Resume

Experience

Centerline, July 2010 – present

3D & Motion Graphics Designer

Produce animations using 2D and 3D assets for IBM content marketing purposes. Collaborate with writers and producers to create a clear, storied vision of nuanced B2B, technical and industry-specific subject matter.

Morehead Planetarium and Science Center, January 2008 – July 2010

Multimedia Designer

Create graphics, 3d assets, illustrations and animations for educational science materials and marketing purposes. Design and develop Web sites, such as for the NC Science Festival and Morehead reGeneration.

Freelance Web Design, 2007 – present

Working with clients on all aspects of their Web site design, development, implementation and content management.

Knight Center for International Media – “Greening the Grid” project, June – July 2009

Design Lead and Infographics

Worked with students from the University of Miami and Prague’s VOSP media school on a three-week-long multimedia project sponsored by the US Embassy in the Czech Republic. Produced infographics and worked as lead design to produce a site containing documentary video stories on sustainable energies in the Czech Republic.

UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School project, May – June 2009

Motion Graphics Director

Participated in a project with a team of UNC students; produced a motion graphic intro that accompanied video profiles of eight top professors at the Business School.

Washington Post – “D.C. 1791 to Today” project, April – August 2008

3d Modeler

Created models of the Jefferson Memorial and the Jefferson statue for an interactive
feature produced by a team of UNC journalism students.

Design Hammer, October 2007 – January 2008

Web Design Intern

Worked on various client sites formatting and migrating content into content management systems.

Education

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2004 – 2008

B.A. from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication in the multimedia sequence.

Skills

Programs

Excellent proficiency in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Dreamweaver, Flash, Autodesk Maya, Final Cut Pro and ZBrush.

Languages

HTML & CSS, Javascript & jQuery, XML, PHP & MySQL, ActionScript 2.0

References

Available upon request.


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