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Registration: 24.06.2025

Ruslan Sinkevich

Specialization: Director of Animation / Art Lead
— I am a director with 12 years of experience in producing animated films and creating advertising creatives for mobile games, serving as both Art Lead and Art Director, fully immersing myself in projects from concept through to final delivery. — Among other things, I specialize in writing scripts, developing storyboards, animatics, and visual concepts, including character and environment design. — To accelerate the process and enhance idea visualization, I employ AI tools such as ChatGPT and Midjourney. — I have experience managing teams of artists and animators, which enables me to maintain quality control at every production stage. — I also possess mentoring skills, training teams and creating instructional guides. — My approach is always to seek the most effective solutions to produce high-quality video content and animated films.
— I am a director with 12 years of experience in producing animated films and creating advertising creatives for mobile games, serving as both Art Lead and Art Director, fully immersing myself in projects from concept through to final delivery. — Among other things, I specialize in writing scripts, developing storyboards, animatics, and visual concepts, including character and environment design. — To accelerate the process and enhance idea visualization, I employ AI tools such as ChatGPT and Midjourney. — I have experience managing teams of artists and animators, which enables me to maintain quality control at every production stage. — I also possess mentoring skills, training teams and creating instructional guides. — My approach is always to seek the most effective solutions to produce high-quality video content and animated films.

Skills

Animation
Storytelling
Visual Concept Development
Team Leadership
AI-Enhanced Ideation
Mentorship
Storyboarding
Art Direction
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe After Effects
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Premiere Pro
Blender
Spine
Slack
Asana
Figma
Miro
SyncSketch
Nition
Jira

Work experience

Art Director
07.2024 - 09.2024 |Uniio, Advertising Creative Department
Marketing videos, Art Direction
● Art direction of marketing videos during static and animation prep stages. ● Development of graphic concept solutions, creation of storyboards and animatics. ● Selection of references and sketches for the team at the pre-production stage. ● Stylistic consistency control of visual materials.
Animatic Director / Animatic Artist
03.2023 - 07.2024 |Metrafilms
Storyboarding
2D animated series "Three Cats". ● Direction, idea generation, working with scripts. ● Storyboarding, creating animatics. ● Working with sound and noise.
Art Lead / Supervisor
03.2022 - 01.2023 |RedBark Games
Marketing videos, Art Direction
● Organization of production and quality control of marketing videos and creatives. ● Idea generation, script (brief) writing, and art vision for projects. ● Managing pre-production and production of creatives, task and feedback delivery. ● Creating overpaints for 3D videos (color, lighting).
Art Lead
08.2020 - 03.2022 |VizorGames, Creative Department for Mobile Games
Marketing videos, Storyboards
● Art direction of marketing videos, development of graphic concepts. ● Creation of storyboards, animatics, reference and sketch selection for the art team. ● Stylistic consistency control of visual materials. ● Creation of overpaints for 3D videos.
Animatic Director / Animatic Artist
04.2020 - 08.2020 |Parovoz
Storyboards, Animation
Animated Series "Koshechki-Sobachki". ● Direction, idea generation, working with scripts. ● Creation of storyboards, animatics, working with sound and noise.
Director / Art Director
09.2017 - 04.2020 |ITechartGroup
Storyboards, Art Direction
Educational Videos for Children. ● Direction, quality control, and organization of video production. ● Idea generation, scriptwriting, creation of storyboards and animatics. ● Art vision for projects, quality control of ongoing art tasks.
Director / Production Designer / Animator
07.2013 - 10.2019 |Belarusfilm, Animation Film Studio
Storyboards, Art Direction, Animation
Short animated films. ● Direction, development of visual style and concepts for characters, locations, and props (objects). ● Working with voice actors, creation of storyboards and animatics. ● Creating a production timeline and controlling production deadlines.
Director / Production Designer / Animatic Artist
06.2013 - 03.2017 |Soyuzmultfilm, Animation Film Studio
Storyboards, Art Direction, Animation
Short animated films. ● Direction, development of visual style, creation of storyboards and animatics. ● Managing the work of the production team members. ● Working with voice actors, composer, sound effects, and noise.
Animation Film Director
since 10.2024 - Till the present day |X-Labs, "Artekі" Animation Studio
ChatGPT, Midjourney, Storyboards
Production of advertising videos using AI tools. ● Direction and art direction of marketing videos during pre-production. ● Visual and script generation using ChatGPT and Midjourney. ● Creation of storyboards, animatics, and moodboards. ● Development of graphic concepts, sketches, and reference selection for the art team. ● Quality control of animation and stylistic consistency of visual materials.

Educational background

Director of animation
2008 - 2013
Belarusian State Academy of Arts

Languages

EnglishElementaryRussianAdvanced