Chris Thompson
St. John's,NL
Summary
Results-driven Art Director known for strong client collaboration and creative problem solving. Successfully led projects for top-tier clients, ensuring high-quality outcomes and mentoring teams to achieve innovative show designs.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Art Director
Titmouse Inc.
Vancouver, BC
03.2020 - 05.2025
- Led creative teams in developing a variety of animated shows for clients such as Netflix, Sony, and Amazon.
- Gave team members guidance with location, character and background designs, to bring the showrunners ideas and scripts to life.
- Helped develop overall show styles and tutorials for team members to reference in order to maintain client expectations, as well as my own.
- Mentored artists on quality standards and improvements.
Design Supervisor
Titmouse Inc.
Vancouver, BC
08.2013 - 03.2020
- Collaborated with directors to ensure vision alignment during the various stages of animation production.
- Worked with animation and compositing supervisors to ensure designs are set up to meet the needs of their teams.
- Developed pipelines to help meet the needs of clients within an expected time frame.
- Helped hire and develop teams for multiple animated shows and movies.
Mechanical Designer
Heating Products (78) Ltd.
St. John's, NL
05.2010 - 08.2013
- Designed duct layouts for commercial buildings.
- Created thermo-graphic floor plans for commercial buildings.
- Also built, wired, and installed control panels for commercial buildings.
- Ran wiring for building controls throughout commercial buildings.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Animation
Sheridan College
Oakville, ON04-2010
Skills
- Quality assurance
- Problem solving
- Client collaboration
- Team leadership
- Time management
Timeline
Art Director
Titmouse Inc.
03.2020 - 05.2025
Design Supervisor
Titmouse Inc.
08.2013 - 03.2020
Mechanical Designer
Heating Products (78) Ltd.
05.2010 - 08.2013
Bachelor of Arts - Animation
Sheridan College