Alex Kong

Co-Founder

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada0 mo experience

Key Highlights

  • 18+ years in Animation, VFX, and Games.
  • Coached over 100 artists to land better jobs.
  • Freelanced with projects worth up to $250,000.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a 3D Artist and Career Coach specializing in Animation and VFX industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

Career CoachingTalent Scouting3d ModelingAnimation Production

Other Skills

HeadhuntingRecruitingMayaMotion CaptureMetahuman AnimatorControl RigCareer DevelopmentCareer Path PlanningJob Search StrategiesCareer Development CoachingCareer CounselingHigh-volume RecruitingPermanent StaffingCinematic workFinal Layout

About

If you're a 3D artist in Animation, VFX, or Games and you’ve been thinking: “I’ve got experience, skills, and a solid reel... so why do I feel stuck?” You’re not alone. And you’re not crazy. Over the past 18+ years, I’ve worked in cinematic teams for feature films, AAA games, and top-tier studios. Alongside that, I’ve freelanced consistently for the last 10 years, selling projects of up to $250,000. On the hiring side, I’ve placed over 600+ artists through recruitment, and personally coached 100+ more to land better jobs or build thriving freelance businesses, artists who’ve landed jobs even at studios like ILM, Disney, Sony, Illumination, and high-paying independent clients. That front-row seat on both sides of the hiring table gave me a crystal-clear view of what actually works, what fails, and what truly moves the needle in an artist’s career. I now run two programs designed for mid-to-senior level artists, depending on your goals: 🎯 Get a Job (or a Better Job): For artists stuck, underpaid, or overlooked who want to finally get recruited, promoted, or land at their dream studio. 💼 Become a Successful Freelancer: For artists ready to build a client pipeline, charge premium rates, and stay consistently booked with high-paying projects. Inside both, I help you: ⚡ Clarify your dream role or dream client ⚡ Upgrade your LinkedIn, reel, portfolio, and positioning ⚡ Master outreach, negotiation, and client acquisition ⚡ Build repeatable systems to get noticed, get offers, and get paid ⚡ Use AI tools to streamline and scale the whole process Whether your next step is the studio of your dreams or a booked-out freelance business, your move has to be strategic, not reactive. 📩 DM me “LEVEL UP” if you’re ready to stop guessing and start rising.

Experience

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Epic games

Unreal Engine: Animation Fellowship 01

Aug 2023Sep 2023 · 1 mo · Remote

  • Fellowship focused on real-time animation workflows, control rigs and motion capture.
Metahuman AnimatorControl RigAnimation Production

Alex kong

Career & Freelance Coach for 3D Artists | Animation, VFX & Games

Nov 2009Present · 16 yrs 5 mos · Canada

  • I help 3D artists get unstuck and move forward with clarity, whether that means landing a stronger studio role or building a reliable, high-paying freelance business.
  • My background spans cinematic production for feature films, AAA games, and top studios, combined with long-term freelance work and hands-on experience in recruitment. This gives me a practical, inside view of how artists are evaluated, hired, promoted, and paid, beyond what portfolios alone can show.
  • What I help artists build:
  • Clear positioning across LinkedIn, reels, and portfolios
  • Focused outreach that reaches the right studios or clients
  • Confident interviews and compensation conversations
  • Sustainable freelance pipelines and pricing clarity
  • Smarter workflows using AI to reduce friction and guesswork
  • The goal is simple: stop relying on luck, over-application, or burnout, and start making deliberate career moves that compound over time.
  • 📩 DM me “LEVEL UP” if you’re ready to take control of your next step.
HeadhuntingRecruitingCareer CoachingTalent Scouting

Multiple companies

3D Artist for Animated Features, VFX Films, AAA Games and Virtual Production

Nov 2007Present · 18 yrs 5 mos · Canada

  • 18 years as a 3D Artist working mostly in Animation, Layout, Previs and AAA Game Cinematics for incredible companies like:
  • 🔹 Sony Pictures Imageworks
  • 🔹 Netflix
  • 🔹 Marvel
  • 🔹 Disney+
  • 🔹 Animal Logic
  • 🔹 Rodeo FX
  • 🔹 Squeeze Animation
  • 🔹 Supercell
  • 🔹 Rainmaker
  • 🔹 Huevocartoon
  • and many more!
  • For award winning projects:
  • 🔸 The Mitchell's vs. The Machines
  • 🔸 Marvel Studios' Disney+ series "What If?"
  • 🔸 The Lego Movie 2
  • 🔸 The Willoughbys
  • 🔸 Fantastic Beasts - The Secrets of Dumbledore
  • 🔸 Mortal Kombat Onslaught
  • 🔸 Octonauts
  • and many many more!
  • Here are the trailers for some of the biggest projects I've worked for
MayaMotion Capture3D ModelingAnimation Production

Education

Gnomon

Previsualization for Film and VFX — Previsualization and Animatics

Jan 2014Jan 2015

Animation Mentor

Advanced Character Animation — Character Animation

Jun 2005Dec 2007

Thriversity

Certificate of completion — Full-Cycle Tech Recruiter Course

Jan 2023Apr 2023

Tecnológico de Monterrey

Bachelor — Computer Management Systems

Jan 2001May 2005

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