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Resume

Work
Experience

Winter 2024

Jul 2020 - March 2024

Animator - NDA Ad
@ Titmouse Inc

Story Artist - Baby Shark's Big Show @ Nickelodeon

Boarded for 3 seasons in Adobe Animate, responsible for a number of ~1 minute musical numbers

Nov 2019 - Jun 2020

Animator - The Monster at the End of the Story
@ Sesame Workshop

Responsible for animating and cleaning a lot of Grover, Elmo and Cookie Monster. Eventually shifted to being exclusively a key animator.

Mar 2019 - Nov 2019

Digital Animation Director - The Midnight Gospel
@ Titmouse Inc

Supervised an animation team for 3 episodes, animated on a few others.

Winter 2019

Animator - Ballmasterz 9009 
@ Titmouse Inc

Did some animation on Season 2 for 2 episodes between longer gigs.

Fall 2018

Animator - Deadly Class (SyFy)
@ Titmouse Inc

Was part of the team that handled the animated segments for the majority of the season.

Summer 2018

Animator - Star Wars: Galaxy of Adventure
@ Titmouse Inc

Animator on a few of the early shorts posted on YouTube.

August 2017-June 2018

Animation Supervisor - Niko and the Sword of Light
@ Titmouse Inc

Supervised Animation for half the episodes in Season 02, giving notes on posing, timing and acting.

August 2017

Animator - Ballmastrz 9009
@ Titmouse Inc

Animation on an episode in between longer gigs.

Spring-Summer 2017

Animation Supervisor - Home: The Adventures of Tip and Oh Season 2
@ Titmouse Inc

My first Animation Supervision job, worked on a few episodes giving notes on posing, timing and acting. Ran a few demos to show the animation pipeline I used on the first season to save time, because animators were expected to layout, animate and clean all their own shots.

August 2016-March 2017

Animator - Niko and the Sword of Light
@ Titmouse Inc

Primarily responsible for animating the main antagonist across half the episodes

July 2016

Animator - Uncle Grandpa
@ Titmouse Inc

Animator on a segment of 'More Director Shorts', directed by Chris Prynoski.

June 2016 - July 2016

Animator - Ballmasterz 9009 (Pilot)
@ Titmouse Inc

Spring - Summer 2016

Animator - Zombodies Disney Shorts
@ Titmouse Inc

Winter 2016

Animator - Little Big Awesome (Pilot)
@ Titmouse Inc

Summer -  Winter 2015

Animator - Home: The Adventures of Tip and Oh Season 1
@ Titmouse Inc

Summer 2015

Animator - TMNT Half Shell Heroes: Blast to the Past
@ Titmouse Inc

Summer 2014 - Spring 2015

Animator - Team Hot Wheels: 'The Skills to Thrill!' / 'Build the Epic Race!'
@ Titmouse Inc

Spring 2014

Animator - King Star King
@ Titmouse Inc

Fall 2013 - Spring 2014

Cleanup Artist - Turbo F.A.S.T.
@ Titmouse Inc

Skills
& Expertise

  • Very proficient with Adobe Animate/Flash, familiar with After Effects, Photoshop, Premiere, Storyboard Pro and Harmony

  • Character animation, specifically dialogue with heavy acting is my bread and butter. I can handle character action sequences as well.

  • My time in cleanup and retakes has taught me to love efficient file organization. I even properly name most of my layers and symbols.

Education

2009 - 2013

University of the Arts |
BFA in Animation

Not that a degree is all that important in this field, but I paid too much money to not mention it.

Phone

703-635-8990

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