Unity Engine
Ari Williams
Technical Artist
Summary
Detail-oriented Technical Artist/ Unity generalist with a degree in Games and Virtual Reality, a passion for technology and a drive to offer creative approaches to technical tasks. Equal parts artist and developer excited to be at the intersection where creativity and problem solving meet.
Overview
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Certifications
Work History
Technical Artist
Volta XR
09.2021 - 02.2022
- I have been the Technical Artist and primary creative at Volta for the past 2 years My current responsibilities include building and maintaining 3D assets and Visual Effects in Unity.
- These assets include Shaders, VFX, custom 3D Models and other generative visuals, these are designed to be fully customizable by users.
- My responsibilities include onboarding new creatives, helping produce and maintain tooling within Unity, handling talks with freelancers and assessing any creative work produced within the company.
- I have been involved in producing visuals for a number of high profile events such as the Glastonbury Music Festival and Richie Hawtin's From Our Minds - TBA Tour
Unity Developer
ISO Design
09.2021 - 02.2022
- This is a project made in collaboration with GSA and ISO Design working on an exhibit for the Blackpool Showtown Museum
- As a Lead Programmer in this project my key responsibilities were: planning and distributing resources within the team, creating an application that is lightweight and easily scalable, assisting and creating tools for the programmers on my team, pitching and presenting the idea to the client and developing a user testing plan.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Games and Virtual Reality
Glasgow School of Art
Glasgow 05.2017 - 05.2019
Skills
Asset Management
Texturing and Materials
Performance Optimization
Lighting and rendering
Unity Engine Expertise
Mobile game development
Cross-platform Development
Level Design
Shader Development
Environment Art
Procedural Generation
Visual Effects Creation
Real-Time Rendering
2D design
3D Design
Environment Design
Character Animation
Websites
Certification
Unity Associate: Programmer, 2022
Volunteer Experience
- RNIB
- The Edinburgh Cat and Dog Home
Software
Blender
3DS Max
Substance Designer
Photoshop
Premiere Pro
Timeline
Unity Developer
ISO Design
09.2021 - 02.2022
Technical Artist
Volta XR
09.2021 - 02.2022
Bachelor of Science - Games and Virtual Reality
Glasgow School of Art
05.2017 - 05.2019