Jan 'Bastian' Zakolski

[email protected]
+81 080 8040 7916
Kyoto

Education

CG Artist 2009

Nackademin Vocational School
3D Art Program
Squad Leader 2008

Swedish Air Force
Distinguished Marks
IT Program 2006

IT-Gymnasiet Upper Secondary School
IT/Computer Science

Skills

Programming
- Unreal Engine (Blueprints) 8 yrs
- Unity (C#) 6 yrs
Art
- 3D Artist 16 yrs
- Motion Graphics Artist 16 yrs
- Pixel Artist 2 yrs
Production
- Creative Director 6 yrs
- Producer 3 yrs
Hobbies
- Music Producer 15 yrs
- DJ 5 yrs
- Drummer 3 yrs
- PCBs/Hardware 1 yr

Creative professional with over 15 years experience in 3D and 2D animation, video games and interactive installations. Looking for new opportunities working with boundary pushing creative teams.

Skillset

3D Graphics
Programming
Design and Supervision
Creative Ideation
Rapid Iteration
Fast Communication
Unity
Unreal Engine
Adobe Suite

Software Engineer & Game Designer

Skeleton Crew Studio · Full-time · Kyoto
Jan 2020 – Present (4 yrs 11 mos)

Ideation, design, production and supervision of mobile, VR, AR, Switch, PC and on-site installation games. Local and online multiplayer. Fair amount of direct to client work.

Indie Game Developer

Self-employed · Part-time · Kyoto
Feb 2016 – Present (8 yrs 10 mos)

Production of multiple well-received indie game projects, both as a solo developer and as the lead of an indie team.

3D & Motion Graphics Artist

Self-employed · Freelance · Stockholm
Nov 2008 – Present (16 yrs 1 mo)

Production and supervision of animation for advertisements.

Producer

King · Full-time · Stockholm
Nov 2017 – May 2019 (1 yr 7 mos)

Planning, direction and supervision of animated promotional videos and marketing campaigns.

Lead 3D Artist

King · Freelance · Stockholm
Nov 2015 – Nov 2017 (2 yrs)

Direction, script writing and supervision of animated promotional videos.

3D Artist

King · Freelance · Stockholm
Sep 2014 – Nov 2015 (1 yr 3 mos)

Rendering and compositing of animated promotional videos and marketing campaigns.