MYLES THOMPSON PRODUCTION DESIGNER
MYLES THOMPSON
M: 0479 071 788 ∙ E: myles1506@gmail.com
Sydney
Australian Permanent Resident
Highly accomplished and performance-focused 3D Designer with 15+ years of experience in the Broadcast and
events Industry (Australia and UK) Innovative and results-driven Experiential Designer with [5] years of experience creating
immersive, engaging, and memorable environments for brands, events, and installations. Combining spatial design,
interactive technologies and design, to deliver high-impact experiences.
Strong collaborator with a passion for crafting emotional connections through design.
Skills garnered from a degree at St Martins College in London (Theatre and set design)
from then corporate events, music videos and commercials. Demonstrated ability to multi-task under pressure and effectively
manage multiple projects while ensuring solid organisation and problem-solving skills.
Leadership, commitment and teamwork with focus on consistent outstanding results.
Proven ability in completing tasks on time with exceptional quality and attention to detail.
KEY SKILLS
Experiential Design
Spatial and Environmental Design
Creative Concept Development
3D Modeling/Visualization /Flythrough animation
Lighting, Audio, and Visual Design
Software: Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign), Maya, Vectorworks.
AWARDS
The Johnson Awards
Best Technical and Digital Innovation.
PERMANENT ROLES 2012-2018
Popology
Senior 3D Designer
June 2022- May 2025
George P. Johnson
Experiential Marketing, Sydney
Full-time Permanent position April 2016 – Dec 2018
Senior 3D Designer
Design/Management/Leadership
Design and create new business pitches at speed.
Strong commercial acumen demonstrated through successful management of projects operating in highly competitive
environments, whilst ensuring brand and reputation were prioritized at all times.
Deliver unique level of 3D design and experiential services for exhibition and stage.
Close collaboration with an extended team, focused on 2D and 3D VR outputs.
Manage constraints including brand assets, build times, design and render times alongside client expectations.
Regularly sought after to help move the design challenges forward.
Mentored juniors and colleagues.
Staging Connections
Sydney
Full-time Permanent position April 2012-2016
3D Digital Set Designer
Corporate events including AGM’s, exhibitions and award ceremonies
Responsible for developing designs, rendering 3D concepts and completing technical drawings (all CAD aspects).
Create cutting-edge design projects focused on 3D visualisation and animations for projection mapping Liaise with the in-house
construction department toward the implementation of projects.
Take design briefs from Event Directors and manage project constraints including brand assets, build times,
design and render times within client expectations.
FREELANCE 2018-2020
Salesforce 2019 world tour Sydney
The company we keep
Asset management
Established a 3D model pipeline from 3rd party software to Maya, including optimization and a clean transition from Maya to Unreal.
Other duties required all model assets to be rendered in Maya. Pt 2
VR immersive
Collaborated with 7DX world tour projection team on the handling of all assets into Unreal engine for VR.
Overseeing of Models: FBX format and ensuring surfaces were oriented correctly.
Pivot/Origin needed to be consistent along all assets of an exported scene.
Models were to not exceed 300,000 Polys, UV management, texture optimisation, naming conventions.
Haier
Artist in Motion.
(4-month contract)
Haier 2019 - Appliances and Electronics World Expo.
The upgraded solution integrates the latest technologies from Haier Group's seven brands to deliver the next generation of smart homes.
Designed and managed all aspects of the Appliance World Expo (AWE) for Haier and their sub-brands 3D design requirements, ensuring the smooth design phase of AWE 2020.
Received direction from and collaborated with the Exhibition Design Director, Head of 3D and Head of Creative. Developed creative ideas to ensure client sign-off.
Reviewed project production factors by studying background information, objectives, presentation approaches, styles and techniques.
Obtained client approval by responding to client commentary and requests.
This role required having the ability to offer up a range of creative routes where appropriate, as part of the creative development process.
Created an innovative and inspiring design solution, while demonstrating a strong knowledge of spatial 3D design.
Event Cinemas
BOND CLASS – fly-through animation
Rebrand of Gold Class with Event Cinemas
The goal was to takeover Gold Class and re-brand to ‘BOND’ Class
Modeled interior and exterior of George St (Event cinema) from floor plans and reference
2019 World Routes Convention Trade Show Booth (Adelaide)
The Wow Factor
Assigned to design a custom 10 x15m exhibition stand (Successful Pitch) Brief was for a Vegas style look and feel.
