Raana Zeyni

CURRICULUM VITAE

Raana Zeyni

Animation Lead · 3D Cinematics · Game Animation · Marketing Creative · AI-Assisted Production

Animation and creative production lead with almost 20 years across games, cinematics, VFX and marketing. I take projects end to end, from creative setup through animation, VFX, rendering and compositing, and combine hands-on craft with AI-assisted workflows to produce and test ideas faster.

Experience

Jan 2023 – Present

Senior Motion Designer / Marketing Creative

StarBerry Games

End-to-end production of marketing creatives, cinematics, VFX and in-game content.
Full 3D production workflows, now combined with AI-assisted production.
AI gameplay workflows: capture, select moments, intros, voice-over and captions.
Work with marketing and UA teams to turn mechanics into short-form video.

Jun 2021 – Dec 2022

Marketing Team Lead / Senior Motion Designer

Popcore

Led a creative team producing marketing content for mobile games.
Shaped gameplay and creative ideas on Pull the Pin and Scavenger Hunt.
Mentored team members and improved workflows.

Apr 2017 – May 2021

Lead 2D/3D Animator & VFX Designer

Beyn / Spinmatic

Led animation and VFX for mobile games: rigs, gameplay animation and effects.
Improved pipelines and mentored junior animators.

Sep 2015 – Mar 2017

Senior 3D Character Animator

YOYO

Character animation for an animated series; onboarded new animators.

2009 – 2015

3D / Character Animator

Studios and freelance

Character animation, storytelling and rigging across animation, film and advertising.

Core expertise

Animation

3D character animation, 2D animation, storyboards and animatics, camera and staging, rigging, VFX, rendering, compositing.

Leadership

Animation direction, creative ideation, team leadership, mentoring, freelancer coordination, quality control.

Marketing & UA

Gameplay-based ads, marketing videos, user-acquisition creative, playables, fast iteration.

AI production

AI video and voice, gameplay-to-creative workflows, connected AI tools, rapid concepts.

Skills & education

Software

Maya, 3ds Max, Blender, Cinema 4D, Spine, Unity, After Effects, Premiere Pro, Photoshop, Illustrator, Animate, Figma

AI tools

Higgsfield, ElevenLabs, Claude

Languages

Persian (native), English (advanced), Turkish (advanced), German (B1)

Education

Computer Aided Design & Advertising; Short Film Production; Associate Degree in Software Systems

Behance

Vimeo