experience

Warner Brothers – New Media Designer
Design and animate flash assets, motion graphics design/editing, web design
20th Century Fox Television – Creator/Animator
Created, wrote, designed, storyboarded, edited, and animated a commissioned animated short for TCFTV.
Musictoday – Web Designer
Designed band-related online stores, ticketing outlets, fan clubs, and product/print designs
The Hook – Designer
Responsibilities: Ad Design, Editorial Layout, Editorial Design, and Cover Design
VCU – Adjunct Animation Professor
Instructed students in introductory animation summer intensive course
VCU – Siggraph Student Chapter President
Presided over chapter meetings and organization of guest lectures
Richmond Public Schools DIT – Web Designer
Designed and managed web projects. Collaborated with programmers and fellow designers
PBS WBRA 15 – Television Production Internship
Responsible for camera operation for Cookin’ Cheap, filmed in Roanoke, VA

Accolades

September 2008 Fox Comedy Pilot Script Contest – Finalist (top 3 of 900)
March 2007 Virginia Press Awards – 1st place – Excellence of Cover design
March 2007 Virginia Press Awards – 2nd place – Excellence of Page design
March 2006 Virginia Press Awards – 2nd place – Entertainment and Lifestyles
March 2006 Virginia Press Awards – 2nd place – Guides/Anniversary editions
April 2005 James River Film Festival Juried Competition
April 2005 Brooklyn Arts Council 39th Intl Film Festival juror’s recognition award
April 2005 VCU School of the Arts Juried Student Exhibition

education

Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts, Richmond Va
BFA – May 2005
Major: Communication Arts and Design
Emphasis: Kinetic Imagery (digital video/animation/web design)
Dean’s List, Award of Excellence

technical

Skills: 2D digital motion graphics, hand drawn animation, rotoscope, storyboarding, concept design, sequential artwork, non-linear digital video editing
Software: Adobe CS4 – photoshop, illustrator, inDesign, premiere, aftereffects, fireworks, flash, dreamweaver, soundbooth
Other – softimage xsi, 3Dstudiomax 8, final cut pro, quark xpress, sound edit 16
Programming: Actionscript, php (moderate), HTML/CSS, coldfusion (minimal)
Platforms: Windows, Mac