I’m the Founder and President of WeAnimate Club – Women in Animation’s (WIA) first international student club outside the USA. We facilitate industry and social events for animators in Melbourne and have 270+ members to date. I was a judge for the 2024 Melbourne International Animation Festival and the winner of the 2023 Dean’s Award for RMIT University’s Bachelor of Design (Animation and Interactive Media).

During my animation pursuits, I also discovered my passion for production management, having slid into many of these roles during my time at university. I’ve always had an obsession for organising and making workflows more efficient. For my grad film, I created a production spreadsheet (with filters and multiple views) from scratch, sorting 100+ shots by priority, difficulty and review status, and it was the reason I finished my film on time (yes, I love spreadsheets). In 2024, I completed a Production Management Course at Mayhem Production Management to develop my skills in this area to an industry level standard.

Previously, I worked with Innit Productions as a Freelance Concept Artist, and with Menzies & RMIT University as a Story Artist, Background Designer and 2D Rigged Animator. In 2022, I was a student co-director for an industry project, creating an original animated music video for legendary German metal band TANKARD which has been screened in over 20 film festivals and won three international awards.

Currently available for work!

Contact: joyzouart@gmail.com