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Jordan Bannister
Jordan Bannister
CG Generalist
Colchester, United Kingdom

Summary

Graduated from SHU with First Class honours degree in Animation. Currently working for Hogarth as a Senior CGI Artis.

Skills

3D Animation3D ModelingTexturingFluid Simulation

Software proficiency

Houdini
Houdini
V-Ray
V-Ray
Redshift
Redshift
After Effects
After Effects
Nuke
Nuke
3ds Max
3ds Max
Substance 3D Painter
Substance 3D Painter
Corona Renderer
Corona Renderer
Premiere
Premiere
Photoshop
Photoshop
Phoenix FD
Phoenix FD
RealFlow
RealFlow
Cinema 4D
Cinema 4D
Maya
Maya

Reel

Experience

  • Senior CGI Artist Lead at Hogarth, WPP
    London, GB
    November 2019 - Present

    As a Senior CGI Artist in the Animation Department at Hogarth, I specialize in creating product videos, stills, and motion graphics using a variety of software.

    I am experienced in modelling, texturing, shading, lighting, fx, rendering, and compositing, and have worked on campaigns for clients including Ford, Royal Salute, Aperol, Boots (No7 & Liz Earle), Duracell, Red Bull, GSK, AKQA, Dyson, and more.

  • Head Of CG at iSite TV
    Colchester, GB
    July 2014 - November 2021

    Started as a Junior in 2014, Mid in 2016, Senior in 2017 and Head of CG in 2019.

    Created product advertisement videos and stills based on client requirements. My responsibilities included:

    - Head of 10+ CG artists providing technical and creative support on projects.

    - Full creation of bespoke environments (including scene modelling, texturing and lighting).

    - Producing high quality 2D and 3D animations. (Stylised animations to photo-realistic stills)

    - Usage of Maxscript and Python to automate workflows and improve efficiency.

    - Software used: 3DS Max, VRay, Houdini, After effects, Photoshop, Substance Painter, Premiere Pro, VS Code (python), Deadline