2D animator with 6 years of experience on children's television series and branded shorts. Animated 140+ shots across two seasons of a preschool series streamed in 30 countries. Brings strong acting, timing and weight, clean Toon Boom Harmony rigs and reliable footage quotas under production schedules.
Experience
Animator, Paper Moon Animation (Burbank, CA)
Feb 2022 – Present
Animated 140+ shots across 2 seasons of a preschool series streamed in 30 countries
Consistently meet a quota of 20 to 25 seconds of finished animation per week in Toon Boom Harmony
Built and fixed character rigs used by a 12-animator team
Address director and supervisor notes within 1 revision round on most shots
Junior Animator, Hopscotch Studios (Glendale, CA)
Sep 2019 – Jan 2022
Animated explainer and social shorts for 15 brand clients
Cleaned up key poses and in-betweens for senior animators
Created lip-sync for 40 dialogue shots
Projects
Animation reel (vimeo.com/tkim/reel-2026)
Ninety-second reel of acting, walk cycles and lip-sync shots
Education
BFA, Character Animation, California Institute of the Arts (Sep 2015 – May 2019)
Skills
Animation: acting, timing, lip-sync, walk cycles, effects animation
Tools: Toon Boom Harmony, Adobe Animate, After Effects, TVPaint, Storyboard Pro
Rigging: Harmony cut-out rigs, deformers
Production: footage quotas, ShotGrid, retakes
How to write a Animator resume
A strong Animator resume shows the work you made, the audiences it reached, and the briefs you delivered on. Put your most relevant recent role first and make every bullet show a result, not a duty.
Sections, in order
Summary
Experience
Projects
Skills
Education
Length: One page for most candidates; move to two only if every line is relevant.
Summary: Write two or three lines: your role, your strongest skills, and one result that proves them.
Skills to feature
Storytelling
Content strategy
Adobe Creative Cloud
Video production
Copywriting and editing
Brand guidelines
Social media
Art direction
Project management
Audience analytics
Example bullet points
Produced a 12-episode video series that reached 4.8M views and grew the channel by 120k subscribers
Art-directed the rebrand across 60 assets, delivered two weeks ahead of the product launch
Edited 300 articles a year as managing editor, raising average time on page by 35%
Tips from recruiters
Link your portfolio or reel in the header; it matters more than any layout choice.
Name clients, publications or brands when you are allowed to.
A more expressive template is fine for creative roles, but keep the text easy to scan.
Recommended templates
Vanguard (ATS-friendly): Bold display name, accent-led headings with line rules
Timeline (ATS-friendly): Clean accent layout with a dated career timeline
Animator resume FAQ
What should a Animator resume include?
A Animator resume should show the work you made, the audiences it reached, and the briefs you delivered on. Use these sections in this order: Summary, Experience, Projects, Skills and Education. Put your most relevant recent role first and make every bullet show a result, not a duty.
What is the best resume template for a Animator?
Vanguard, Elegant and Timeline work well for Animator roles. They are single-column with standard headings, so applicant tracking systems (ATS) parse them reliably.
How long should a Animator resume be?
One page for most candidates; move to two only if every line is relevant.
Which skills should a Animator put on a resume?
Prioritize the skills named in the job posting. Common ones for Animator roles are Storytelling, Content strategy, Adobe Creative Cloud, Video production, Copywriting and editing and Brand guidelines.
How do I write strong Animator resume bullet points?
Start with an action verb, say what you did, and end with a measurable result such as views, engagement rate and audience growth. For example: "Produced a 12-episode video series that reached 4.8M views and grew the channel by 120k subscribers."