3D Modeler

3D Modeler — Ironwood Interactive

Orlando, FL | November 2023 – Present

• Modeled and optimized 120+ hard-surface mechanical props and environment assets using Autodesk Maya, keeping average polycount under 20,000 polygons per asset.
• Baked high-to-low poly meshes in Substance Painter, reducing texture memory usage by 25% while maintaining exceptional specular and diffuse visual detail.
• Integrated modular assets into Unreal Engine 5 level files, implementing custom LOD groups that boosted scene execution performance by 18% during playtests.
• Coordinated with 4 character artists to script clean topology automation tools using Python, lowering base mesh rigging and skinning error rates by 30%.

Associate 3D Modeler — Vanguard Digital Media

Tampa, FL | June 2021 – October 2023

• Designed and sculpted 55 organic prop models using ZBrush, outputting optimized subtools and displacement maps to speed up rendering speeds by 20%.
• Authored 80+ PBR materials and tileable textures in Substance Painter and Designer, ensuring a uniform visual aesthetic across 3 complete product lines.
• Unwrapped and packed UV coordinate layouts for 180 props in Blender, increasing overall UV texture space density by 15% and lowering memory overhead.
• Audited the central Perforce asset registry of 2,000 models, correcting 90 naming and directory discrepancies to improve pipeline loading times by 22%.

Autodesk Maya, Blender, ZBrush, Substance Painter, Substance Designer, Unreal Engine 5, Unity, PBR workflow, Hard surface modeling, High-to-low poly baking, UV unwrapping, Topology optimization, Scripting (Python), Perforce

Project: Sci-Fi Outpost Modular Kit

Role: Modular 3D Modeler

Tools: Maya, Substance Painter, Unreal Engine 5

Engineered a modular environment set of 25 interchangeable wall and floor pieces, reducing level assembly timelines by 30% and draw calls by 20%.

Project: Autonomous Exploration Drone

Role: Hard Surface Modeler

Tools: Blender, Substance Painter, ZBrush, Marmoset Toolbag

Modelled and baked a mechanical drone vehicle asset, reducing polycount by 35% while maintaining sharp hard edges and clean panel gaps for marketing renders.

• Autodesk Certified Professional: Maya for Design (2022)
• Unreal Engine Certified Creator: Environment Art (2023)
• Substance Certified Creator (2021)

• Languages: English (Native), German (Conversational)
• Volunteer Work: Contributed optimized 3D assets to open-source flight simulation projects (2022–Present)
• Availability: 2 weeks notice