Jeff Cooperman
298 Butterfield Road San Anselmo [CA]94960
P [415.847.2121] E [ jeff@coopdesign.org]    
U [www.coopdesign.org]

Lucas Arts Entertainment [01.2010-Present] Senior Animator
Previs and gameplay prototyping on an undisclosed project. Maya UI/tool assistance. Facial pipeline consulting

Sega Studios San Franciso [06.2007-12.2009] Senior Animator
Creature animation for GoldenAxe (Xbox 360/PS3). Additional animation on Iron Man. Currently animating on Iron Man 2. Guided rigging team in tool development and facial setup.

Autumn Moon Entertainment [01.2007-05.2007]  Lead Animator
Animated realtime and cutscene animation on A Vampyre Story (pc), managing internal and external employees. Responsible for guiding development of the animation and character pipeline, and facial system. Created character logic for in-game animation system and layout for cinematic sequences.

Shaba Games/Activision [2004-2007] Senior Animator
Animated realtime and cutscene animation for Thug2 Remix (PSP) as well as Shrek Superslam (PS2/Xbox). Cutscene animations for Over the Hedge. Gameplay prototyping original IP. Scripted an autorigger in mel to standardize the rigging pipeline at Shaba using melscript.  Recruited high level modelers and technical directors to improve art quality for a next gen pipeline.

Stormfront Studios [2002- 2003] Senior Animator
Animation for both cutscene and realtime animation. Developed rigging setup pipeline/melscripting for consistency. Trained animators in rigging techniques. Developed facial animation system using blendshapes and bones for expressive acting in the cinematics.

Big Ape Productions [2001- 2002] Animator
Coordinated and managed a team of 3 animators on a PS2 title Celebrity Deathmatch for both realtime and cutscene animation. Animated, modeled and lighted intro movie for the in house title Max Damage, coordinating with a team of 5 artists in devising rigging, lighting, and texturing solutions. Responsibilities also included modeling and rigging of main characters as well as developing deformation systems as well as facial shapes for more expressive acting.

Teaching [1990-Present]  
English teacher, grades 9-12 at Murray Bergtraum High School, NYC Public School System, 1990. Studio art and English teacher to working illustrators at the Graphic Artists Guild, 1994-1999.  Currently teaching animation level 2 and 3 at the Academy of Art, San Francisco (2007-present). Revamped the syllabus on 3 courses.

Freelance Animation [2002-2008]
Liquid Development
Animation for Ultima Online
Toonstruck Animation/ReelFX Studios
Character Animation on "ActionMan", straight to DVD under the supervision of Rick May.
Pileated Pictures
Rigged and animated characters for prototype of Insectide (PSP, PC).
Hitpoint Studios. Creature animation for Fate Expansion Packs
Cinematics. Cinematic animation for Tales of Monkey Island and Sam and Max (PC).
Eveo. Medical Illustration and animation. 3d Modelling/texturing.

coopDesign [1990-2001] Art Direction/Illustration/Design
Clients include Robert A. Becker, Cline, Davis & Mann, Lally McFarland and Pantello, Enoch Designs, Bates Worldwide, the Mentis Group, Wishbone-ITP, Euro RSCG Group, Rockerfeller University, Ogilvy & Mather, Pentagram Design
Art direction, illustration and design of print advertisements, websites and web animations. Campaigns include Alcon, Prevacid, Plavix, Mobic, Dermdesign, Flomax, Nasdaq, T-Line TV. Creation of Mobic Logo and all pre-launch graphics. 3d Product Modeling for Alcon, Plavix and Novopen. Launch art creation for Alcon, Prevacid, Plavix and Flomax.

Bergdorf Goodman [1996-1997] Digital Artist/Studio Manager
Studio management, design, illustration and production for in-house advertising agency. Design and illustration for catalogs, direct mail pieces, advertisements and website. IT management of 8 station Macintosh network. Hiring and management of freelancers. Image retouching for all newspaper advertisements and implementation of systematized photo retouching operations to maintain consistency between advertisements.

Education
2005 Animation Mentor.
1994 New York Academy of Art – MFA in Figurative Oil Painting.
1992 New York Studio School Drawing and Oil Painting
1989   Kenyon College B.A. English Literature–Concentration in Studio Art.

Skills: 3d (Maya, 3dsMax, Modo, Havok), Image Editing/Creation (Adobe/Macromedia), typography