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Yuri Meshalkin,
Kiev, Ukraine
mesh_studio@yahoo.com

Professional experience:

Since December 2001 till present
Freelance 3D artist
3D modeling for advertising

April 2001 - November 2001

PROPER (animation studio)
Lead of 3D department
3D modeling for animated films

January 2000 - April 2001
KVADRAT (design studio)
Freelance designer
3D illustration for advertising compaigns, animations for TV commercials, web site mastering.

March 1999 - January 2000
Freelance designer
Produced TV spots with 3D and 2D animation, 3D-models for images
used in outdoor and press ads.


July 1997 - March 1999
Ark J. Walter Thompson (advertising agency)
Graphic designer
Produced outdoor, press ads, POS, corporate design, print production. Supervised TV and video production. Have taken part in developing and creating advertising campaigns for the agency's clients.

January 1995 - June 1997
Kievskie Vedomosti (daily newspaper)
Graphic designer in advertising department
Worked in desktop publishing programs on Macintosh.
Produced press ads for newspapers and magazines.


October 1994 - December 1994
Elline (advertising agency)
Freelance designer
Produced computer animation for TV commercials and TV spots

September 1993 - September 1994
TANA-TV (commercial TV company)
Designer in computer graphics department
Produced computer animation for TV commercials and TV spots

December 1992 - July 1993
OMEGA (software company)
System programmer
Designer of software user interface
Designed graphic user interface for fax recognizing software.
Produced computer aided presentations.


January 1992 - May 1992
INFOR (software company)
Data base programmer
Developed data base software.

January 1989 - December 1991
CAD system laboratory of Kiev's Polytechnical Institute
System programmer (part time)
Developed special software for CAD systems.

Education:
September 1984 - February 1992
Kiev's Polytechnical Institute
Computer System Engineer/Diploma of Computers Systems and Networks Engineer.

Skills:
Computer graphics.
Experience of design work on computers (Macintosh, PC).
Good knowledge of desktop publishing (QuarkXpress),
3D modeling and animation (3D Studio, 3D MAX, Maya),
cell animation (Cartoon Television Program, Animo),
video composing (Adobe Premiere, Adobe AfterEffect),
Web design (Macromedia DreamWeaver).
Ability to work with any kind of graphics software
(Adobe PhotoShop, Adobe Illustrator, Macromedia FreeHand, CorelDraw, ...).

Language:
Fluent English, strong communication skills in German, Russian and Ukrainian - native.

Interests:
Animation. Literature. Japan language. Manga.

Personal information:
Russian.
Birth date - 5 March 1967. (Rostok, Germany)