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About Me

I’m passionate about visual art and storytelling. I love exploring new ideas, taking on creative challenges, and always embrace what’s next.

Experience

  • Animated 2D characters in Toon Boom Harmony and supported storyboarding for key sequences.

  • Designed props and backgrounds to match visual direction and storytelling needs.

  • Assisted with scene compositing in After Effects, integrating assets and effects for final delivery.

Junior 2D animator (2025/02 - 2025/04)

Animato Productions - Waterloo, Canada

  • Directed storytelling concepts and art direction for motion graphics in UI/UX, interactive media, and marketing content.

  • Produced detailed key-frame storyboards to guide dynamic animations and enhance visual communication.

  • Designed motion-driven digital experiences that improved user engagement and clarified complex ideas through animation.

Senior Designer (2019/07 - 2023/06)

Sony Design - Tokyo, Japan

  • Led large-scale projects across content, environmental design, and graphic systems.

  • Developed brand-aligned communication strategies.

  • Oversaw vendor blueprints to ensure design consistency.

Art Director (2014/08 - 2019/07)

VAVE Studio - Shanghai, China

Education

  • Animated 2D characters in Toon Boom Harmony and supported storyboarding for key sequences.

  • Designed props and backgrounds to match visual direction and storytelling needs.

  • Assisted with scene compositing in After Effects, integrating assets and effects for final delivery.

Bachelor of Arts in Art Design

Shanghai Institute of Technology

  • Directed storytelling concepts and art direction for motion graphics in UI/UX, interactive media, and marketing content.

  • Produced detailed key-frame storyboards to guide dynamic animations and enhance visual communication.

  • Designed motion-driven digital experiences that improved user engagement and clarified complex ideas through animation.

College Diploma in Animation

Conestoga College

  • Led large-scale projects across content, environmental design, and graphic systems.

  • Developed brand-aligned communication strategies.

  • Oversaw vendor blueprints to ensure design consistency.

Autodesk Certified Product Trainning

Autodesk Design Software (Shanghai)

Contact

Location

Toronto

Ontario, Canada

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