Experience

SunSpear Games

• United States
• Entertainment Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Video Producer/Editor

  • Oct 2020 - Present

  • Met tight deadlines to create 5 fully rendered cinematics in under two months for the company's largest playtest event. Videos have accrued over 5 million views across several platforms: - Worked with Creative Dept. during pre-production. - Coordinated with Art Dept. to prep in-game models for cinematic use. - Staged customs scenes in Blender (lighting, kit-bashed models, environment assets, and camera animations) that were sent to an online render farm. Applied custom materials and shaders to the models. - Used Nuke for final compositing and color grading. - Coordinated with Social Media Manager and Director of Marketing for final ad approval. • Worked with Graphic Designer to create the vision and branding style for major playtest event. • Planned strategies with Marketing Team to generate +2.5k player signups in <1 month. • Co-directed voice actors to be used for in-game and marketing material. • Directed and edited short, narrative-driven, animated videos: - Worked with Illustrator for file preparation. - Rigged and animated in After Effects. Edited in Premiere Pro. • Edited tutorials/educational videos to teach game mechanics to players. • Worked with Graphic Artist to create materials for several VCs and investors (presentations, documents, trailers, explainer videos). • Produced and created assets for weekly Twitch streams and worked with popular content creators in the gaming industry. • Led efforts to increase gameplay readability and assist in improving the atmospheric/environmental storytelling for in-game maps. • Actively communicated with numerous departments to accurately and effectively execute the vision of the IP for outward-facing marketing. • Worked with Design Dept. and Graphic Designer to prototype GUI animations for in-game player interaction and in-game color grading. • Made custom improvements to the WordPress site using HTML, CSS, and PHP. Show less



BrainBuilders STEM Education

• Orange County, California Area

• Digital Arts/Media Teacher

  • Apr 2019 - Jul 2021

  I worked with elementary to high school students, teaching them various skills in softwares, such as NukeX, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Blender, required in the digital arts professions. • Introduced students to the basics of video editing and VFX compositing. • Explained to students the basic workflow of 3D modeling, animating, physics simulations, and rendering in Blender 3D for use in cinema. • Catered to the individual needs of each student to ensure that they were gaining the knowledge desired for the class. Show less



Happy Madison Productions

• United States
• Entertainment
• 1 - 100 Employee

• VFX Artist

  • May 2017 - Aug 2020

  I established a relationship with the in-house visual effects artist to pre-conceptualize and compose effects to be used for various productions and feature films. • Split comps, matte paintings, rotoscoping, and camera tracking for the film The Wrong Missy (2020). • Edited and composited shots in Adam Sandler: 100% Fresh (2018). • Tracked and composited various electronic screen shots for the film Second Act (2018). • Animated motion graphics for Julian Casablanca’s (The Strokes) music video. Show less



Combs Enterprises

• United States
• Entertainment Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• VFX Artist/ Graphic Designer

  • Jul 2019 - Jul 2019

  Worked with Sean John Combs and his marketing team to create advertisements campaigning a new addition to Ciroc Vodka. • Created a variety of ads for social media use under very tight deadlines. Worked with Sean John Combs and his marketing team to create advertisements campaigning a new addition to Ciroc Vodka. • Created a variety of ads for social media use under very tight deadlines.



BrandRep

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Lead Web Designer

  • Mar 2019 - May 2019

  Managed and led a web-development team to create over 150 websites for small business owners. •Organized the team's workflow to ensure maximum efficiency for completion. •Performed under intense deadlines to meet company's quota. •Wrote websites using HTML5 and CSS. Managed and led a web-development team to create over 150 websites for small business owners. •Organized the team's workflow to ensure maximum efficiency for completion. •Performed under intense deadlines to meet company's quota. •Wrote websites using HTML5 and CSS.



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• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Graphic Designer

  • Nov 2017 - Dec 2018

  I worked closely with the CEO and acquired several other responsibilities, such as inventory management, accountant assistant, customer service assistant, and web-developer to fulfill the needs after the company filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. • Photographed talents and edited content in Photoshop for digital use on e-commerce site. • Managed, processed, and shipped inventory to brick and mortar store and customers. • Developed an organizational system to keep record of invoices from third-party vendors. • Coded a Wordpress e-commerce website from scratch written in HTML5 and CSS. Show less



Diablo Technologies

• San Jose, CA

• Graphic Designer

  • Jul 2014 - Jun 2017

  I worked alongside the VP of Marketing to conceptualize and design documents, logos, branded material, email announcements, and animated/motion graphic videos to promote and demonstrate the functionality of new products. • Created product videos for use by IBM and SanDisk. • Hand-drew and traditionally animated videos displayed at Flash Memory Summit. • Presented complex technology in a creative, easy-to-understand way. • Performed well under high stress to meet tight deadlines. I worked alongside the VP of Marketing to conceptualize and design documents, logos, branded material, email announcements, and animated/motion graphic videos to promote and demonstrate the functionality of new products. • Created product videos for use by IBM and SanDisk. • Hand-drew and traditionally animated videos displayed at Flash Memory Summit. • Presented complex technology in a creative, easy-to-understand way. • Performed well under high stress to meet tight deadlines.