Experience

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  TAAFI

  • Canada
  • Entertainment Providers
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Director of Programming

    • Apr 2024 - Present

    Create programming for Industry Events, Job Fairs and Film Festivals,Coordinate with Animation studios, special guest speakers, filmmakers, schools and volunteers Use Organizational skills to run the smoothest and most efficient event possible.I also:-Interview People on Panels-Onboard Volunteers-Manage teams

  • Programming Assistant/Shorts Lead

    • Feb 2021 - Apr 2024

    • Organized thousands of submitted films, managed a team of twenty volunteers• Organized volunteer schedules, kept track of deadlines and deliverables• Held weekly SCRUM meetings for updates• Handled shorts programming and curated all film blocks• Coordinated with the Board of Directors to ensure standards were met.• Assisted the programming lead with planning, guest outreach, and event management for Industry events.

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  Big Jump Entertainment

  • Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

  • Production Assistant

    • Mar 2023 - Jun 2023
    • Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    • Worked in Shotgrid and Control Centre to facilitate the animation pipeline between, Scene Planning, BG, Animation, Comp and FX• Worked in Toon Boom Harmony to swap and edit backgrounds in animated shots.• Assists animation, comp, and FX with production-related issues.• Provided production assistance to Production Manager, Assistant Production Manager and Asset Manager to ensure the production schedule set by the client is maintained.• Responsible for uploading and downloading files from the FTP for all departments.

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  Brown Bag Films

  • Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  • Production Coordinator

    • Jul 2022 - Mar 2023
    • Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    • Facilitates interdepartmental communication between several areas of production, including design, animation, scripts, and postproduction on an unannounced project. • Ensures coordination of the daily workflow of production materials,• Works extensively in shot grid/shotgun, creating slots, uploading and assigning assets. Creates and sends art and asset folders to clients, keeps track of assets for characters, props, and backgrounds • Edits scripts and lyrics based on Leica changes and to accommodate alternate language translation, fills out ACTRA documents for voice actors including time sheets, take sheets, payment forms, work reports, missing dialogue pickup documents and contracts. • Organizes meetings in Microsoft Teams, Outlook Calendar, takes notes for supervisors, maintain One Drive, coordinates emails between departments and creates team to increase morale,

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  Yowza! Animation Corp

  • Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  • Design, Layout, Background Animation, Coordinator

    • Apr 2022 - Jul 2022
    • Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    • Coordinated several simultaneous fields of production and teammates on an animated tv series for PBS. Ensured pipeline remained on schedule and different areas of team maintained good communication.• Managed fun pack tracking docs, updated colour, design and rigging information. Assigned animation to artists, organized shots and client notes, reviewed animatics/Leica’s updated trackers and animation upload schedules. • Organized meetings and schedules took notes during client meetings, managed design rigging tracker, edited assets in photoshop,

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  Statement Strategies Ltd.

  • Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  • Copyeditor and Event Assistant

    • Jul 2021 - Aug 2021
    • Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    • Coordinated the planning and hosting of virtual Zoom events• Drafted and copy-edited online promotional materials • Provided accurate notetaking in meetings and supported a remote team of four that worked across multiple locations and time zones

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  BAM Children's Entertainment

  • Social Media Manager and Production Coordinator

    • Jan 2021 - Apr 2021

    • Worked remotely as a production coordinator, social media manager, art asset creator, marketing assistant, graphic designer, script write and audio-visual editor. Also scheduled meetings, managed calendars, disseminated information from supervisor and facilitated communication between team members.

  • Intern

    • Nov 2020 - Dec 2020

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  Scholastic

  • Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  • Online Marketing Analyst

    • Jan 2020 - Apr 2020
    • Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    • Assisted in market research and comparative analysis of competitors’ marketing strategies and make suggestions on how Scholastic can innovate and adopt different tactics

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  George Brown College

  • Office Assistant

    • Feb 2016 - Feb 2017

    • Administrative and office support for management at the college’s School of Early Childhood Education • Responsible for the coordination of communication materials for the promotion of the department under the supervision of the Manager of Operations.

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  Seneca College

  • Toronto, Canada Area

  • Camp Instructor

    • Jul 2014 - Aug 2014
    • Toronto, Canada Area

    Instructor, Comic Book, Young Authors, Digital Scrapbooking, Crime Scene Investigation, Active Explorers• Designed and coordinated interactive activities for children ages 9-12• Led various classes in daily activities and demonstrated leadership and teamwork skills • Supervised children ages 9-12 with artistic activities • Assisted with planning and organizing outdoor camps for childrenThe entire experience proved a great reminder about how intelligent, remarkable and full of potential modern children are. I have multiple positive memories about creating and collaborating with the kids I worked with.