Resume

• Julien Heijmans
• Born in 1986 in Belgium
• julien.heijmans@gmail.com
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Experience:

• 2016-present
  Senior Environment Artist at Io-Interactive (Copenhagen - Denmark)
• Title worked on: Hitman - Season one
• Currently working on: Hitman - Season two as track primary artist

• 2013-2016
  Environment Artist at Io-Interactive (Copenhagen - Denmark)
• Title worked on: Hitman 2016 - Season one

• 2011-2013
  Environment Artist and then lead Environment Artist at Zootfly (Ljubjlana - Slovenia)
• Title worked on: 'Marlow Briggs and the Mask of Death' title released on Xbox360 and PC

• 2010-2011
  3D Environment Artist at Lexis Numérique (Marseille - France)
• Worked on a canceled title for PlayStation3 / Xbox360

• 2009-2010
  Freelance WebDesigner

• 2008-2009
  3D Artist on Warmgun (Unreal Tournament Mod)
• Unpaid work

• 2007-2008
  3D Artist at Widescreen Games (Lyon - France)
• Trainee - Working as prop artist on an UnrealEngine3 adaptation of the movie franchise Highlander (The project was canceled)

Skills and Softwares:

Level Building
• - Glacier 2 (Strong technical level: Level building, setpiece scripting, level optimization, shader creation and editing, basic level in level design setups and visual effects.
• - Unreal Engine (Good knowledge of Level Building, Lighting, Shaders, Particles, Fx, Kismet/visual scripting)
• - Unity (Only short experience)

Modeling
• - Autodesk Maya (High Level, low- and high-poly modeling, UVs, Skinning, bases in key-animation)
• - Autodesk 3DsMax (High Level, low- and high-poly modeling, UVs, Skinning, bases in key-animation)

Hi-Poly Modeling
• - Zbrush (basic knowledges)
• - Maya and 3dsMax for hard-surface modeling (High level)
• - Good understanding of baking techniques.

Texturing
• - Adobe Photoshop (High Level)
• - Substance suite (Basic Level)

Programming/scripting
• - Basic knowledges in C,C++,Lua,Php,Javascript,Html/Css

Others
• - I have participated to the creation of several Hitman levels from early layout and whitebox work, up to final polish, optimization and bugfixing phase.
• - Good level design understanding and communication with level-designers.
• - Good understanding of current console generation limitations and optimization techniques
• - Quick/Self-learner. I am eager to learn new stuffs. Whenever I have to work with a new tool/engine, I always try to learn as much as possible, to be able to deeply understand the tools and to quickly solve any problem I, or my colleagues can face everyday.
• - I have now worked for several years with different outsourcing partners, I have had to write briefs for prop and environment outsourcing and give feedback on the work produced by our different vendors. I have also had to produce demonstration scenes showing our chinese partners what we were expecting from them, and sometimes train some of our european outsourcing partners coming at the studio for a short period of time, explaining them best practices and how our internal pipeline and tools work.

Education:

• 2005-2008
  Haute Ecole Albert Jacquard (Namur - Belgium)
• Bachelor in computer graphics, secialized in real time 3d

• 2010
  English Language Certification: TOEFL IBT Test (Score: 100/120)

More about me:

Technical skills
• - I have more of a technical background: With some studies in programming before getting into video-game art, I have basic knowledge in c++, lua, php, etc. I am always passionate to understand as much as possible the tools/engines I am using, trying to be able to use them as at their full potential.
• - This profile made me a key person in the creation of more complex setpieces and scripted elements during the development of Hitman Season one.

Autonomous
• - Regarding optimization, lighting and shadows, fx, shaders, and even basic level design setups, I try to quickly learn everything that can be useful for me and become independent as soon as possible.

Pro-Active spirit
• - I always try to have a pro-active spirit and never let tasks waiting on my desk. If I need to, I will go contact the different people required to finish a task, may it be coders, tools, qa, fx artists, producer, etc.
• - I also never hesitate to call colleagues whenever I find some bugs or mistakes in the engine, levels or tools. They might know it already, but they also might not, and in big projects, it is easy to miss a small glitch and leave it there. Working in team and being close to our colleagues seems for me to be necessary to get the job done well.
• - I always try to act positive and find ways to solve daily issues. When I find a problem, I do what it takes to solve it. I do not write it somewhere and skip it. I also am really open and do not hesitate to ask whenever I find something that is out of my reach.

Versatility
• - I have good knowledge in modeling, texturing, animation and programming. I know that nowadays big companies are more likely looking for hardcore specialized employees, but in all my previous jobs it has been a great asset for me and my team. I have been able to create quick mock-ups or prototypes of in game scripted sequences, or background animations for the levels I was working on, avoiding the project to stall for no reasons.
• - A must for great teamwork: I also believe that even in specialized teams, having good knowledge in other fields allows me to be more efficient in team working, knowing exactly what can be done, how, and how much work tasks are requiring. Or to prepare content that other people will have to work on.

Communication
• - Having worked on a AAA production, I do understand that good communication skills is required to make a great game. I am easy to talk to, and very open to suggestions or requests.