Resume

  • After Effects

  • Illustrator

  • Photoshop

  • Premiere

Skills

  • Compositing

  • Animation / Motion Graphics

  • Dragonframe

  • Video Editing

  • Game Development

  • Camera Operation

  • Leadership

  • Red Giant

Experience

Senior Compositor, 06/2019 to 02/2024

Noggin by Nickelodeon, Paramount Streaming, New York, NY

  • Composited 3D characters from Maya  and live action footage into various environments, 2D animation,
    and motion graphics using After Effects with Red Giant plugins

  • Keyed and rotoscoped live action footage on green screen

  • Edited interactive source videos

  • Created and managed art assets for interactive engineers

  • On-set shooting, including stop motion using Dragonframe

  • Managed the compositor team

  • Streamlined the pipeline for in-house interactive Alpha Beta process

  • Created export presets for Adobe and updated software for the animation and CGI teams,
    ensuring that Adobe color codecs worked with Unity compression for interactive content

Animator / Associate Creative Producer, 10/2018 to 05/2019

Yahoo Finance, New York, NY

  • Animated viral social media videos for Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Instagram, and LinkedIn

  • Developed art style and animated weekly intros for "Influencers with Andy Serwer"

  • Created Motion Graphics Templates for the Audience Development Team

  • Cinematographer on "Go inside NYC's Hudson Yards before it opens," "Odd Jobs: Octopus Keeper,"
    and "The Magic Behind Funko's Wild Pop Dolls"

  • Created thumbnails for Youtube

Interactive Compositor (Noggin App), 02/2017 to 07/2018

Nickelodeon Animation Studio, New York, NY

  • Created programmatic game assets in After Effects for use in Unity for Bubble Guppies, Team Umizoomi, Wallykazam and Blue’s Clues

  • Communicated and problem solved between senior animators, producers, editors, and production management

  • Color corrected for Bubble Guppies, Team Umizoomi and Wallykazam

  • Edited 2D animation for Bubble Guppies, Team Umizoomi and Blue’s Clues

  • Designed 2D frames for props, background characters and mockups for Blue’s Clues

  • Managed junior compositor

Production Assistant 09/2016 to 12/2016

Nickelodeon, New York, NY

  • Animated social media content using Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Photoshop

  • Delivered files to publish for on-air, off-channel, nick.com, and Youtube

  • Assisted producers in gathering footage, adjusting scripts, and brainstorming ideas for social and short form content 

  • Assisted Sr Producer in overseeing edits at Definition 6 for the Nickelodeon 2016 HALO Awards and book VO/editors/GFX/studio recordings

Motion Graphics Designer 06/2016 to 10/2016

Planet Nerd Rage Productions, Remote

  • Composited and edited graphics using Adobe After Effects: tracer fire, light effects, explosions, blood splatter, muzzle fire, sparks, smoke, and dust

EducATION

CUNY Hunter College - BA, Emerging Media Production: Animation

Awards

2024 Kidscreen Award - Noggin App

Winner - Best Learning App Preschool Branded

2023 Children and Family Emmy Award - Snacks With Spats

Nominated - Outstanding Interactive Media

2020 Daytime Emmy Award - Blue’s Clues and You

Nominated - Best Interactive Content

2019 Webby Award - Noggin App

Winner - Family and Kids App