RESUME

Hongsoo Kim

3D Character Animator / Canadian PR

Telephone : +82 10 9555 5082

Email : hskvan2022@gmail.com

Address : Seoul, South Korea

Web Page 🔗 https://zimzum13.wixsite.com/mysite

CV Page 🔗 https://zimzum13.wixsite.com/mysite/resume

Demo Reel 🔗 https://vimeo.com/user688155

LinkedIn Page 🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/in/hongsoo-kim-638871144/

Profile

●Professional specialized in 3D animation (Character Animation, Facial Animation. Mechanic Animation)

●Versatile multimedia experience in animation studio environments. Strive in making deadlines ahead of project due do and the additional ability to work well with others and within large team. Desiring to contribute to the success of a company by going above and beyond meeting expectations and deadlines.

Objective

●Seeking a position as a 3D animator where I can use my technical and artistic skills in favor of the company. Also to work not only for work but for my interest and my career along with the company’s growth.

Experiences

Senior Animator 08/2024 - 05/2025

Steamroller Animation Studio Seoul

Animation Studio

Collaborating with the team and be guided by experienced Animation Supervisors and Leads.
Responsible for producing high-quality final animations, adhering to production schedules and deadlines.

Senior Animator 06/2022 - 08/2023

ICON CREATIVE STUDIO Vancouver

Animation Studio

Animating more complex or technically challenging shots to a high level of polish, all while consistently maintaining the quota
Collaborated and worked closely with riggers, modelers, texturers, creative leads and Animators to design and develop animations for a 3d animation project.
Developed and designed movement animations, characters animations, facial animations, environments, special effects, and performed other story/animation tasks as requested.

Technical Character Animator 01/2022 - 04/2022

Scanline VFX Korea Seoul

VFX Studio

Multidisciplinary role involving match move, motion capture, layout, rigging, animation, and shot sculpting work.
Creates a technical setup involving different elements such as rigs, cameras, volume capture scans for animation to use
Cleans up mocap solves and object track solves
Generates usable geometry out of 4D volume capture
Tests and ensure character rigs meet technical and artistic specifications
Technical setup of cameras
Shot Sculpting deformation fixes on a cg character
Debugs technical problems and escalate issues as needed
Takes directions and applies notes from supervisors

Animator 08/2021 - 01/2022

Mofac creative works Seoul

VFX Studio

Responsible for producing high quality, both hyper-realistic and stylized character and creature animation for the feature films using motion capture data based on Unreal engine.
Key achievement: Created unique, character specific cycles and built studio library poses that highlight each character and their personality that effectively sped up the process by 20%.

Team Leader in Direction Department 09/2020 - 05/2021

FunnyFlux Seoul

Animation Studio

Directing and supervising for ‘Super Wings’ TV Show Season 5(3 episodes), 6(21 episodes)

[Super Wings Season 6 Opening] World Guardian - https://youtu.be/hyco6Nn1nIw
[Superwings5] EP26 Relay Delivery - https://youtu.be/AN5v9bWxHEA
[Superwings5] EP28 Perez the Mouse - https://youtu.be/c1Kb7YNtqfI
[Superwings5] EP31 Special Trip Around the World - https://youtu.be/fre7kQf_VxY

Key Artist 08/2019 - 11/2019

MPC Montreal

VFX Studio

Took responsibility for producing high quality, both hyper-realistic and stylized character and creature animation for the feature films: Dolittle Universal Pictures)

DOLittle_VFX_ANIMATION_REEL : https://vimeo.com/407043240

Animation Supervisor 01/2019 - 07/2019

WESTO Inc. Seoul

Animation Studio

Took responsibility for ensuring project quality and the well-being of team members by managing a group of Animators and Leads across new media project ‘Spookiz Season 3’ 7 episodes)

Episode 02 : Annoying Mosquito - https://youtu.be/gNKAGhHHnTc
Episode 07 : Spicy Food Prank - https://youtu.be/Y0qBKrEkyfw
Episode 11 : What is Kebi Drawing? - https://youtu.be/-50zcb4N1Dc
Episode 15 : Mysterious Red Marbles - https://youtu.be/IL68pGmX-Gs
Episode 17 : Vending Machine - https://youtu.be/3G_MxLMKC0M
Episode 19 : Zizi's New Hair – https://youtu.be/80lgdGJXTkw
Episode 21 : Frankie, The Greatest Pianist – https://youtu.be/vnHeU0FBrbE

Senior Animator 07/2017 - 11/2018

ROI VISUAL Seoul

Animation Studio

Worked with a team as a senior character animator in TV animation project ‘Daily Life Safety with AMBER’
Robocarpoli Kite Reel - https://vimeo.com/257259695
Robocarpoli Ski Reel - https://vimeo.com/258468776

Senior CG Animator 05/2016 - 11/2016

Backbone Sdn Bhd Kuala Lumpur

Animation Studio

Worked with a team as a lead animator in TV animation project ‘The Little Farmer RABBY’

Animator 04/2014 - 04/2016

SAMG ANIMATION Co. Ltd Seoul

Animation studio

Worked with a team as a senior character animator in TV animation projects ‘Miraculous Ladybug’, ‘Zak Storm: Super Pirate’, ‘Mini Force’
Ladybug Animation Reel #1 - https://vimeo.com/158873894
Zak Storm Animation Reel #1 - https://vimeo.com/223966098

Animator 12/2010 - 10/2013

Cinepix Seoul

Animation Studio

Worked with a team as a character animator in TV animation project ‘Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness’"
Key achievement: Animated100 characters and objects for ‘Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness’

Nominated to Annie Awards 2012 for Character Animation in Television Production

Nominated to Primetime Emmy Awards 2013 for Outstanding Animated Program

Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness Show Reel #1 - https://vimeo.com/80725654
Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness Show Reel #2 - https://vimeo.com/81588115

Animator 04/2009 - 12/2010

Retrobot Seoul

Animation Studio

Worked with a team as a junior animator in Feature Animation ‘Dino Time’, TV animation project ‘Tobot’

Dinotime Animation Reel #1 - https://vimeo.com/81589098
Tobot Animation Reel #1 - https://vimeo.com/82917151

Education

University : Kyung Hee University (Suwon, Korea)

Degree : Bachelors

Field of Study : Digital Arts and Design

Overall Result (GPA) : 4.17/4.5

Mar 2006 - Mar 2009

Computer Skills

● Softimage, Maya, Max

● Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Premiere

● Sony Sound Forge, Vegas

● Microsoft Office

Languages

-Korean (Native), English (Fluent)

Training

Training Softimage from ATC (Authorized Training Center) Seoul, Korea