All asset models custom-built to scale with a comprehensive set of renders as well as technical drawings.
Australian Partner Summit Conference
Veritas events
Fly-through concept 1
Designed and modeled interior ballroom of the crown hotel (Perth)
Animated camera to show the AV requirements: 141 linear meters of projection surface approximately 36 x 5
meters of Circular Theatre LED Wall
Fly-through concept 2
Designed and modeled interior ballroom of the crown hotel (Perth)
Elliptical stage approximately 12m x 8m @ 600mm on branded stage.
Animated Kinetic Spheres flown above the stage in a circular pattern.
Led wall flown 36 x 5mH
Samsung
(Galaxy Studio Experiential Structure)
INVNT
Designed and modeled a scalable, modular experience installation that achieved economies of scale and
consistency in brand look and feel.
The frame structure needed to be a modular system capable of supporting small, medium and large builds with innovative tech and experience integration. A detailed customer journey was mapped out to plan how visitors would interact on the stand.
The modular design was chosen to ensure adaptability for future exhibits.
Created a suite of unique product experiences to be housed within the structure. These needed to drive high-level engagement and participation at each event. These product experiences needed to be interchangeable depending on the event, audience and size of activation space at each event.
Salesforce 2019 world tour Sydney
The company we keep
Pt 2
Asset management
Established a 3D model pipeline from 3rd party software to Maya, including optimisation and a clean transition from Maya to Unreal.
Other duties required all model assets to be rendered in Maya. Pt 2
VR immersive
Collaborated with 7DX world tour projection team on the handling of all assets into Unreal engine for VR.
Overseeing of Models: FBX format and ensuring surfaces were oriented correctly.
Pivot/Origin needed to be consistent along all assets of an exported scene.
Models were to not exceed 300,000 Polys, UV management, texture optimisation, naming conventions.
FREELANCE PRE 2012
ART DIRECTOR (PRODUCTION) MUSIC PROMO & TV COMMERCIALS
Young Talent Time - Event Design/Architecture: Produced a series of CAD plans for a pre-production TV show at Fox Studios, Sydney, NSW
George P. Johnson Australia: 2011 NYE Party Sydney Opera House
George P. Johnson Australia: VMware Vforum
Sainsbury’s (UK Supermarket chain) – Partizan Productions. 3D Modeler.
The New Captain Scarlet - Gerry Anderson - Pinewood Film Studios (Assets Dept.) Modelling and rigging for props and sets.
The DaVinci Code (Film). Modelling Pre-visuals.
The New Captain Scarlet - Gerry Anderson - Pinewood Film Studios (Motion Capture Dept)-
-Building proxy low definition (LD) models.
In the Night Garden - RagDoll Production. Digital Storyboard Artist.
Radio Times: Magazine Product Re-Launch for BBC Worldwide, London.
The BAFTA Awards: Award Ceremony Designed installation: Set designed celebrating 50 years of Radio and Television.
Bloomberg Satellite: Channel Corporate Launch / Channel Magazine Launch Designed installation.
Philip Morris: Marlboro Toured Event Throughout Germany Designed installation.
Auto Sports: Awards Event at the Grosvenor Hotel, London. Norske Skog- -Magazine: Corporate in-house Video.
Victoria Beckham (Mind of its Own’ Pop Video),
Matt Goss (Fly shot at Abbey Road Studio, Pop Video),
Blue (‘Drive By’ and ‘If You Come Back’ Pop Video), Charles Worthington (Television commercial)
Stephen Gately Studio Build: (‘I Believe’ Pop Video),
Infoshare.com (Television commercial),
Observer Magazine (Television commercials),
D.V.L.A (Television commercial),
Vinnie Jones Album (Television commercial)
Richard Ashcroft (“Check the Meaning”, Pop Video),
Studio 45 (“Freak It”, Pop Video),
Peter Heller (“Big Love”, Pop Video),
SalSoul Nugget (“If U Wanna”, Pop Video),
DJ Punk Roc (“My Beat Box”, Pop Video), UB40 (Pop Video)
REFERENCES
NATALIE PRONIN: REGIONAL MANAGER
M.+61 403 606 399
JAMES DAVID: SENIOR CREATIVE DIRECTOR
M.+61 405 496 306
EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London, UK
Bachelor of Arts (Honors) in Theatre Design
Major: Set Design, Lighting and Costume
Sunderland Polytechnic, UK
The Higher National Diploma (HND) in Art and Design
3D Conceptual Design - Model-Making