Animation Director @ (October 2022 - January 2025)
Animation Director @ (August 2021 - October 2022)
Animation Lead @ (December 2020 - August 2021)
Lead Animator @ (June 2019 - November 2020)
Senior Animator @ Microsoft The Coalition (March 2018 - June 2019)
Animation Director @ (July 2005 - March 2018)
Character Animator @ (May 2004 - June 2005)
Character Animator @ Calibre Digital Pictures (September 2003 - May 2004)
Conceptual Artist and Storyboard Artist @ Radical Entertainment (October 2002 - December 2002)
Storyboard Artist @ a.k.a Cartoons, Inc. (February 2000 - August 2002)
Ryan Hicks Education
VanArts
2D and 3D Animation
1999-2001
Ryan Hicks Skills
Animation Leadership & Direction
Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration
Gameplay & Cinematic Animation
Motion Capture Direction & Cleanup
Outsourcing & Vendor Management
Pipeline Development & Optimization
Team Building & Mentorship
Unreal Engine, Maya, MotionBuilder
Character Animation
Motionbuilder
XSI
Maya
Traditional Animation
3D animation
Character Design
Animation
Storyboarding
Facial Animation
Cinematics
After Effects
Flash Animation
Video Games
Premiere
Game Development
Game Design
3D
2D
Character
Visual Development
Computer Graphics
Autodesk MotionBuilder
Motion Capture
Conceptual Art
Computer Animation
Ryan Hicks Summary
Ryan Hicks, based in Vancouver, BC, CA, is currently a Senior Gameplay Animator at Skydance Games. Ryan Hicks brings experience from previous roles at NetEase Games, Electronic Arts (EA), Amazon and Relic Entertainment. Ryan Hicks holds a 1999 - 2001 2D and 3D Animation @ VanArts. With a robust skill set that includes Animation Leadership & Direction, Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration, Gameplay & Cinematic Animation, Motion Capture Direction & Cleanup, Outsourcing & Vendor Management and more. Ryan Hicks has 3 emails on RocketReach.
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