Betsy Lee
Character Animator
Contact
Software Skills
Adobe Programs:
-
Photoshop
-
Premiere Pro
-
Illustrator
-
Animate
Animation Programs:
-
Autodesk Maya
-
Redshift
-
Arnold
-
Turtle
-
Substance Painter
-
-
ToonBoom Harmony/ Essentials
-
Blender (3D Computer Software)
Other:Sub
-
Perforce
-
GitHub
-
Substance Painter
-
Google Workspace (G Suite)
-
Microsoft Office Suite
Skills and
Abilities
Animation Skills:
-
3-D Character Animation, traditional and digital 2-D Animation, puppet/symbol animation.
-
3-D Modeling and texturing with Autodesk Maya and Substance Painter
Soft Skills:
-
Effective Communication
-
Teamwork
-
Time Management
-
Critical thinking and problem-solving
-
Project Management

Download
Resume:
Education
San Jose State University
08/2015 - 05/2020
BFA Animation/ Illustration
-
Fundamentals in Animation, Illustration, Story-boarding, Design, and 3-D Modeling
-
Concentration in 3-D Animation
Chabot College
08/2012 - 05/2015
AA-T General Art
-
Museum design, JavaScript coding, Drawing fundamentals
Production Experience
Apple Inc. via RMSI North America Inc.
3D Model Project Lead (2023 - Present)
-
Promoted to 3D Model Project Lead
-
Oversees work-load priorities and manage a team of 13
-
Build, managed, and tracked over 300 3D-model priorities
-
Provide additional support and feedback to 3rd party and internal teams
-
Creating and updating workflow pipelines
Apple Inc. via Apex Systems
3D Modeler Team Lead (2022 - 2023)
-
Promoted to 3D Modeler Team Lead
-
Oversees team work-load priorities and communication with Apex Systems and Apple Inc.
-
Recruiting, onboarding, and training new team members
-
Build, manage, and track 3D Model priorities
-
Create workflow tasks for new 3D Model requests
-
Provide additional support and feedback to 3rd party and internal teams
-
Troubleshooting and collaboration with Engineers
3D Modeler (2021-2022)
-
Build, manage, and track 3D Model priorities
-
Create workflow tasks for new 3D Model requests
-
Provide additional support and feedback for 3rd party teams
-
Troubleshooting and collaboration with engineers
The Morning Bake Short Film (2019-2020)
Released May 22, 2020
Senior Animator, Producer
-
Led meetings and provided feedback to 3-D Animators, Visual Development Artists, and Modelers
-
Created and updated weekly physical records and digital files to maintain current, accurate and compliant documentation on google spreadsheet/drive
-
Maintained schedules, managed deadlines, and interacted with teammates to support production activities by assigning shots, props, and lighting work and redirecting questions to respective departments
-
Created both acting and body mechanic shots to work within a sequence
-
Used Premiere Pro to mix and edit tracks for short film
Taidaima (Coming Home) Short Film (2018-2019)
Released May 22, 2019
Animator, Clean-up Artist
-
Collaborated in a 2-D Student animated short film using ToonBoom Harmony Advanced
-
Created multiple 2D rough animated shots and reworked peers' animation to finalize proportions and color
-
Utilized both hand-drawn and puppet animation
Green Ninja Show (Aug. 2018 - Dec. 2018)
Released December 2018
Animator
-
Created Puppet animation using Adobe Animate
-
Executed dialogue shots with multiple characters
-
Collaborated with different major departments