Education

Job Experience Responsibilities

Accolades

AnimatorJanuary - June 2017Lake HealthSummary: Produced six 1m30s animated shorts with a small team of peers to compellingly demonstrate food safety.

IllustratorAugust 2017 - CurrentSelf-Employment Summary: Illustrating personal commissions of characters for role playing games.

Gallery ReceptionistJanuary - April 2017SPACESSummary: Provided customer service andmaintenance for an art gallery.

• Drove design and concept to be more engaging and appealing than expectations

• Storyboarded three 1m30s shorts and a 15s intro that played before all shorts

• Animated principle character using hand drawn animation and symbol techniques

• Edited two 1m30s shorts

• Digitally painting and drawing vivid character portraits and turnaround sheets

• Working closely with clients to realize their personal vision, providing mutiple tests of gestures, clothing, and color designs

• Greeted visitors and answered phone calls• Set up and took down exhibits and events• General maintenance service including

sweeping, mopping, carrying trash, and fixing the dry wall

Bachelors of Fine Arts in AnimationAugust 2015 - May 2018Cleveland Institute of ArtThesis: 6m self-produced animated short film delivered as part of an oral defense to faculty and peers.

Animated Short Finalist April 2019Columbus InternationalFilm and Animation Festival

• Digital illustration• Acrylic painting• Storyboarding• Hand-drawn animation• Symbol animation• Character design• Layout design

• Toonboom Storyboard Pro• TV Paint• Adobe Photoshop• Adobe Animate• Adobe After Effects• Adobe Premiere

Cashier AssociateSeptember 2019 - November 2020Stein’s Gardens and GiftsSummary: Customer service, stocking, and general maintenance for a garden store.

• Greeted, directed phone calls, and cashiered

• Maintained a clean and safe environment • Worked as a team with the other employees

and taking direction from management

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