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Graduates from USV have worked for some of the most prestigious studios in their respective industries, or have even started their own businesses to pursue their own dreams. As a USV alumnus, you have access to a network of resources to help you go from graduate zero to career hero. Use the buttons below to navigate to the resources you need to get started:
Graduates from USV have worked on blockbusters and award-winning films and games. See if you recognize any of them…
Due to our strong connections in the industry—and our graduates’ strong reputation for success—our alumni are working in their desired fields. Here are some of the projects and places our graduates have worked:
Halo 4 (2012)
Animators
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (2014)
Sr. Level Designer
Level Designer
Animator
Technical Artist
Skylanders Giants (2012)
Animation
Background Artist
Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure (2011)
Artists
Animation
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2011)
Sr. Level Designer
Level Designer
Animator
Technical Artist
Tony Hawk’s Downhill Jam (2006)
Character Modeler
Animation
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)
Level Designer
The Evil Within (2014)
Animator
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm (2013)
In-Game Art Director
Diablo III (2012)
Cinematic Artist
World of Warcraft: Cataclysm (2010)
In-Game Cinematic Artist
World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade (2007)
Cinematic Artist
World of Warcraft (2004)
Cinematic Artist
Destiny (2014)
Cinematic Animator
Senior Concept Artist
Halo Reach (2010)
Animators
Neverwinter (2013)
Sound Designer
Star Trek Online (2010)
FX Artist
Staff Animator
Sound Designer
Champions Online (2009)
Sound Designer
Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris (2014)
Concept Artist
Associate Environment Artist
Senior Environment Artist
Game Designer
Character Artist
Animator
Tomb Raider (2013)
Concept Artist
Associate Environment Artist
Senior Environment Artist
Game Designer
Character Artist
Animator
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light (2010)
Character Artist
Environment Artist
Tomb Raider: Underworld (2008)
Character Artist
Designer
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Anniversary (2007)
Producer
Lead Character Artist
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend (2006)
Character Artist, Producer
Grim Fandango: ReMastered (2015)
Background Artists
Animation
Broken Age (2014)
Lead Animator
Middle Manager of Justice (2012)
Animation
Iron Brigade (2011)
Additional Animation,Environments
Stacking (2011)
Additional Character Art, Environments
Costume Quest (2010)
Additional Character Art, Environments
Brütal Legend (2009)
Animation Supervisor, Character Art
Psychonauts (2005)
Animator, Environments
Battlefield Hardline (2015)
Art Director
Senior Environment Artist
Dawngate (2014)
Level Designer
Senior Artist
The Sims 4 (2014)
Associate Art Director
Senior Artist
Dead Space 3 (2013)
Senior Technical Artist
Battlefield 4 (2013)
Art Director
Senior Environment Artist
Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012)
Lead Environment Artist
DarkSpore (2011)
Lead Level Designer
Designer
Dead Space 2 (2011)
Cinematics Craft Director
Technical Artists
Need for Speed: The Run (2011)
Lead Environment Artist
The Sims 3 Pets (2011)
3D-Modeler
Texture Artist
Environment Artist
Dante’s Inferno (2010)
Designer, Technical Artist
The Godfather II (2009)
Technical Artist
World Designer Lead
World Designers
Animation Director
Character Technical Director
Mission Designer
Interior Artist
Quality Assurance tester
The Sims 3 (2009)
Art Director
Lead Producer
3D Environment Artist
The Lord of the Rings: Conquest (2009)
Environment Design
My Sims Agents (2009)
Level designer
Environment Artist
Texture Artist
Dead Space (2008)
Technical Artist
The Sims: Castaway Stories (2008)
VP of Operations
