OBJECTIVE

Art and Design graduate seeking employment with an organization in need of visual representations, creativity, and design skills within the entertainment industry.  

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SKILLS

Areas of expertise include merchandising, computer proficiency, printer, scanner, fax, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Adobe Suite, Toonboom, Maya and Zbrush.

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EXPERIENCE

Product Photo Retoucher, The RealReal

September 2022 - Current, Phoenix, AZ,

Responsible for processing images in batches using Lightroom, Bridge, and Photoshop. Prioritize daily goals exceeding metrics over 1000 products. Retouching and compositing photos to match visual standards on high end luxury goods. Additional responsibilities include site uploads and assisting in product photography studio as needed.

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Production Designer, Shutterfly

October 2021 to December 2021, Tempe, AZ

Photo editor for a leading online consumer division of personalized products. Responsibilities required the review of customer orders including proofreading, layout design and photo editing.  Accommodated customer requests by editing photos to ensure optimum print quality for production. Communicated with the design team to meet high volume quota while keeping up with evolving policies and process improvements.

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Glass Beach Music Video – Digital Animator

February 2020 - May 2020, Remote

Animated character in Toonboom Harmony software for presentation to leads. Worked closely with team members and exchanged critiques.

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Emblematics Inc, Graphic Designer

September 2019 – March 2020, San Clemente, CA

Graphic Designer for a promotional product supplier providing customers with advertising specialties. Worked with international factory liaisons to support product development and design. Collaborated with distributors to ensure dimensions and other parameters were correct on custom fabrications. Created production ready artwork working directly with customers under deadline while multiplexing on multiple projects at various stages of development. Primary tools included Illustrator, Photoshop and FileMaker Pro.

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Toonstar, Character Designer Intern

August 2017 – December 2017,  Los Angeles, CA 

Part of a dynamic development team creating characters and backgrounds. This includes the creation, storyboard cleanup and revisions of shorts for YouTube. Our team was responsible for generating story notes into thumbnails, drawings and sketches resulting in completed storyboard panels. Quick learning with the ability to work under product launch deadlines using minimal supervision to achieve creative goals.

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EDUCATION

Laguna College of Art and Design

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Animation May 2018

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References available upon request