It's hard to know where to start! I'm a creative developer in the broadest of senses. I dive head first into any chance I get at learning new skills, and often have the chance to, as is evident with a glance at my career history. I'm happy to tackle any project that involves creative problem solving whether in game design, video, graphic design, UI/UX design, and more general art applications. My work has found its way to many platforms, such as XBox/Playstation, mobile games, Facebook, websites, television networks such as ABC, and I've leveraged many programs and development environments along the way, such as things like After Effects, Photoshop, Unity engine, Unreal engine, etc. I take my broad work experience and apply it to new challenges in ways that are sometimes outside the box, allowing me to resourcefully adapt to any situation and options available in order to accomplish goals. Painting, coding, designing, (3D) modeling, texturing, writing, and animating are all skills that I often get to use in tandem when tackling new tasks in my work. My current work is freelance/contract based, so I'm always looking for new and interesting opportunities. If you've got a creative "problem", I'd love to solve it for you. So please, feel free to email me and we can start talking about the solution.

UI Designer / 2D & 3D Artist / Producer / Game Designer / Visual Effects Artist @ Doing contract work for various clients. Offering services in: • Visual Effects • UI Design • Graphic Design • Game Design • 3d Modeling • Production • Concept Art • Illustration From November 2013 to Present (2 years 2 months) Visual Effects Artist (Contract) @ Created 3D motion graphics for proposed concepts using After Effects. From April 2015 to May 2015 (2 months) Greater Los Angeles AreaVisual Effects Artist / Editor (Contract) @ Created cold open for AGT. From April 2015 to May 2015 (2 months) Visual Effects Artist @ Worked as a Visual Effects Artist using After Effects, providing the following services for the entire first season of Repeat After Me: - Screen footage replacement - Reflection removal/replacement - Various logo paint outs and corrections - Template customizations From February 2015 to April 2015 (3 months) UI Designer / Illustrator / Graphic Designer / Web Developer @ Tasked with designing and creating websites, catalogs, flyers, promos, eblasts, posters, and illustrations for a very wide and numerous range of clients. From August 2014 to April 2015 (9 months) UI Designer / Illustrator @ • Worked on the interface design and UI assets for TheoryForm's Hazewalker title. • Created Kickstarter page art assets for Hazewalker From July 2014 to October 2014 (4 months) Greater Los Angeles AreaArtist / Game Designer / UI Designer @ • Led functional design documentation/decisions for projects • Designed UX/UI for in-house and customer facing toolsets • Created runtime UIs w/ javascript, CSS3, and HTML5 -- (CEF) • Modeled 3D art assets (weapons, buildings, props) • Authored 3D levels (world building/scripting/ai) • Animated human characters for games and promo videos • Demoed to and trained clients for products From June 2010 to December 2013 (3 years 7 months) Matte Painter @ Painted stylized backgrounds for film From January 2008 to April 2008 (4 months) Designer / Scripter / Artist @ • Wrote detailed design documents during development phases • Designed levels from written form to playable finish • Scripted levels and boss battles via in house visual scripting system • Modeled levels using Maya • Animated minor props • Headed the initial design of the combat system in Alter Echo (PS2/Xbox title) • Trained others in use of the scripting system • Worked with a team of designers assisting the writer in crafting the story for “Alter Echo” • Survived some nasty crunch periods! From June 2001 to August 2003 (2 years 3 months)

BFA, Illustration, Animation, Writing @ Columbus College of Art & Design From 2006 to 2010 Raz Mergian is skilled in: After Effects, Digital Illustration, Game Design, Scripting, Illustration, Illustrator, Texturing, Concept Design, Animation, Maya, User Interface Design, Photoshop, Graphic Design, Video Games, 3D