Need for Speed:Undercover (2008)
Art Lead
Halo Wars (2009)
Sequence Lead
Gears of War 3 (2011)
Sr Character Artist
Sr. Level Designer
Gears of War 2 (2008)
Level Designer
Sr. Character Artist
Gears of War (2007)
Level Designer
Sr. Character Artist
Lucidity (2009)
Original Concept Artist
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II (2010)
System Designer
Environment Artist
Concept Artist
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (2009)
Systems Designer
Environment Artist
Halo Reach (2010)
Animators
Halo Wars (2009)
Sequence Lead
Hellgate: London (2007)
Artist
Red Dead Redemption (2010)
Lead Ambient Designer
Knack (2013)
Lead Sound Designer
Animation Supervisor
Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale (2012)
Lead Sound Designer
Animation Supervisor
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception (2011)
Lead Sound Designer
Animation Supervisor
Uncharted: Golden Abyss (2011)
Lead Sound Designer
Animation Supervisor
KillZone 3 (2011)
Lead Animator
Resistance: Burning Skies (2011)
Lead Sound Designer
Animation Supervisor
Modnation Racers (2010)
Lead Animator
Sonic the Hedgehog 4:Episode (2010)
Technical Artist
God of War III (2010)
Graphic Designer
3D Artist
Technical Artist
MAG (2010)
Sound Designer
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (2009)
Lead Animator
inFamous (2009)
Flower (2009)
Graphic Designer
3D Artist
Technical Artist
Yakuza (2009)
3D Artist
LittleBigPlanet (2009)
3D Artist
Technical Artist
Lord of the Rings Online (2008)
World Builder Environment Artist
SOCOM: U.S. Navy Seals: Confrontation (2008)
Lead Sound Designer
God of War II (2007)
Enviorment Artist
Red Faction: Armageddon (2011)
Technical Director
Additional Art
Motion Capture Stage Supervisor
Pipeline
Motion Capture Operator
Saints Row 2 (2009)
Animator
Blast Monkey (2009) by Yobonja!
Founders & Game Creators
Fieldrunners (2008) by Subatomic Studios
Founder & Game Creator, Designer
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Black Widow
Toy Story 4
Incredibles 2
Technical Director
Coco
Technical Director
Moana
Frozen Fever Short
Character Technical Director
Poltergeist
Pre Visual Artist
Edge of Tomorrow
Pre Visual Artist
Big Hero 6
Character Technical Director
Godzilla
Pre Visual Designer
Maleficent
Pre Visual Designer
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Lighting
Layout
Stereoscopic
Operations System Administration
Pacific Rim
Animator
Thor: The Dark World
Pre Visual Artist
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Pre Visual Artist
Frozen
Character Technical Director
The Croods
The Avengers
Video Playback Engineer
Digital Modeler
Battleship
Pre Visual Designer
Life of Pi
Lead Technical Animator
Technical Animator
Compositor
Render i/o Coordinator
Snow White and the Huntsman
Technical Animation Lead
Technical Animator
Creature Animator
Technical Director
Render i/o Coordinator
Animators
Red Dawn
Animator
Render i/o Coordinator
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn
Post-viz Artist
The Cabin in the Woods
Render i/o Coordinators
Video Playback Engineer
Red Riding Hood
Render i/o Coordinators
Alvin & the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
Technical Animation Lead
Technical Animators
Digital Effects Artist
Digital Artist
Render i/o Coordinator
Animator
Layout Artist
Mr. Popper’s Penguins
Technical Animator
Hop (2011)
Animator
Technical Animators
Render i/o Coordinators
Rigger
Visual Effects Artist
Compositor
Kung Fu Panda 2
Lead Lighter
Technical Resource Administrator
Moneyball
Video Playback Engineer
Compositor
Puss in Boots
Technical Resource Administrator
Lighting Technical Assistant
Additional Lighting Lead
Green Lantern
Animator
Battle: Los Angeles
Digital Artist
Arthur Christmas
Senior Character Animator
Alice in Wonderland
Animators
Lighting Technical Director
Matchmover
Toy Story 3
Digital Artist
Megamind
Lead Lighter
Layout Artist
Shrek Forever After
Crowds Supervisor
Lighting Artist
Layout Artist
How to Train Your Dragon
