Resume

Mountain View, CA

alena.s.kiseleva@gmail.com 

Skills 

  • 2D animation.

  • Animation instruction.

  • English, Russian. 

  • Painting (digital, watercolor, acrylics), drawing, cartooning.

Software

  • Procreate, Procreate Dreams, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere.

Work Experience

Freelance

Animator, 2020 - present

Working on various animation projects.

Midpen Media Center, Palo Alto, CA

Camp instructor, August 2023 - present (part-time)

Developed curriculum and taught camps on animation.

Svoimi Slovami, Cupertino, CA

Instructor, Feb 2021 - present (part-time)

Developed curriculum and taught classes on animation, developed programs and taught summer camps and workshops for Russian-speaking kids.

Russian School of Math, Fremont, CA

Math teacher, Jul 2021 - Jan 2022

Taught geometry and trigonometry classes.

Imaginook, Newark, CA

Instructor, Jun 2019 - present (part-time)

Developed curriculum and taught classes and summer camps on animation and fine arts.

Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA

Summer Camps Admin Intern, July 2014

Administrated summer camps, lead documentation and prepared materials for the classes.

Children's Fine Art Studio at Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA

Intern, Jan 2014 – May 2014

Helped the instructor during classes.

JustMATH, Mountain View, CA

Math Tutor, Sep 2012 — March 2015

One on one math tutoring with middle school students. 

Software Developer in Accounting, Novosibirsk/Moscow, Russia

Software Developer, 2002 — 2011

Development of accounting applications in 1C system (http://1c.ru/eng/), users’ education and product management.

Education

California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA, May 2019

Animation.

Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia, May 2010

Applied Mathematics and Information Science.