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MOTION GRAPHICS DESIGNER [Intern]
City of Bellevue - Bellevue, WA
June 2009 - September 2009
- Designed & created new lower third
- Developed new station ID for BTV Channel 21
MOTION GRAPHICS DESIGNER / VIDEO PRODUCTION
Bellevue College Television
- Bellevue, WA
April 2007 - Present
- Designing & creating opening & closing sequences for locally produced television programs
- Director, Technical Director or Chyron operator (position varies) taping live weekly City Council meetings
- Assisting in all areas of television pre-production & production, including video camera operator, boom operator, set designer, gaffer, teleprompter operator, floor director, etc. for multi-cam & single-cam shoots for local cable television programming
GRAPHIC & MOTION GRAPHICS / VIDEOGRAPHY
Freelance
- Redmond, WA
April 2006 - Present
- Working closely with clients developing graphic & motion graphics
- Researched, designed & produced six 3D animated segments for educational videos distributed nationwide
- Created opening sequence for Mercer Island local magazine program
VOLUNTEER EDITOR
Women In Animation International - Encino, CA
September 2005 - January 2009
- Writing & submitting articles, conducting interviews, & proofreading & editing articles for publication entitled "Work In Progress"
GRAPHIC DESIGNER [Contractor]
Buchan Homes - Bellevue, WA
May 2007 - August 2007
- Updated, organized & assembled deluxe product catalog
- Developed marketing materials for luxury homes
MOTION GRAPHICS DESIGNER [Contractor]
Screenlife, LLC - Seattle, WA
January - April 2007
- Designed various puzzles, score screens & round cards for "The O.C. Scene It?" and "Family Guy Blast!" games
- Suggested ideas at design review meetings
- Incorporated changes & ensured that design standards & guidelines were met
ANIMATION & GRAPHICS [Associate in Arts Degree]
Bellevue College - Bellevue, WA
April 2007 - Present
- Earned 3.88 cumulative GPA
- Course work included: 3D Animation; Animation Foundations; Computer-Video Integration; Exploring the Digital Future; Drawing for Animation; Game Design & Development; History of Animation; Internship in Media; Life Drawing; Making Movies; Maya Dynamics & Particle Systems; Motion Graphics I & II; Scripting for Film, Video & Multimedia; Technical Operations for Video; Vector Images & Illustrations; Video Foundations; Video Production Design; Video Studio Production; and Web Animation
3D ANIMATION & VISUAL EFFECTS [Diploma]
Vancouver Film School
- Vancouver, British Columbia
March 2004 - April 2005
- Wrote story, sculpted characters; drew storyboards & produced Leica reel for short film
- Designed, modeled, rigged, textured, lit & animated characters & sets
- Rendered, composited & edited scenes to produce finished 3 1/2 minute animated short film
- Created DVD menu & DVD with Adobe Encore DVD
- Course work included: Acting for Animators; Art Direction; Character Design & Development; Classical Animation; Composition; Digital Compositing; Film Theory; History of Animation; Life Drawing; Photoshop; Sculpting; Storyboarding; 3D Animation I, II & III; 3D Lighting I & II, 3D Modeling I, II & III; and 3D Texturing I & II
IT - MULTIMEDIA [Associate in Applied Sciences Degree]
ITT Technical Institute
- St. Louis, MO
June 2001 - September 2003
- Elected Valedictorian of entire IT program
- Earned 4.0 cumulative GPA
- Received maximum number of Highest Honors Awards
- Course work includes: 3D Animation; 3D Modeling; Art Appreciation; Broadcast Graphics; College Algebra; Computer Architecture; Contemporary Art; Digital Audio/Video Techniques; Digital Compositing; Group Dynamics; GUI Design & Development; HTML; Instructional Design; Interactive Communication Design; IT in Business; Microeconomics; Multimedia Development Capstone Project; Needs Assessment & Project Planning; Operating Systems; Project Development; Visual Basic; and Visual Design Theory
