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Skills: After Effects, Photoshop, Premiere, Final Cut Pro, Flash, Dreamweaver, Microsoft Office, PC / Mac Platform, Photography, Digital Retouching, HTML, 3DS Max, Color Correcting and Compositing, Sketchup, Digital Matte Paintings
Education: Art Institute of Las Vegas
Bachelor of Science Visual Effects and Motion Graphics
Awards: Art Institute of Las Vegas Portfolio Show, Best of Show in Visual Effects and Motion Graphics
SIGGRAPH Best of Art Institute Portfolio Show Participant

Experience: Risk Coordinators.com       click here to see work
March '11 - April '10
  • Freelance Web Designer creating informational web site.
  • 7 pages coded with workable contact form using php coding.
  • Implementing Designs with Photoshop and Dreamweaver.
  • Freelance Production Artist creating Ad spot for local Magazine, Business Card and Flyer Design.


  • Red Rock Valley Limited
    September '10 - January '11
  • Asst. Editor via FCP for a Pilot children program of 13 episodes.
  • Compositing using green screen live action and placing B-Roll footage
  • Motion Graphics on lower thirds and logo animations
  • Graphic Designer using Photoshop for product lines and character design


  • Tattu Productions.com

    August '10 - October '10
  • Freelance Web Designer creating a photography gallery web site.
  • 4 pages coded HTML and placing a simple viewer Flash program using Dreamweaver
  • Implementing Designs with Photoshop and Dreamweaver.
  • Freelance Production Artist creating Logo Identity, Color Schemes, Font Schemes and Business Cards.


  • Jobvite
    August '10 - September '10
  • Freelance Production Artist creating motion graphics cooperate video.


  • MyDenmarkTV.com       click here to see work
    August '10 - Sept '10
  • Freelance Production Artist creating a Motion Graphics package
  • Created 5 bumpers with all different designs and logos from scratch.
  • Implementing Designs and Animations with Photoshop and After Effects.
  • Exclusive research done about Denmark culture and lifestyle to betray correctly what the client and the audience needs are.


  • Avenstar Productions       click here to see work
    July '10 - October '10
  • Freelance Production Artist creating visual effects for a commercial spot and a short film


  • Adam Lawrence.TV
    May '10 - September '10
  • Freelance Production Artist for multiple clients


  • Dr. Mark Truman Orthodontics       click here to see work
    December '07 - April '10
  • Freelance Production Artist creating Seasonal Christmas Cards, Brochure, Coupon Ad spot, Costco Ad spot.


  • Mikel's Fine Art Photography       click here to see work
    October '09
  • Freelance Production Artist creating Digital Matte Paintings


  • Clark County Fire Department       click here to see work
    April '09 - July '09
  • Pre-visualization of clients vision
  • Motion Graphics Artist creating lower 3rds, intro animation, bullet points animation, Ending credits using After Effects and Photoshop
  • Color correction using Final Cut Pro


  • Las Vegas Metropolitan Police       click here to see work
    Feb. '09 - March '09
  • Pre-production design of a PSA 30sec.
  • Post-production Motion Graphic Artist using After Effects and Photoshop
  • Fixing color issues with footage and rotoscoping using Final Cut Pro, After Effects and Photoshop


  • KLAS Channel 8 News       click here to see work
    Sept. '06 - Dec. '06
  • Internship
  • Graphic Designer for OTS, Vertical and Horizontal Monitors
  • Creating still graphics for the 4,6 and 11 o'clock news using Photoshop
  • Keeping track of deadlines and stories with E-News for the 4,6 and 11 o'clock news
  • Rotoscope small promo shots using Photoshop


  • Other Experience: Timet Inc.
    Aug. '06 - current
  • Leadman Assistant Supervisor of 5 to 6 people in a fast pace industrial environment creating titanium steel
  • Schedules and assists with Maintenance, Instrumentation, Electrician, Crane Repair, Environmental, Safety Department, Engineers, Planners and other personal.
  • Software use: SAP, Excel, Word, Access and Wonderware
  • Works along with Incident and Commander, Head Environmentalist and Lead Supervisors in other Departments
  • Department Instructor teaching flows, equipment, chemical reactions in the work area to contractors, new hires and other personal.
  • Set up a system of learning tools consisting of a Department Web site with 124 pages (20 main pages with 4 tests that have a total of 104 pages), Power Point diagrams that show multiple processes in the departments for new hires, contractors and other personal to learn the systems in the Departments.
  • Trained in emergency procedures in Confined space rescue, HAZMAT, Magnesium Fire, First Aid, Ammonia, Cl2 and Ticl4 releases and SCBA operations.
  • Controlling critical systems that is crucial to the process with multiple deadlines that need to be meant on a everyday basis.


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