Resume

EDUCATION:

San José State University, San Jose, Ca

Bachelor of Fine Arts: Animation/Illustration

Degree Awarded: December 2011

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Nickelodeon Internship                                             Production Intern                                     February 2012-May 2012

·       Assisted with interviewing incoming interns

·       Decorated the area for tours through the studio and general appeal

·       Organized and updated assets in a database for artist’s reference

        ·       Archived Entire season of a show for storage purposes

Dawnrunner Productions                                   Story Intern                                    June 2010- September 2011

·       Worked collaboratively with a tight-knit production team

·       Created storyboards for a live action test shoot

·       Took extra job as a PA

·       Took on concurrent role as a script supervisor

Electronic Arts                                                   Embedded Game Tester                                       May-August  2009

·       Reported directly to art director and head of animation on a seven person team providing artistic feedback for the SimAnimals Africa title

·       Find inconsistencies in the flow of game play in 9 different levels of gameplay

• Complete tasks based on a milestone pipeline

OTHER EXPERIENCE:

           

Shrunkenheadman Club                                                   Model Coordinator                                               July 2010- May 2011

·       Officer in 500 member school organization

·       Clearly communicate with models to schedule figure drawing sessions

·       In charge of club money box during figure drawing sessions

·       Played and essential role in increasing the club’s revenue

·       Helped accept guest speakers from: Blue Sky, DreamWorks, Disney, Pixar, ILM, and Nickelodeon

·       Greeter at large events

No Robots: Award Winning Short Film               Animation/Cleanup Artist                                July-August 2009

·       Worked with a team of 20 independent artists

·       Animated and revised and cleaned up several 2D hand drawn sequences

Green Ninja: Short Film                                        Background Painter                                       April-May 2011

·       Revised and cleaned up storyboard drawings solving visual discrepancy

·       Painted and corrected multiple final backgrounds based on layout drawings

Study Abroad Program                                      Class in Creativity                                             May-June 2007

• Studied visual thinking and creativity with several classmates in Paris
• Completed assignment based on the history and culture of the area
• Practiced plein aire painting and drawing on location
• Visited several famous museums and locations

Competitive Snowboarding                                                                                       November 1998-June 2006

• Traveled to New Mexico, Oregon, Colorado, Maine
• Competed against thousands of opponents from around world

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Working knowledge in Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premier, Bridge, Flash, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Maya
• Work well on Mac OS and Windows OS