2007-2011
BS Radio Television Film and Elements of Computing Certificate
GPA: 3.98, Senior Fellows and Distinguished Scholar
GPA: 3.98, Senior Fellows and Distinguished Scholar
Resume
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Education
Work Experience
Whole Foods Market via TEKSystems, Inc.
May 2013-Present
Contract Front-End Developer
Develop and occasionally design pages and microsites for WFM.com and internal stakeholders. Optimize photo content for web. Maintain and update evergreen and seasonal projects. Built Wine Club website for partnership with Wine.com
Freelance
May 2012-Present
Animation, Art and Web Dev
Create, design, and animate pieces for clients. Consult and troubleshoot website problems. Current client: OnStory by Austin Film Festival.
June 2013-April 2014
Web Developer
Front-End development for microsites (such as P100 Training) and Campaign Pies applications. Worked directly with Designer and Web Architects to create elegant, powerful web experiences for campaign end users.
August 2011-May 2013
Software Developer/Analyst
Develop websites and applications for the Course Transformation Project and other projects of the CTL.
Walleye Productions
December 2012- February 2013
Art Department Intern
Assist with props department for Parkland (2013). Created and assembled graphic materials. Organized props truck.
May 2012- August 2012
Graphic Design Contractor
Produced print materials and developed motion graphics.
June 2011- August 2011
Junior Interactive Designer
Development and design for digital marketing projects. Some video production and animation.
August 2010- May 2011
Student Tech: Consult students with digital media projects. Design and develop web interfaces for educational technology projects.
September 2009- May 2011
Student Web Assistant: Clean up outdated markup. Post news articles. Solve minor issues
American Idol Productions
August and October 2010
Production Assistant: Registered contestants. Assistant for contestant relations.
UT Cockrell Engineering School Information Technology Group
August 2009- May 2010
Student Classroom Support: Checked for potential technology problems each day before classes
Skills and Abilities
Web Development and Programming:
Java, Object Oriented Programming, HTML5, jQuery, Javascript, PHP, MySQL, Ruby on Rails
CMSs
Wordpress, Silverstripe, Drupal 6 and 7
Media Production:
Multi-camera studio and control room, sound recording, lighting, shooting on MiniDV, HD cameras, digital and film Photography Cameras (Nikon and Cannon)
Digital Media Skills:
Experience in Web design, Animation, Editing, Visual Effects, Motion Graphics, 3D Modeling.
Software:
Proficient with Avid, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premeire CS5, Adobe Flash CS5, Adobe Photoshop CS5, Adobe
Illustrator CS5, Adobe After Effects CS5, Adobe Dreamweaver CS5, Adobe Fireworks CS5 Blender, Garageband, Jasc Paint Shop Pro, Maya, Coda.
Traditional Art:
Ink and pencil drawing, Collage, Water Color, Acrylic paint, Linoleum Printmaking
Languages:
Intermediate Spanish
Clerical:
Customer Service, Answering and making phone calls
Research:
Familiar with Microfilm, Experience searching online databases, Conducted Ethnographic research
Participation and Recognition
Austin Film Festival Volunteer Screener
2012
Watched and rated 100+ hours of films to assist festival programing process.
Volunteer Video Production for Austin Barack Obama campaign volunteer
2011
Filmed interviews with volunteers to develop short call-to-action video.
University of Texas College Scholar
2010
South By Southwest Conference Tech Crew Volunteer
2010-2011
Set up technology for interactive panelists
Accepted into College of Communications Senior Fellows Program
2009
Project LOVE Volunteer
2009
Painted houses for East Austin community
University of Texas Dean's List
2007-Present
Closet Artists
2007-2010
Extracurricular student art organization
7th Annual Lunafest Film Festival Volunteer
2008
Contacted sponsors. Distributed programs at event.
Association of Women in Communications
2007-2008
Creative Projects
Film & Video
Please view my Vimeo page for more examples of my animation and motion graphics work. You can also check out my blog for 3D Modeling and Motion Graphics that I created for my classes for more of my 3D work.
Work includes rotoscope, green-screen compositing, stop-motion, motion-tracking, 3D modeling, typography/kinetic text, flash, and more.
"Crime of the Century"" short narrative film d. Andy Young
2012
production design: graphics, costumes, props, set dressing
"Dirty Stayouts: Women in ATX Hardcore" short documentary film
2011
Self produced: Producer, Director, Cinematographer, Sound Recordist, Editor
"The Parasite" stop-motion animated film (in production)
2011
director
production design: character design
character animator
cinemaatographer
production design: character design
character animator
cinemaatographer
"Rainbow Ridge" short narrative film d. John McDaniel
2011
production design: graphics
"Sleeping Beauty" short animated film (in production) d. Bruce Li
2010
production design: character design
character animator
character animator
"Breaking and Exiting" short narrative film d. Michael Slater
2010
production design: set and graphics
"Papercut" Rooster Teeth webisode
2010
extra
"Through the Window" (in post-production) short film d. Sarah Russel
2010
production design: storyboard
assistant director
assistant director
"Cooking For Two" mini-series
2010
production desgin: storyboard, set, graphics, and props
actress
editor for "Episode 1"
actress
editor for "Episode 1"
"Time For a Hero" short narrative musical film d. James Stevens, script and music by Sarah Russel
2010
production design: storyboard, set design, graphics and props
"Myth, Mystery, History" animated short film 2010
director
animator
sound design
voice actress
"Berenice" short narrative film, multi-camera d. Jordan Torres
2009
production design: storyboard and set
editor
digital animation
sound design
"Cereal Surprise" short narrative film d. Sarah Russel
2009
actress
"Jetboy Jetgirl" music video
2008
director
production design
cinematographer
editor
Theater
"Swimming Upstream" Interactive Musical for UT New Works Festival by Ilana Marks
2011
Multimedia: created short animation ("Ejaculation! It's An Exciting Time") for live performance.
"Trying to Remember" Musical Revue
2010
Cue Build and Light board Operator for in collaboration with classmates
Art
Comics Art Show
2011
University of Texas Fine Arts Showcase of artwork by Daily Texan Comics artists. Multiple works on display
2nd Place in Printmaking at UISD Fine Arts Fiesta
2007
"Patience" mixed media piece displayed at Laredo Center for the Arts
2006