Vetted Adobe After Effects Professionals

Conrado Pardo

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Mid-level VFX Artist specializing in stylized real-time effects for games

São Paulo, Brazil5y exp

“VFX Artist with 2+ years shipping live mobile game content on Power Rangers: Legacy Wars, serving as the sole owner for all character VFX (skills, assists, specials, taunts, intros/outros) and implementing them in-engine via a custom tool. Demonstrates strong real-time optimization instincts (channel-packed textures, Transparent-to-Masked material strategy) and created reusable master materials to keep heavy screen-filling effects performant.”

“Unity/C# gameplay programmer focused on solo-built prototypes, including a P2P multiplayer card game framework, evolving creature systems, and cross-platform mobile/web experiments. They show strong self-directed learning in Unity Netcode, lobby integration, custom input/UI systems, and early exploration of AI/LLM use cases for game content and creature behavior.”

“Video editor and post producer with ~10 years of extensive Adobe Premiere and After Effects experience, including documentary work for an Abu Dhabi media company (UAE National Day) blending archival footage, live footage, and graphics. Experienced in end-to-end longform YouTube post-production workflows and retention-focused storytelling techniques.”

Rachael McKenna

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Junior Film & Video Production Specialist specializing in cinematography, editing, and photography

Massachusetts, USA5y exp

“Greater Boston-based videographer/cinematographer with ~3 years producing YouTube Live Reality Games (Survivor/Big Brother-style) and leading shoots from pre-pro through on-set interviews and episodic storytelling. Also served as Director of Photography on an industry-style senior capstone short film at Quinnipiac University, stepping in as lighting designer/gaffer to create a noir night aesthetic on a constrained budget; work currently on Vimeo and being submitted to festivals.”

Penny Asawadilockchai

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Mid-Level Product Designer specializing in human-centered UX/UI

Oakland, CA4y exp

“Product/UX designer with end-to-end experience building a borrower-facing intake platform that coordinates AI automation and human review across borrowers, loan officers, and processors. Emphasizes explicit system states, clear handoffs, and exception-based visibility to increase trust in high-stakes underwriting/document workflows, using Figma prototyping and close engineering collaboration to ship feasible, scalable interactions.”

“Marketing designer/motion creative with end-to-end ownership of high-polish B2B assets (EcoLease datasheets and vertical-specific whitepapers) focused on making complex information clear and credible. Builds scalable production systems in Figma and modular After Effects templates so teams (including non-designers) can generate high-volume, on-brand creative across channels and formats.”

“Unity gameplay engineer with AAA experience who built a highly configurable weather/day-night system (clouds/rain/sun-moon/stars) that influenced core gameplay decisions (vehicles, time-of-day, farming/animal needs). Also has hands-on multiplayer experience with Photon Fusion (including client-backend communication and physics sync troubleshooting) and has set up CI/CD and build pipelines.”

“Growth creative specialist who builds and iterates high-volume, platform-native paid social ads for an AI app (Smarter Chat), using performance analytics (hook/hold rates) to engineer creative improvements. Developed a POV/"hidden camera" confrontation concept around infidelity that achieved a $2 CPA and influenced broader creative strategy toward more authentic, unscripted-feeling social content.”

Jerry Hsu

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Senior 3D Animator specializing in mocap cleanup and keyframe character performance

Asheville, NC6y exp

“Gameplay-focused animator with shipped experience on Fortnite Festival, specializing in mocap cleanup, contact accuracy, and seamless stitched transitions (including timing to varying song BPM). Also delivered UE5-based commercial work (Google basketball spot featuring Steph Curry) using MetaHuman Control Rig and Sequencer, with a strong emphasis on clean, organized Maya-to-UE handoff and retargeting across different character rigs.”

“Marketing creative/designer who combines creative direction, illustration, and web design with scalable Figma design systems for high-volume output. Uses a hybrid traditional + GenAI workflow for lightweight marketing videos (3D rendering in Adobe Substance, AI animation via Pika, final typography/motion in After Effects) and builds modular template frameworks to generate many on-brand variations quickly in collaboration with UA/growth and product teams.”