Timur Tugalev

Glasgow, United Kingdom
Timur Tugalev
E-mail: licorlicor@gmail.com Portfolio: www.be.net/licor


PERSONAL PROFILE
An accomplished graduate with MDes in animation qualification and 6 years of experience in multiplatform digital media. My past projects include interactive games development for BBC Scotland, 3D animation for paramount pictures ‘Transformers’ mobile application and web design for Hilton hotels around the world.
SKILLS / ACHIEVEMENTS
• 3D/2D Animation and Compositing
• Flash, Web and Graphic Design
• Filmmaking and Photography
• Illustration and Storyboarding
• Maximized Hilton’s income by generating new visual content
• Artwork has been featured on various online blogs and magazines
• Chosen by the Glasgow School of Art to create their 2011-2012 TV advert
• Languages spoken fluently: Russian, Spanish and English

EDUCATION

September 2010 to September 2011
Glasgow School of Art
Master of Design in Animation (MDes in Animation)

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY


Creative Film Maker at Skyscanner.net

November 2012 – Present Edinburgh, United Kingdom
The primary focus is to develop creative and engaging video content for the Skyscanner social media channels, as well as for our product and brand marketing, pr-related, display advertising, hr and recruitment initiatives, participating in pre-production meetings, conducting interviews, monitoring the light and audio quality, and editing the final product - working closely with the social marketing team to produce high quality videos to be used on all our social media channels as well as on our news and jobs site.

• Shoot, edit, encode and upload video assets in a timely fashion, under shifting deadlines and pressures.
• Work independently and collaborate with other members of the social marketing team
• Create titles, chatter text and select appropriate tease images for video content always following our brand
• Work -in some occasions- on motion graphics to create animations for video clips.


Co-Founder
www.Zi-do.com
October 2012 – Present (8 months)Worldwide
Co-Founder and Designer at www.zi-do.com funky online t-shirts

September 2011 one week placement as part of my Gen Up internship
Channel 4, London
Creative Designer
User experience development and improvement of channel four’s educational programmes.

Key Responsibilities
• Develop ideas for Channel Four’s educational content.
• Design a new website layout for the ‘Four Music’ channel.
Key Achievements
• Adapted new technologies to combine educational content with channel four’s TV shows.
• Utilised my previous web design knowledge to build a user friendly web interface.

September 2011 one week placement as part of my Gen Up internship
The Leith Agency
3D Animator/Creative Developer
Role involved creating 3D animation and generating ideas for the upcoming major advertising campaigns.

Key Responsibilities
• Create 3D visuals and animation.
• Produce ideas to advertise a well known and established product.
Key Achievements
• Contributed to the Irn-Bru’s ‘Euro 2012’ campaign.
• Created and Improved 3D visuals for the Scottish Government ‘Safer Scotland’ campaign and animated a concept logo for Irn-Bru.

September 2011 one week placement as part of my Gen Up internship
BBC Scotland
Creative Developer
Role involved working closely with the BBC’s entertainment team and Bitesize developers.

Key Responsibilities
• Generate new concepts of interactive games for BBC’s television shows.
• Transform aging methods of education into a fresh and user friendly multiplatform programme.
Key Achievements
• Obtained valuable experience on creative ideas development.
• Widened my communicational skills working with large and professional teams.

August 2011 to October 2011
TRC Media - Gen Up internship
Participant of a unique immersion programme which gives an opportunity to learn from leading experts in multiplatform, games, animation, television, advertising, digital design and marketing.

Key Responsibilities
• Learn from industry professionals and work on live briefs creating and improving digital content.
Key Achievements
• Doubled my confidence.
• Learned the workflow of the large creative companies.

March 2011 to April 2011
Logovision Inc.
3D Artist
Animated 3D graphics for mobile applications of ‘Transformers’ and ‘Axe’.

Key Responsibilities
• To model 3D visuals and produce an animated sequence.
Key Achievements
• Managed to produce a complex animation within 48 hours.

February 2010 to March 2010
Hilton Creative Team – Glasgow
Creative Artist
Designed and animated websites for various luxury hotels and resorts in Europe and North America.

Key Responsibilities
• Introduce 3D graphics to the standard ‘flat’ web experience in order to increase creativity.
Key Achievements
• Formed a new niche and maximized company’s income by implementing 3D into their web portfolio.

INTERESTS

• My interests include digital art, drawing, filmmaking, extreme sports and motorcycles.
• I am a keen traveller and have lived in Buenos Aires, Argentina for 3 years.

REFERENCES

References are available on request.

Work Experience

Skyscanner

Creative Film Maker

The primary focus is to develop creative and engaging video content for the Skyscanner social media channels, as well as for our product and brand marketing, pr-related, display advertising, hr and recruitment initiatives, participating in pre-production meetings, conducting interviews, monitoring the light and audio quality, and editing the final product - working closely with the social marketing team to produce high quality videos to be used on all our social media channels as well as on our news and jobs site.

• Direct, shoot, edit, encode and upload video assets in a timely fashion, under shifting deadlines and pressures.
• Work independently and collaborate with other members of the social marketing team
• Create titles, chatter text and select appropriate tease images for video content always following our brand
• Work -in some occasions- on motion graphics to create animations for video clips.
November 2012 - Present Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Timsomike

Founder/ Illustrator

Artist behind the project
June 2012 - Present Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Zi-Do T-shirts

Co-founder, Designer

Designer and Co-founder of an online t-shirts shop
June 2012 - Present Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Hilton

Web/Graphic Designer - Animator

Worked with the Hilton's Creative Team on designing and developing interactive applications as well as design elements for the websites of different big hotels around the globe such as: Hilton Arc de Triomphe - Paris , Buffalo Thunder Resort & Casino - Santa Fe , Hilton Chicago O'Hare Airport , The Waldorf Hilton Hotel- London, Hilton -Athens , Hilton - Moscow Leningradskaya.
February 2010 - March 2010 Glasgow, United Kingdom

Education

The Glasgow School Of Art

MDes in Animation

September 2010 - October 2011 Glasgow, United Kingdom

Languages

Spanish (Fluent),
English (Fluent),
Russian (Native),

Skills

Drawing, Flash, Hardware , 3d, Adobe Flash, Adobe Photoshop, Alias Sketchbook , Animation, Autodesk Maya, Communications, Compositing, Corel Painter , Design, Directing, Editing, Effects, Film, Filming, Languages, MAYA, Motion Tracking, Software , VFX, Visual,