Ali A. Jafri

Contact
Home Phone: +9221 34663956
Cell: +92 3018275974
E-Mail: aliasad[at]cgrama.com
xxclusiveasad[at]gmail.com

Career Objective:
To work in a creative environment which allows to further enhance my knowledge and skills.

Work Experience
ICE Animations - Express Media Group, Karachi - Pakistan
Character TD (December/ 2008 - Present )
Involved in developing and supervising character rigs, facial systems, hair/fur and character fx for production. Conducting research and developement for mocap and animation pipeline. Responsible for quality control and standardization of modeling, texturing, animation, hair, cloth issues during production. Enforcing production pipeline standards for characters and keeping track of assets. Training junior technical artists and members associated with different departments in accordance to needs of overall production. Also handle production scheduling and budgets to meet both short and long term goals.

Geo TV - Independent Media Group, Karachi - Pakistan
Assoc. Brand Creative Manager (August/ 2005 - October/2008 )
Design, animate and supervise motion graphics for channel packaging, idents and on-air promotions. Lead a team of designers and animators for meeting project objectives related to on-air channel promotions. Supervise and enforce broadcast standards for material delivered from brand creative. Advise and manage on work scheduling, budgets, efficient resource management. Conduct assessments, interviews and hire competent team members required for brand creative.

Sharp Image, Karachi - Pakistan
CG/Technical - Artist (February/ 2004 - April/ 2005)
Worked on projects relating to body, facial animation and post production. Did research and development for production pipeline. Customizing Maya to allow enhanced workflow and productivity. Researched on rigging paradigms and implemented as well as troubleshoot customized rigs for animation production. Animated mostly for commercials and animated shorts.

Prislogix, Karachi - Pakistan
Animator (July/ 2003 - January/ 2004)
Worked on multimedia and web related projects. Main job function involved work on design, character animation and digital painting.

Coffee Machine, Karachi - Pakistan
Graphic Designer (February/ 2001 - June/ 2003)
Modeled Environments, Props and Objects. Did animations for commercials and documentaries. Also worked on motion graphics and design for print and broadcast media.

Freelance Clients
Coca Cola, Nokia, Suzuki, Home Alliance, McDonalds.

Skills:
General
  - 3d Modeling, Texturing, Rigging, Animation, Lighting/Shading, Tracking, Rendering
  - nCloth, Dynamics and Simulation Effects
  - Render Farm Deployment and Rendering
  - MEL, Python, C++, Javascript and HTML
  - Motion Graphics, Graphic Design
  - VFX
  - Drawing, Story Boarding
  - 3d Animation Production Pipeline Setup & Management

Softwares
  - Maya
  - Motionbuilder
  - 3dsMax
  - Photoshop, After Effects, Image Ready, Illustrator, Premiere
  - ZBrush
  - Realflow
  - Toxik
  - Mental Ray
  - Final Cut Pro
  - Sony Vegas
  - Nuke

Education:
B.A. (University of Karachi)
Diploma Software Engineering (Aptech)

Interest:
    Films, Art, Design, Cinematography, Philosophy, Animation, Science.

Workshops Attended:
   - Cybergirl Workshop conducted on Cgsociety.org by Steven Stahlberg
   - Adverising Brands
   - Don Bluth Animation Workshops
   - Conflict Management and Communication