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Classically trained character and effects animator with over 17 years of Flash industry experience in television, web, and interactive media experience seeking a creative position within the animation industry.

Experience / Credit List

ANIMATOR, SWITCH VIDEO, COLLINGWOOD, ON 2011-2017

Responsible for designing, storyboarding, and animating short corporate explainer videos in a variety of styles, including character animation, motion graphics and animated whiteboard. Clients included Blackrock Financial, HP, IBM, LinkedIn, Willis Towers Watson, and UNESCO. Served as key creative and troubleshooter for customized mail-merge video options.

PRODUCTION MANAGER, HOSTOPIA, MIRAMICHI, NB 2011

Served as the liaison between customers and web designers in creating commercial webpages for clients of a major American telecommunications company. Used HTML knowledge to make rapid edits where necessary to reduce production load.

FREELANCE ANIMATOR 2009-2013
Axe Cop TV - 1 Episode Assistant
The Nation Internet - Motion Comic Animator
Ugly Americans TV - 7 episodes Animator
Garth and Bev TV - 4 episodes Animator
Grover’s Ten Terrific Ways... DtV - 1 Episode Animation Supervisor

SENIOR CREATIVE, FATKAT ANIMATION STUDIOS, MIRAMICHI, NB 2005-2009
Little Leo and the Pisa Gang TV Pilot Key Animator, Assistant
Space Knights TV Pilot Animator
Three Delivery TV - 7 episodes Key Animator, Assistant
Stardust TV - 4 episodes Animator
Skunk-Fu TV Series (1 episode) Animator (Uncredited)
SuperNormal TV Series (52 episodes) Animation Director
Happy Tree Friends TV TV Series (39 episodes) Animation Supervisor
Skillsoft / Baskin Robbins Multimedia Interactive Designer/Animator
Pepsi Blue TV Commercial Assistant
GodRocks TV Series (q episode) Animator
Aquapod.com Animated Website Animator
Carl Squared TV Series (3 episodes) Animation Director
Caillou TV Series (3 episodes) Animation Director
Happy Tree Friends & Friends TV Bumper Animation Supervisor
Sprays of Her Life Webisode Animator
Odd Job Jack TV Series (7 episodes) Animation Supervisor
Eastlink Cable TV Commercial Animator
Leisuretime RV TV Commercial Animator
Trevor Romain Presents... DtV - 2 episodes Animator

FLASH ANIMATOR, IMEDIA PRO, PALM DESERT, CA, USA 2003-2004
Multimedia Business Cards CD Interactive Animator

FREELANCE ANIMATOR, CURLY MAPLE STUDIOS, PORTLAND, ME, USA 2003
NBA TV TV Bumper Background designer

MULTIMEDIA ANIMATOR, SPUTNIK ANIMATION, PORTLAND, ME, USA 2002-2002
MPBN Quest TV Series (3 episodes) 3d Studio Max Animator
MPBN Sponsor ID TV Bumpers 3d Studio Max Animator
Sputnik.nu Website Developer
PBS NOVA TV Series (2 episodes) Animator
IDEXX Interactive Presentation Flash Developer
Rich Tool and Die Interactive Presentation Flash Developer
Fairchild Semiconductor Interactive Presentation Flash Developer
Jamal in a Jam DtV Animator

MULTIMEDIA ANIMATOR, DYNACOR MEDIA GROUP, EDMONTON, AB, CANADA 2000
EPCOR Video Presentation Animator
traversltd.com Animated Website Animator

Education

VANARTS, VANCOUVER, BC, CANADA 1997-1998

Classical Animation Certificate

Skills

  • Macromedia Flash animator with over 17 years of industry experience.
  • Skilled character and effects animator.
  • Comfortable with both MacOS and Windows.
  • Production experience with Adobe Creative suite, including Audition, After Effects, Animator (Flash), Illustrator, Photoshop, and Premiere.
  • Experience with 3d Studio Max and Blender 3d modelling and animation.
  • Production experience coding Actionscript, HTML, and CSS.
  • Comfortable learning new software, currently improving 3d and coding skills.
  • Winner: Best Story, 1998 World Animation Marathon in Pasadena, CA.
  • Ontario Resident, Willing to relocate for employment.
  • Home office fully capable of telecommuting; High speed internet, Cintiq, current versions of MacOS and Windows 10.