Career Focus

Book and Comic Editing, Packaging and Design

Experience Summary     

• Creative and energetic with over 10 years of experience in the world of both print and digital publishing as well as film and television production.  Excellent eye for design/composition and image quality.  Internet and pop culture savvy.  Basic understanding of HTML.
• Good publishing instincts with strong editorial and visual design proficiency.  Detail oriented problem-solver who envisions smart solutions and communicates with efficiency across all levels of the department.  Hands on coordinator who is able to keep teams focused and productive.
• Meticulous, results-oriented project manager experienced in coordinating multiple projects and meeting tight deadlines in a variety of media. Enthusiasm for my work with a can-do approach.  Dedicated team-player.   I care about the quality of the work I deliver, and about the reputation of the team I work with.  I possess superior people skills, with successful completion of numerous projects for various major publishers and animation production studios.

Professional
Experience    

• Edited and formatted over 40 titles; critically acclaimed children’s books and graphic novels from start to finish for multiple publishers.  Designed creative e-book and print packaging and advertising layout using professional publishing software.
• Responsible for creating and implementing entire trade dress and interior layout and design for all Komikwerks/Actionopolis titles.
• Komikwerks sold the original Actionopolis YA book THE ANUBIS TAPESTRY to 20^th CENTURY FOX.  It will be released as an animated feature in 2016.
• Komikwerks sold their children’s graphic novel WORLD OF QUEST to Kids’ WB as an animated series.  It ran for two seasons and was nominated for a Gemini Award.
• Gained positive industry coverage from Publisher’s Weekly, School Library Journal, and Entertainment Weekly among others.

www.ACTIONOPOLIS.com

• Formatted and created packaging and layout of over 30 titles of critically acclaimed children’s books and graphic novels digitally from start to finish. 
• Created lettering for children’s books and graphic novels.
• Designed creative logos and promotional materials.
• Provided initial copy-editing and proofreading.

www.ABDOPUB.com   Titles:  Boxcar Children: Graphic Novels, Short Tales: Classics, Fairy Tales, Fables, Greek Myths, Norse Myths, Furlock and Muttson.

• Designed creative layout and print packaging using professional publishing software.
• Designed creative logos and promotional materials.
• Created digital colors and lettering for books and graphic novels.
• Provided copy-editing and lettering for comic books and graphic novels.

Titles:  Harvey Nominated: Graveslinger, Grunts: War Stories, The Revenant, Gutwrencher, Markus Fang

• Managed all VFX assets and pre-production work flow for entire Young Hercules TV series.  (Assets including storyboards, live-action plates, VFX models)
• Provided excellent organizational skills.  Maintained schedules and tracking of project flow to meet multiple deadlines and requests from overseas designers and producers.
• Facilitated communication among producers and digital effects artists from an outside effects house, through heavy email exchanges and professional, personal interactions, to ensure visual continuity.
• Created and verified efficient naming conventions.  Maintained server organization with continuous monitoring of assets and their locations.  Supervised color correction sessions.  Prepared materials for final delivery.
• Extremely detail oriented and proficient in working on spreadsheets in Microsoft Excel and other custom database software.

• Managed all VFX assets and pre-production for the animated Marvel’s Silver Surfer and NASCAR Racers TV series and development for a Captain America animated series.
• Provided excellent organizational skills.  Maintained schedules and tracking of project flow to meet tight deadlines.
• Managed the VFX production of multiple projects at once and tracked the completion and delivery of all assets to post production departments.
• Created and verified efficient naming conventions.  Maintained server organization with continuous monitoring of assets and their locations. Oversaw the creation maintenance of each shows production guide.
• Worked directly with the VFX department supervisor and art director to ensure the proper blending of 3D and traditional 2D animation elements.

• Managed VFX assets and post production scheduling for TV programs such as Malcolm in the Middle, Birds of Prey and Smallville TV series.
• Provided excellent organizational skills.  Maintained schedules and tracking of VFX production on multiple projects at once to meet tight deadlines.
• Created and verified efficient naming conventions.  Maintained server organization with continuous monitoring of assets and their locations. Assured completion and delivery.
• Comfortable with expense management.  Extremely detail oriented and proficient in working on spreadsheets in Microsoft Excel.

• Learned many aspects of the animation business working on various animation projects; Jimmy Neutron (animated feature), Max Steel and Dan Dare.
• Gained valuable experience in the animation process.
• Worked as an artist for TV and film studios in a fast-paced production environment.
• Developed skills in many visual effects techniques.  Mastered 3D computer modeling and animation for feature film and television.

Computer Skills

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Project, SharePoint) • Adobe CreativeSuite CS5 (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Acrobat Pro) • CSS/HTML

PC and Macintosh Systems

Education

References

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248-227-6328

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