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EMAIL: yurimnkim@gmail.com

OBJECTIVE

Aiming to provide my skills, experience, and personal drive for a team of highly creative, hardworking individuals, to collaborate and produce quality content

EXPERIENCE

CORONATION MEDIA // Gettysburg, PA

Contract // July 2025 - Present

► STORYBOARD ARTIST // Pastime Pictures

July 2025 - Present

  • Created boards and animatics for 9 episodes of the 3D animated series, Great Battles for Boys on Angel​

  • Adapted from script and radio edit on a tight schedule while ensuring clarity in visuals and character actions​

  • Collaborated with animation director and producer to conceptualize and plan sequences

► STORY ARTIST // Tiny Saints

February 2026 - June 2026

  • Thumbnailed, pitched, and revised boards for 8 minute pilot for upcoming animated Tiny Saints Show​

  • Developed unscripted moments that advanced story momentum and character personalities​

  • Adapted boards to major script changes and story revisions

  • Worked in a highly collaborative environment with the studio head and showrunner on major story beats, exploring alternatives, and incorporating notes

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► STORYBOARD & BACKGROUND ARTIST  // Sentio Films

April 2026 - May 2026

  • Boarded animated sequences for upcoming live-action documentary series, Justo, In Search of the Samurai Saint

  • Adapted to the tone and style of the documentary

  • ​Designed layouts and backgrounds to be composited with 3D character animations​

2D ARTIST //Taco Pizza Cat Games

Remote // October 2020 - November 2023

  • Generated illustrations and game art for the indie RPG deck-builder game, KINDFOLX

  • Created art assets ranging from story sequences, cut scene illustrations, character art, backgrounds, UI elements, and prop designs

  • Brainstormed with game runner on designs and story beats

  • Maintained style and quality while managing time constraints

FREELANCE ILLUSTRATOR // Remote

May 2015 - January 2017, March 2020 - November 2023​

• Create character designs for individual clients, book illustrations, and indie animation productions
• Clearly communicate project details with clients through every step of the job

MEDIA GENERAL FX // Design Intern

January 2015 - April 2015 // Richmond, VA

  • Prepare still and animated monitor graphics for local news stations along the east coast

  • Design and animate a pre-production package which included an opening, stinger, looping background, lower third title, and monitor graphics

EDUCATION

STORYBOARD COURSE, CG Master Academy

April 2023 - June 2023

  • Learned and practiced all aspects of storyboarding for animation which include beat boards, thumbnailing from a script, balancing a composition, scenes with multiple characters, camera movement, and utilizing Storyboard Pro

  • Received direct critique and advice from a professional industry level story artist

BFA ANIMATION, Virginia Commonwealth University

August 2011 - May 2015

  • Studied all aspects of animation fundamentals including timing, posing, weight, and performance

  • Pursued different animation mediums such as traditional frame-by-frame, 3D character, and stop motion

SKILLS

  • Toonboom Storyboard Pro

  • Photoshop

  • Clip Studio Paint

  • Toonboom Harmony

  • ​Premiere

  • After Effects

  • Autodesk Maya

  • Blender

ACHIEVEMENTS

2025 STORY ARTIST FINALIST, Nickelodeon Artist Program

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