3D: trained 40+ hours a week for a year in animation, modeling, UV mapping, weight painting, texturing, rigging, lighting, rendering, compositing, and post-production

Other media: graphic design for print and web, video filming and editing, creative and technical writing, audio recording and editing, sound design, MIDI composition, digital photography, photo manipulation and retouching

• Animated and edited an interactive educational program for the Boston Federal Reserve
• Regular tasks include concepting, motion graphics animation, graphic design, visual effects, and post-production

Project Lead
3D Animation Practicum, Boston University Center for Digital Imaging Arts, April – May 2010

• Led a team of six peers and produced a two-minute 3D medical animation for the VHL Family Alliance (vhl.org)
• Supervised and assisted in all areas of production, particularly storyboarding, animation and post-production
• Managed all communications with our client, 3D faculty, and the audio department, including daily email correspondence and regular meetings
• Directed team meetings, consistently set and upheld clear daily and weekly objectives, and promptly informed team of all client and faculty communications

New Media Specialist and Webmaster
Foster Student Innovation Center, University of Maine, Sept. 2007 – May 2009

• Regularly produced promotional materials and maintained the Center’s website
• Made a proposal video including 3D assets for a $480k project
• Created movies, websites, flyers, logos, and other media for clients, often in a limited time frame
• Prepared files for professional printers; effectively managed an independent and flexible project schedule

Freelance video, 3D, web, and graphic design
2006 – 2009

• Clients included the University of Maine Alumni Association, Office of University Development, Cooperative Extension, Student Government, School of Performing Arts, University Singers, Renaissance Female A Cappella, and Bear Vocals Mixed A Cappella

Production Assistant, Bangor Metro Magazine
Summer 2008

• Animated several company logos
• Assisted with filming a cooking show pilot, TV commercial, and Bangor Fair concert

Media Designer and Community Groups Coordinator for Youth Film Program
Maine Int. Film Festival, 2006 – 2008

• Designed posters, brochures and a web page for the “Fireflies” children’s film initiative
• Contacted and coordinated community groups statewide; tripled attendance numbers in second year

Production Assistant
University Relations, University of Maine, 2005  – 2007

• Edited and produced several documentary videos for various university departments and clubs
• Filmed events across campus, including sports, concerts, guest lectures, readings, game nights, and winter carnival

Placed third in the Superfail 16-hour 3D design competition at Boston University CDIA, 2009

Recipient of UMaine’s annual Outstanding Achievement Award in Arts and Communication Media, 2009

Produced an animated French short based on Le Petit Prince as a learning tool for a local middle school, 2009

Animation won first place in the University of Maine Student Film Festival, 2007

Two video pieces produced for Univ. Relations broadcast on statewide television during hockey games, 2007

Sang in and toured with four auditioned singing groups: University of Maine Singers, 2005 – 2009;
Maine Steiners, 2006 – 2008; Euphony, 2007, 2009; University of Vermont Top Cats, 2005

Recorded two albums: You Play the Guiro with the Maine Steiners, 2007 (studio album); Sure on this Shining Night with the University Singers, 2007; performed at Carnegie Hall (2006) and on a two-week singing tour in Italy (2008)

Performances with University Singers included Carnegie Hall (2006) and a two-week singing tour in Italy (2008)

Rowed on and competed with the University of Vermont Crew Team, 2004

Recipient of Maranacook Community High School’s annual Friend of the Arts award, 2004

Studied piano with private instructors, 1991 – 2004