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3d artist resume examples from 2025

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Updated March 26, 2025
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How to write a 3d artist resume

Craft a resume summary statement

Your resume summary sums up your experience and skills, making it easy for hiring managers to understand your qualifications at a glance. Here are some tips to writing the most important 2-4 sentences of your resume:

Step 1: Start with your current job title, or the one you aspire to. Are you a passionate manager? A skilled analyst? It's a good starting point.

Step 2: Next put your years of experience in 3d artist-related roles.

Step 3: Now is the time to put your biggest accomplishment or something you are professionally proud of.

Step 4: Read over what you have written. It should be 2-4 sentences. Your goal is to summarize your experience, not recite your resume.

These tips will help you demonstrate why you are the perfect fit for the 3d artist position.

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List the right project manager skills

Your Skills section is a place to list all relevant skills and abilities. Here is how to make the most of your skills section and make sure you have the right keywords:

  1. Start with the job listing. Frequently, the keywords looked for by recruiters will be listed. Be careful to include all skills in the job listing you have experience with.
  2. Consider all the software and tools you use on a daily basis. When in doubt, list them!
  3. Make sure you use accurate and up to date terms for all the skills listed.
These five steps should give you a strong elevator pitch and land you some 3d artist interviews.

Here are example skills to include in your “Area of Expertise” on a 3d artist resume:

  • Animation
  • Unity
  • ZBrush
  • Game Engine
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Concept Art
  • UV
  • Unreal Engine
  • Asset Creation
  • Character Design
  • Hard Surface
  • Unity3D
  • Texture Maps
  • PC
  • Motion Graphics
  • Graphic Design
  • Virtual Reality
  • CAD
  • Autodesk Maya
  • PBR
  • Video Games
  • Adobe Creative Suite
  • VFX
  • Game Assets
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • User Interface
  • Game Design
  • V-Ray
  • Cinema
  • FX

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How to structure your work experience

Your employment history is arguably one of the most important parts of your resume. It shows you have experience and foundation in your field to successfully master the 3d artist position. Here is how to most effectively structure your work experience:

  1. List your most recent experience first, followed by earlier roles in reverse chronological order. Employers care about your most recent experience the most.
  2. Start with your job title, company name, city, and state on the left. Align dates in month and year format on the right-hand side.
  3. Include only recent, relevant jobs.

How to write 3d artist experience bullet points

Your resume is your chance to show your biggest accomplishments. Don't just list your job responsibilities, instead take the opportunity to show why you're really good at what you do. Here is how you do that:

  • Start with strong action verbs like managed, spearheaded, created, etc. Your goal is to show what you did and verbs will help demonstrate your contributions.
  • Use numbers to quantify your achievements. Did you save time with a new report? Increase revenue? How large was the team you managed?
  • Keep it concise. You're highlighting your achievements. Consider if all details you are sharing are relevant, or can be written more efficiently.

Here are examples from great 3d artist resumes:

Work history example #1

Caricature Artist

Independent Artists

  • Contracted to United Technologies Corporation for one month to create layout for 1985 Corporate Annual Report.
  • Scanned pictures and retouched when necessary using Adobe PhotoShop.
  • Provided makeup services for special occasion events like weddings, homecoming, prom, formals, etc.
  • Created drawings, layouts, stencil cutting, blasting, carving and etching of stones and truck lettering.
  • Created visualizations and animations from A-Z in retail and advertising with Maya/Mental Ray.

Work history example #2

Concept Artist

The Walt Disney Company

  • Used Maya, AfterEffects and Flash software to create illusions.
  • Provided help where needed with promotional art, texture work and sprite animation used in affects.
  • Experienced in game industry with 4+ Nintendo game title credits in concept art and production.
  • Worked closely with other VFX Artists, Visual Effects Coordinator, and Visual Effects Producer.
  • Created a customizable rig setup that generates a character rig based on locator positions via a Python script.

Work history example #3

Motion Graphics Artist

Cold Stone Creamery

  • Cleaned Main lobby area, along with marble stone, and ice cream machine/Freezer.
  • Created with Maya, Adobe Aftereffects, and Photoshop.
  • Brainstormed cover photo ideas for the The Home Depot Facebook page, which has over 760,000 followers.
  • Maintained excellent communications with clients.
  • Participated in Master Classes catering to industry Local 706 makeup artists, educating in the latest trends.

Work history example #4

Visual Artist

Chicago Public Library

  • Created 3d models, textures, scenes and animated sequences to be used as layered background elements for animated television programs.
  • Created social-media interaction site for students to participate and practice through online video and live collaboration
  • Received training in HTML and JavaScript.
  • Completed texturingusing UV maps in Photoshop and created a customized rig for the character.
  • Trained all artists in Creative Services PhotoShop.

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Add an education section to your resume

Employers are looking for a few things when looking at the Education section of your resume:
  • The highest degree you have achieved.
  • TWhere you attended school, and the dates (Although if you graduated some time ago, leave the date off to avoid ageism)
  • TField of study
  • TAny honors, relevant coursework, achievements, or pertinent activities

Here are some examples of good education entries for resumes:

Bachelor's Degree in graphic design

Pratt Institute, Willoughby AVE, Brooklyn, NY

2011 - 2014

Bachelor's Degree in animation

The Art Institute of California - San Diego, San Diego, CA

2010 - 2013

Highlight your 3d artist certifications on your resume

If you have any additional certifications, add them to the certification section.

Start simple. Include the full name of the certification. It's also good to mention the organization that issued the certification. Next, specify when you obtained the certification.

If you have any of these certifications, be sure to include them on your 3d artist resume:

  1. Certified Graphics Communications Manager (CGCM)

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