Professional Skills:
Strong knowledge of Traditional, 2D/3D, Stop Motion Animation, and digital and traditional filmmaking. Strong leadership abilities and extensive experience working within a team. Strong Organization, Writing, and Communication Skills. Ability to meet deadlines.
Software Skills: Final Cut Pro, Adobe Flash, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects, GO Realtime, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Dreamweaver, Autodesk Maya, Soundtrack Pro
Additional Skills: MS Word, MS Excel, MS Powerpoint, MS Outlook, HTML, and Web Design.

Education:
University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA September 2006‐ May 2010 Received BFA Degree in Animation GPA: 3.9 Graduated with Honors

Work Experience:
•Production Assistant - Augenblick Studios - Nov 2010-current - Brooklyn, NY
Responsible for animation using Adobe Flash for Comedy Central’s animated comedy “Ugly Americans”. Lead Prop Designer. Also assists with Background Clean up, and compositing in After Effects. Office responsibilities include reception and organizing supplies.
•Production Intern - Augenblick Studios - Jan 2010-May 2010 - New York, NY
Responsible for assisting animators with inbetweens and animation.
•Production Coordinator - FlickerLab - Sept-Nov 2009 - New York, NY
Coordinator for children's animated series "The Wild Life". Responsible for assisting director and working with producer to keep production on schedule. Worked with animators and compositors to finalize footage. Also responsible for running GO Realtime Animation Software and Adobe Flash.
•Production Intern - FlickerLab - May-Aug 2009 - New York, NY
Assisted with animation clean-up, motion graphics design, film logging and editing, post-production, and delivering files to clients. Served as a production assistant for “Boomgen TV” news broadcast, and created short film “Toastbusters” with a team of six interns.
•Residential Assistant - University of the Arts - June 2007-May 2009 - Philadelphia, PA
Served as a community leader and acted as a liaison between residents and the administration. Required leadership abilities, strong social and communication skills, project planning, conflict resolution skills, and a passion for community building.

Awards and Honors:
• Student film “Devil Town” music video received “Best Animation” at Coney Island Film Fest 2011, “Honorable Mention” at UArts Senior Show 2010, and accepted at Portland Underground Film Fest 2010, Atlanta Horror Film Fest 2010, and Atlanta ShortsFest 2010.
• Student film “Poezenklaas” featured on “http://cartoonbrew.com”.
• Student film “Pie of the Day” official selection Philadelphia Cinefest 2009, Atlanta Underground Film Festival 2009, and Tromadance 2010.
• Selected to represent UArts at a film workshop at European School of Visual Arts in Poitiers, France, 2008. Collaborated with French and British students on a short animated film.

References and Portfolio:
References available upon request. Reel and Portfolio available online at www.zdspark.com.