Lead Technical Director
Predators
Visual Effects
Yogi Bear
Technical Animator
Machete
Visual Effects
Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D
Technical Animator
Night at the Museum:
Battle of the Smithsonian
Animation Lead
Monsters vs Aliens
Lighting Artist
Animator
Up
Animator
G-Force
Pre-Visualization
Friday the 13th
Tracking Artist
Land of the Lost
Visual Effects Artist
Avatar
Rapid Prototype Artist
Cloudy with A Chance of Meatballs
Lighting/Compositing Artist
Aliens in the Attic
Character Animation
Alvin and the Chipmunks:
The Squeakquel
Technical Animator, Visual Effects Artist
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Digital Artist
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Animator
Madagascar:
Escape 2 Africa
Animator, Layout Artist
Kung Fu Panda
Lead Technical Animator
Bolt
Modeler
Speed Racer
Visual Effects Artist
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Look Development Character Director
Open Season 2
Character Animator
Iron Man
Digital Suit Sculpting & Design Department
The Incredible Hulk
Character Animator
Post Visualisation Artist
Digital Effects Artist
Superman Returns
Lighting & Compositing Artist
Charlotte’s Web
Lighting Artist
Eight Below
Digital Artist
Over the Hedge
Technical Director
Lighting Artist
Flushed Away
Technical Director
Technical Resource Administrator
Open Season
Technical Resource Administrator
Snakes on a Plane
Lighting Technical Director
The Chronicles of Narnia:
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Lighting & Compositing Artist, Technical Director
Lilo & Stitch 2:
Stitch Has a Glitch
Digital Artist
Star Wars: Episode III
Revenge of the Sith
Digital Artist
Fantastic Four
CG Supervisor
Digital Artist
Digital Effects Artist
Technical Director
Madagascar
Technical Director
Lightning
King Kong
Digital Effects Artist
The Legend of Zorro
CGI Artist
Mulan II
CGI Lead
Spider-Man 2
Technical Director
The Polar Express
Lighting Technical Director, Technical Director
Shrek 2
Animation Technical Director
Final Layout
Render Wrangler
Paint Fix/Completion
Hellboy
Digital Artist
The Day After Tomorrow
Computer Graphics Artist
Lemony Snicket’s
A Series of Unfortunate Events
Computer Graphics Artist
Blade: Trinity
Rotoscoping
The Matrix Revolutions
Technical Director
Finding Nemo
Animator
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
Light
Layout
Stereoscopic
Operations System Administration
Men in Black II
Computer Graphics Artist
Spider-Man
Color and Lighting
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Computer Graphics Artist
Shrek
Animator
Monsters Inc.
Animator
Dungeons and Dragons
Digital Artist
Toy Story 2
Animator
Antz
Animator
A Bug’s Life
Animator
Toy Story
Animator
Fenwick & West
Lead Audio
Video Specialist
Ineffable Music Group
Artist Management
Mix Engineering
Apple
Core Audio Software Engineering
Sonoma Wire Works
President
Audio Software Engineer
Nest
Audio Data Acquisition
Cryptic Studios
Sound Designer
Microsoft
Senior Audio Designer
Sony Computer Entertainment
Sound Designer
Sound Recording
Lair (2007)
Sound Design
Audio Scripting
Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune (2007)
Sound Design
As one might expect from an institution that first opened its doors in 1888, USV has developed many important sets of relationships through the years. One of the most important groups to any long lasting institution are its alumni. USV alumni span many generations and careers; they have worked on everything from particle accelerators to movies. In fact, one of our alumni—who worked for NASA—developed the longest conveyer belt in the world, which carries the space shuttle to its launch pad.
For questions regarding alumni, please contact:
Jason Arana
Director of Career Services
jarana@usv.edu
The University of Silicon Valley welcomes it’s graduates to return as non-degree-seeking students by allowing them to audit undergraduate courses at no charge.
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