RESUME

Cell: (323) 610 2380
b.zahova@gmail.com

Borislava Zahova
2D Artist/Compositor

Summary
•Borislava graduated from the Sofia High School of Fine Arts in 1999 and the same year she was admitted at the National Academy for Theater and Film Arts, where she discovered the magic of animation and motion graphics . Borislava graduated from the Academy in 2004 with a Masters Degree in Animation.

Strenghts
•Quick learner and committed to continuous learning and improvement.
•Able to work collaboratively or alone, prioritize multiple tasks, work under deadline pressure.
•Team Player

Technical Skills
•Compositing/Editing: Adobe After Effects, Eyeon Fusion, Adobe Premiere, (Boujou)
•Design: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Flash, Autodesk Sketchbook Pro, Adobe Illustrator
•Animation: Adobe Flash, Toonboom Studio

Work Experience:

01.2013-Present
Sr. Creative Designer at Core Digital Media - http://www.coredigitalmedia.com/
Position Description:
•Collaborate with campaign managers to deliver high standard and high iCR Flash creatives for display on Yahoo, MSN, AOL, Facebook and all over the internet .
Support other departments with creative design as needed.
Created the company logo.

10.2011-12.2012
Flash Banner Designer at Experian Interactive Media- http://www.experianinteractivemedia.com
Position Description:
•Collaborate with campaign managers to deliver high standard and high iCR Flash creatives for display.
Support other departments with creative design as needed.

01.2011-08.2011
 Stereoscopic Compositor at Sassoon Film Design – http://www.sassoonfilmdesign.com/
Position Description:
•2D to 3D Conversion
Reference: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2038400/
Filmography:
•2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) (Stereoscopic Compositor)
•2011 The Smurfs (Stereoscopic Compositor)

08.2010 – 01.2011
•Independent Movie Project – Adobe After Effects (Rotoscoping, Green Screen, Boujou Tracking, Compositing)
•Intel Project – After Effects, Eyeon Fusion,Adobe Flash

03.2007 – 05.2010
2D Artist/Flash Animator at Folio3 / SecretBuilders -  www.secretbuilders.com
Position Description:
Working on a variety of tasks such as backgrounds, props, mini games,character animation and design. Some short movies created using Adobe AfterFX, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Flash, Adobe Premiere, Eyeon Fusion and a lot of creativity.
•Video Editing – Adobe Premiere, Adobe After Effect, Eyeon Fusion
•Flash Animations – Adobe Flash
•Backgrounds/ Objects/Props – Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Flash

07.2006 – 03.2007
 Multimedia Designer at InfoWerk Multimedia – http://www.infowerk.at
•At infoWERK, we develop high quality multimedia-based training systems (MBT) primarily for the transportation industry. Our web-ready trainings are developed to international standards, so they are ready to interface with many other computer-based learning materials.
Position Description:
•High quality multimedia-based training systems (MBT) primarily for the transportation industry, using Adobe Flash.

05.2005 – 07.2006
2D Compositor/VFX Artist at Nu Image Bulgaria/World Wide FX – http://wwfx.net
•World Wide FX is Privately Held; Motion Pictures and Film industry
Began in 2001, Worldwide FX in Bulgaria has grown in size and stature to become on the premiere visual effects houses in Europe
Position Description: 2D Compositing/Rotoscoping/Visual Effects Artist – Eyeon Fusion (Rotoscoping, Green Screen, Wire Removal, Tracking, Compositing
Reference: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2038400/
Filmography:
•2007 88 Minutes (compositor: Worldwide FX)
•2006 The Contract (digital artist)
•2006 The Black Hole (TV movie) (visual effects)
•2006 End Game (digital effects artist)
•2005 The Mechanik (visual effects)
•2005 Mirror Wars: Reflection One (digital effects artist)

03.2004 – 05.2005
2D/ Flash Artist at VERAX –  http://www.verax.net
•VERAX – Provides full-service software development, web and multimedia production. Technologies include Java, Oracle, and PHP.
Position Description
•2D Flash Animation. Action Script and XML.

Education:
•1999 – 2004 – National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts Kr.Sarafov, Sofia – Animation Directing, Master
•1994 – 1999 – Specially Artistically School for Exquisite Arts, Sofia – Art of Painting