Animation | Motion | Cats

photoIconGreetings and Salutations!

I was born in a small town, deep in the state of Idaho, and spent my early years growing up next to a gentle stream and a Union Pacific Railroad. I soon moved to the to the Beehive state, Utah, home to some of Earth’s most remarkable natural scenery. Growing up, I honed my agricultural skills working long, hot summer days on my Grandpa’s farm in Montana.

Later in life, I moved to Oakland, California, to pursue my passion for animation. In 2009 I moved from the Bay Area to the Bay State and continued my creative career as an animator and illustrator.

When I’m not working, I enjoy drawing and painting whimsical characters that ooze personality and beckon adventure. You can see my artwork at everysummerlong.com

Current
Past
Education

  • GoTo, Boston, MA
    Lead Motion Designer
    • Collaborate with internal stakeholders and teams to deliver best-in-class animations for best-in-class products.
    • Discovering new production technics to streamline the production pipeline.
    • Deliver rich, energized animation and help define the in-house animation style.

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  • ESPN, Bristol, CT
    Lead Motion Designer
    • Collaborate with internal stakeholders and teams to deliver world-class animation for live TV events.
    • Assisted in delivering a new College Football graphic package by streamlining asset creation and production and discovering new production techniques to streamline the production pipeline.
    • Deliver rich, energized animation that stands out in the sports entertainment world and helps define the in-house animation style.
    Digitas, Boston, MA
    Senior Interactive Art Director | Motion Designer and Animator
    • Creating online and mobile advertising using advanced animation techniques and emerging technologies based on media ops, client-approved comps, and creative designs for national and global clients.
    • Managing offshore resources in the production of OLA, providing feedback and overall direction to ensure consistency, and ensuring the offshore teams are successful at delivering high­ quality technology solutions.
    • Maintaining a solid knowledge of the client’s business, project goals, brand standards, and expectations to help creative produce high-impact designs.
    • Work with onshore and offshore to oversee and manage project deliverables to meet expected quality and maintain the project timeline.
    BzzAgent.com, Boston, MA
    Senior User Experience Designer
    • Design & concept interactive pages for bzzagent.com.
    • Designed Marketing print collateral.
    Freelance, Boston, MA
    Senior User Experience Designer
    • Agency: TJX, Allen & Gerritsen, Brand Content, Mullen
    • Design & concept interactive pages for Facebook & Twitter.
    • Designed, concepted & created online advertising banners in numerous sizes based on the media creative rotation spreadsheet and client-approved prototypes for national and global clients.
    • Designed & updated emails and HTML pages for various campaigns.
    ISM Boston, Boston, MA
    Interactive Designer
    • Creating online advertising banners in numerous sizes based on the media creative rotation spreadsheet and client-approved prototypes for national and global clients.
    • Overall daily tasks varied from animation, video editing, Flash development, Photoshop layouts, and pitch work for potential new clients.
    Carat, Boston, MA
    Production Designer
    • Creating online advertising banners in numerous sizes based on the media creative rotation spreadsheet and client-approved prototypes for national and global clients.
    • Designing emails for various campaigns.
    • Daily tasks varied from animation, video editing, Flash development, Photoshop layouts, and pitch work for potential and new clients.
    Savvy.com, Tracy, CA
    Creative Director and Creative Content Manager
    • Managing all creative content, ensuring brand consistency over multiple online platforms and outside vendors.
    • Sr. Designer for UI and UX, layouts, web templates, and co­-branding sections.
    • Flash designer & Video editor.
    • Social network moderator, admin, and host.
    Allposters.com, Emeryville, CA
    Graphic Designer
    • Designing site online advertising banners, emails, newsletters, and direct mailings.
    • Worked closely with the marketing team on creative to promote and increase sales based on quarterly sales projections.
    • Translated graphics into foreign languages.
    • Designed media for the framing section, including photos, animations, and 3D rendering.
    • Image QA and image archiving.
    • Large format scanning.

  • March 2002 Ex’pression College for Digital Arts, Emeryville, CA

    Bachelor of Applied Science: Digital Visual Media icon-hand-right

    June 2000 Lane Community College, Eugene, OR

    Associate of Applied Science: Multimedia Design and Production

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