Resume
Sahana Vijai
Creative Lead · Art Direction · Creative Systems
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Meta
AI Technical Artist
2026–Present
Art Lead
Q4 2023–December 2025
Character Artist
September 2022–Q4 2023
Facebook Reality Labs
Character Artist
Disney Research
Associate Digital Artist
Otherworld Interactive
Contract 3D Artist
Carnegie Mellon University — Alice Project
Character Artist Intern
National High School Gaming Academy
Teaching Assistant
Core capabilities
Creative direction and leadership
Visual direction · Quality-bar definition · Art review · Team guidance · Cross-functional alignment · Vendor collaboration
Creative systems and production
Production strategy · Scalable asset systems · Pipeline definition · Taxonomy and catalog planning · Realtime constraints · Process improvement
Human-centered and emerging technology
Avatar identity and expression · Realtime evaluation · Agentic Game Creation
Education
Carnegie Mellon University
2012–2014
Master of Entertainment Technology
Cross-disciplinary work on client briefs at the Entertainment Technology Center, including selected collaborations with Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, Sony Computer Entertainment, and Electronic Arts.
BMS College of Engineering
2007–2011
Bachelor of Computer Science & Engineering