Experience

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Brand Designer                                                    May 2018 - Present

Minted LLC

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- Design variety of high level emails and landing pages
- Create packaging for a variety of products

  (including greeting cards, framed art and more)
- Design signage, shippers and displays for use in brick and mortar
- Create unique illustrations (hand draw and digital) for use onsite, social and print
- Edit and retouch photography for use in print and digital
- Design lookbooks and create print ready files
- Edit videos and create animations to be used in digital assets 

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Production Artist                                                 May 2017 - Present

WiSTONE Entertainment

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- Create high volumes of marketing/promotional images while maintaining a high

  standard of quality and matching the feel of each product

- Manage all documents to support the products, including seasonal

  marketing/promotion collateral (website images).

- Communicate progress/plans with Acquisition Manager, Product Lead

  and Product Developers.

- Ensuring production deadlines are met relating to the seasonal promotion calendar

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Production Coordinator                                 June 2017 - Oct. 2018

Online Marketing Institute

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- Read through high volumes of scripts and give design /graphics direction

  (storyboard scripts) to remote animation team or PowerPoint developer
- Manage communication with animators and keeping to deadlines
- Storyboard according to company standard and style
- Communicate project status to production manager in timely fashion
- Advise ways to streamline storyboarding process and improve company

  standard and style

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Puppeteer/Animator/Illustrator                       June 2016 - May 2017

Creativity Inc.

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- Assist in creation of interactive toys which requires a strong audio/visual,

  animatronic, animation and design understanding.
- Work with proprietary software/hardware that differs from each project

  and requires adjustments to successful complete any given project

- Animate characters movements and lip syncs for a variety of toys from

  popular brands (Hasbro, Mattel, etc) using proprietary puppeteering software.
- Animate eye and facial expressions using Adobe Flash.
- Design and create a variety of assets  in Illustrator to be animated.
- Work directly with Puppeteering and Art Department leads.
 

Lighting Designer                                                   Nov. 2016 - Oct. 2017

Sky-Earth Animation

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- Create the mood and feel for each scene by inserting appropriate lighting
- Work with director to make sure lighting matches their vision
- Use a variety of lighting techniques to show realistic lighting to dramatic

  lighting or anything the project requires
- Use Maya and Mental Ray to light and render scenes
- Assist in additional design and animation work where needed

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Creative Experience Lead/Graphic Designer        July 2013 - July 2016

Converse

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- Lead design team in everyday productivity and creative strategy
  to achieve long term goals.
- Interview and hire any potential candidates
- Coordinate special events with clients and schedule shifts for design team 

  in months increments.
- Create designs for clients and print them on sneakers/apparel
- Daily work with Photoshop and Illustrator
- Problem solving and time management to handle daily projects

  and special events
- Talk and interact with clients on a constant basis
- Use and maintenance of Brother GT-3 printers