Nélida Zubia
Address: Flat 5 Bartlett House, 115 Kennington Road, Oxford, OX1 5PE, Oxford, UK
Phone: 07463738220 | E-mail: nelidazubiaestevez@msn.com
Personal Profile
Artist with experience in art creation and commission work. Skilled at working with characters, scenes and concept art as well as logos and other graphic design elements in a variety of styles and to a high standard. I often incorporate my own photography into my artwork. Able to follow directions accurately, flexible and always work on schedule.
Software Proficiency and Skills
- Digital illustration (Adobe Photoshop and Corel Painter).
- 3D software (Blender).
- Desktop publishing and graphic design (InDesign and Illustrator).
- Traditional illustration (pencil, markers, ink, etc.) and painting (oil and acrylics).
- Pixel art and animation (Pixen, Aseprite)
- Japanese woodblock printmaking.
- OS: Windows, Mac OS.
- Windows: Microsoft Office Suite, Skype, Zoom
- Digital and analogue photography, and photo editing (Adobe Lightroom).
- QA and Revision control: Jira, Trac, Smartling, Confluence, Perforce, FTP.
Work Experience
2012 – Present - Freelance Illustrator and Graphic Designer
- Working on art commissions (event posters, cards, children’s books etc.)
- Art published in Issue 39 of the Canarias Creativa fanzine.
- Art published in Sept. 2016 edition of the magazine Indie Soleil.
- Illustration published in issue #5 of the Novelty Magazine in September.
- Photography published in the Koreaboo.com article.
- Collaboration in the book Lomography City Guide Seoul.
- Collective exhibition held at the Alliance Française, Las Palmas.
- Collective exhibition Juguetes, organised by T-Pop Art Club, Las Palmas.
- Cover art for 2009 issue of the FETEI university magazine for the ULPGC.
2020 - Present - Experienced QA Project Lead at Rebellion Developments
- Lead the QA team at Rebellion on Evil Genius 2 and Sniper Elite 5.
- Responsible for internal and external teams and task coordination.
2012 – 2018 - Localisation and QA Project Manager at Rockstar Games
- Work on translation, art and gameplay QA for Rockstar Games projects.
- Was in charge of QA project support and tasking for 6 leads and 100+ testers.
- Experienced in working with console and PC hardware and software.
- Worked with external studios and (Virtuos, Videogame Deluxe and SCEE).
2007 – 2012 - Private Tutor
- Art, History of Art, Spanish, English, Geography, Literature.
2005 – 2007 - Freelance Translator
- Proyecto Cicerón, tourist information translations in Spain.
- Parque Tropical Hotel in Gran Canaria webpage translation.
- Translation of several biology texts.
2003 - 2005 - Animator’s assistant
- Animation assistant for “Año Cero”, a 2D movie done with graphite pencils.
Education
2005 – 2012 - Bachelor’s Degree in Translation and Interpreting
- Spanish, English and French with specialisation in legal translation from the University of Las Palmas (ULPGC).
2010 - 2011 - GKS Korea Government Scholarship
- Korean Language and Culture Program at Daejeon University.
1992 - 2004 - Canterbury School
- British education at thewith 7 IGCSEs, 3 AS and 1 A level.
Complementary Education
- 2019 CPD Certification - iDTP (Desktop Publishing and Graphic Design) by IACT (Irish Academy of Computer Training) - Adobe Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator.
- 2017 PRINCE2 Foundation and Practitioner Certificate in Project Management
- 2016 Character Design for Video Games – California Institute of the Arts via Coursera
- 2016 Managing Mental Health in the Workplace - MIND Mental Health Training Course
- 2015 Essential Skills for Managers Course - Acas
- 2014 BTEC Level 2 Diploma in Team Leading - New College Nottingham
- 2011 Test of Proficiency in Korean (TOPIK) level 2
- 2008-10 Japanese and Korean Language and Culture Courses
- 2008 Multimedia Localization: Software, Webpage and Videogame Translation
- 2006 Introduction to Computer Animation (Macromedia Flash MX).
Languages
Native: Spanish | Fluent: English | Intermediate: French | Pre-intermediate: Japanese | Basic: Korean
Hobbies
I enjoy photography, traveling and meeting new people. I visited Cuba, Malaysia, Ukraine, South Korea, Japan, USA and others. I also like video games, reading, music and hiking.
References
Available upon request.