About Me
Cassandra “Casey” Giles (she/they) was born and raised in Windsor, Ontario. She grew up with a clear passion for art and creating, rarely seen without a sketchpad in tow and always expanding her capabilities and mediums. As a teen, she attended watercolour painting classes with local artist, Julia Conlon, until starting school at St Clair College in the Tradigital Animation course.Along with several other classmates, she was hired midway through her last semester of college by DHX Media (now Island of Misfits) in Halifax, Nova Scotia. After a few years out there, she migrated back to Ontario to continue her animation career with Snowball Studios and then at Mainframe Studios. Over the last 10 years, she has had a hand in making nearly a dozen TV shows, including popular franchises like, Inspector Gadget, Charlie’s Colorforms City, Disney’s Fancy Nancy and Barbie.Outside of work, Cassandra is an avid hobbyist artist, crafter and all around nerd. She spends her free time creating both traditional and digital art, crocheting, crafting, playing D&D, Magic The Gathering, video games and board games.
Cassandra Giles
Education
St. Clair College (Windsor)
Tradigital Animation...............................................2013-2016
Experience
DHX Media (Halifax)
3D Animator.............................................................2016-2019
Space Ranger Roger S1
Inspector Gadget S2 & S3
Fisher Price Little People S2
Jim Henson's Doozers S2
Charlie's Colorforms City S1
Rev and Roll S1
Animation Revisionist (Freelance).................................2020
Charlie's Colorforms City S2
Snowball Studios (Toronto)
3D Animator.............................................................2019-2021
Disney's Fancy Nancy S2 & S3
Camp S.M.A.S.H. (title sequence and pilot work)
Lead Animator...................................................................2021
Camp S.M.A.S.H. (pilot/episodic work)
Layout Artist.....................................................................2021
3D Animator............................................................2021-2022
Lead Animator...................................................................2022
Cancelled Magic: The Gathering Project
Mainframe Studios (Remote)
Senior 3D Animator................................................2022-2023
Barbie: Skipper's Big Babysitting Adventure
Barbie: A Touch of Magic S1
IOM Media Ventures (Remote)
Senior 3D Animator................................................2024-2025
Weather Hunters S1
Skills
Autodesk Maya (Proficient)
Autodesk Shotgrid (Proficient)
Adobe Photoshop (Proficient)
Procreate (Proficient)
Mo-Cap Cleanup and Finesse (Some Knowledge)
Experience as a Team Lead and Mentor
Limited Knowledge in Rigging, Modelling and Texturing
Able to Troubleshoot and Determine Technical Issues/Efficacy
Working Creatively with Passion in Many Art and Craft Mediums
Barbie Animation ShowreelWork from 2022-2023 with Mainframe Studios
Fancy Nancy S2 ShowreelWork from 2019-2020 with Snowball Studios
3D Animation ReelWork from 2016-2019 with DHX Media Halifax