A simple art gal who loves making and playing games with funky little guys and a whole lotta sadness.
(Ask me about the Cult of Mithras or Ancient Egyptian bureaucracy.)
(323)438-0716 || hedy.carroll@gmail.com ||El Segundo, CA
Education
UCLA // 2015-2019
B.A., Design Media Arts
3.9 GPA
Tsuru University 都留文科大学 // August-December 2018
Study Abroad, Japanese Language, Culture, and History
Fountain Valley High School // 2012-2015
High School Diploma
4.6 GPA
Experience
Game Design Fellow
UCLA Game Lab
Jan 2019 – now // Creating a game as part of the UCLA Game Lab Fellowship program.
Design Lead
Double Major
Feb 2017 – now // Works with clients to create promotional material for events, including animated projections, digital displays, social media banners, print materials, and videos.
English Teaching Assistant
Tsuru University, Tsuru High School
October – December 2018 // Created lessons, directed conversations in English, and assisted teachers at Tsuru High School in Tsuru-shi, Yamanashi-ken, Japan.
Design Intern
18th Street Arts Center
July-September 2016 // Created promotional material for 18th Street Art Center’s various fundraising events as well as the artists-in-residence.
December 2018 – now // A member of and current research fellow at UCLA’s Game Lab, a student group that fosters the creation of games and puts on various events/lectures throughout the year, including the biannual Game Arts Festival at the Hammer Museum in Westwood.
Fountain Valley Art Club
September 2014 – June 2015 // Founder and President of Fountain Valley High School’s Art Club, which met to further various student projects and create murals on school grounds.
Skills
Proficient In:
Blender
C#
HTML
Adobe Creative Suite
Autodesk Maya
Unity
Japanese
Awards
2019
UCLA Game Lab Fellowship
2018
ACUHO-I Marketing Awards: 1st Place Poster Design
2016-2018
Emma B. Keller Fine Arts Scholarship
2015
A&R Miller Scholarship
2015
English Coronet Award, Fountain Valley High School
A simple art gal who loves making and playing games with funky little guys and a whole lotta sadness. 