing regular feedback
  
  • Collaborated with directors to gather feedback and help bring the project’s vision to life

• VFX Artist at Avalanche Studios Group

  Stockholm, SE

  January 2021 - September 2023

  • Developed and implemented effects that elevated gameplay impact and atmosphere
  
  • Explored visual development and prototyping of new effects to define tone and style
  
  • Optimised effects performance through profiling and debugging
  
  • Worked closely with the leads to establish quality levels
  
  • Created texture atlas for in-game effects using Photoshop, After Effects, Houdini and Substance Designer
  
  • Working closely with designers, animators, gameplay programmers, and sound designers to collaborate and iterate on features and assets
  
  • VFX Artist on Ravenbound and the sole VFX Artist on The Angler project as well as for the live service content

• Post Production Lead at White Rice Communications

  Islamabad, Pakistan

  July 2018 - August 2019

  • Balancing multiple projects at various stages of development, managing time efficiently to meet project deadlines and budget constraints
  
  • Effectively communicate with other team members to ensure smooth project execution
  
  • Taking the initiative to troubleshoot problems and offer solutions
  
  • Worked on various projects and campaigns for local and international clients such as Unicef, British Council, UNDP, Oxfam

• Lead Motion Designer at Xdynamix Media Communications

  Islamabad, Pakistan

  May 2016 - June 2018

  • Worked with the creative team to develop concepts and storyboards that meet the project’s objectives and requirements
  
  • Collaborated with the director, producer, and other team members to best support larger media goals
  
  • Worked on a variety of projects with clients such as Telenor, Huawei, Mobilink Jazz, and Ufone

• Motion Designer at Xdynamix Media Communications

  Islamabad, Pakistan

  May 2015 - April 2016

  • Creating 2D/3D motion graphics for a variety of projects, including but not limited to commercials, music videos, explainer videos, product demos, corporate presentations, and marketing materials

• 3D Artist at Time & Space Media

  Lahore, Pakistan

  November 2014 - April 2015

  • Creating and rendering props animations
  
  • Compositing and editing sequences to create the final product