Feb 2020 – Feb 2020 · 0 mo · Greater Los Angeles Area

• New mixed reality trailer shot of dancers doing a choreographed dance wearing Oculus Quest headsets for the game Audio Trip [Show Off Your Moves].

Jan 2020 – Present · 6 yrs 3 mos · Greater Los Angeles Area; Worldwide - Passport Ready

• Instead of always gazing up at stages wishing it was Me performing, I decided to pursue a second career in the festival circuit as a way to channel the Divine up and thru Me, inspiring audiences thru magic + light in their escape from their default reality.
• I showcase my skills as a movement artist and fire dancer using flow arts mixed with tribal belly dance, hip-hop street influences, and character performance [which may include body paint and removable ornamentation]. I am proficient in silk fans, fire fans, fire torches, fire floggers, a parasol, and isis wings, which combined with dance, create a narrative of how my existence has ensnared mankind.
• Performances include on-stage for Abundance/Grateful Generation’s Shagadelic NYE event at Belasco Theatre [LA], Desert Dwellers + Karsh Kale @ Samskara Live with Jonathan Singer + Android Jones visuals at The Wisdome [LA], and Ride the Wave DnB music video for Bachelors of Science, MC Dre, and Eko Zu [LA].

Aug 2019 – Aug 2019 · 0 mo · Burbank, California

• 1-day guest performer for Season 5 of The Eric Andre Show on Adult Swim.

May 2016 – Aug 2016 · 3 mos · Studio City, California

• UPG Creative Operations - Theatrical Print Department
• Created various assets for print production in a range of sizes from billboards to movie premiere panels, invitations, email RSVPs, theater crew shirts, theater concession accessories, bus shelters, and bus / train wraps. Hands-on artwork layout for campaigning the following films: Warcraft, The Secret Life of Pets, Jason Bourne, Kevin Hart: What Now?, The Girl on the Train, Bridget Jones' Diary, and SING.
• Conceptual design was also created for an upcoming Focus Features film.

Nov 2014 – May 2016 · 1 yr 6 mos · Beverly Hills

• Generated a variety of high-quality, RGB design assets including display art, banners, title treatments, and promotional assets from a subset of raw files ranging from flat .jpegs to fully layered mechanicals.
• Other tasks in addition were recreated title assets from basic fonts and/or vector points to full resolution while matching the original control design, isolating merged assets from flattened files, photo manipulation, re-touching, color grading, arrangement, clean-up, fixes, and general spec alignment of movie & show artwork, then finishing in various digital formats. Effectively communicated and executed assignments across several cross-functional teams.
• Focused on design for Japan, Spain, Portugal, Italy, South America, and Rest of World launches. Also experienced in the recreation of Chinese [Traditional and Simplified], Korean, and Arabic title treatments for both Licensed and Originals with given translations from the language localization team. Miscellaneous projects include e-vites and various one-page Netflix design workflows for different departments and studio partners.
• Solo Special Project includes designing a surprise unisex Digital Supply Chain hoodie with the Netflix logo and a map for our global launch: Worked as the liaison with Executive Assistant of Content Operations and a third party printing vendor to ensure highest quality met without errors; designing a Netflix Congratulatory Patent Plaque for four inventors on Parallel Video Encoding based on Complexity Analysis and working with another third party vendor to execute the final printing on silver metal plating material.

Oct 2013 – Oct 2014 · 1 yr · Greater Los Angeles Area

• Created graphic designs for sales books, brochures, posters, invitations, social media images, website assets; maintains company website via WordPress; also used creative skill sets for photo retouching, special events house photography, photo archiving, clean-up for final fashion sketches; design research in trends for dresses and signature jazz era; assisted with social media updates as well as preparations for fashion show model casting and pre-fittings; coordinates catalog images with local showrooms; created color ways for the Sue Wong perfume bottle and body cream containers; designed landing steps, two front gate posts, front double doors, fire pots, living room fireplace, and the master bedroom fireplace of Sue Wong's Modern Art-inspired Malibu home.

Sep 2012 – Oct 2012 · 1 mo

• Enhanced color, adjusts contrast levels, and equalizes saturation of raw camera photos of each jewelry product. Isolated each object and places them on a consistent background color. Removed unwanted textures and adds shadows for realism and depth. Re-sized images to final high resolution portfolio images and creates web versions. Combined different photos into one images if necessary.

Aug 2012 – Aug 2012 · 0 mo · Los Angeles Convention Center

• The ACM SIGGRAPH SCOOP Team works to produce short video segments [1 - 4 minutes] that highlight areas such as the various conference venues, experiences of attendees, and special events.
• Shot footage, managed sound check, edited levels and color correction. Interviewed attendees and exhibitors of E-TECH.

Jun 2012 – Sep 2013 · 1 yr 3 mos · Burbank

• Worked closely with supervisors to manage artist shots, recorded and updated shot tasks, drove reviews for different departments, typed dailies notes, compiled shot playlists, created shot tracking documents, organized meetings for artists, transcribed dialogue, liaison for stereo vendor, worked with recruiting to schedule department interviews, documented artwork, designed artboards for formal presentations, ordered overtime meals, volunteered for the Studio at public events [CTN, Siggraph].
• The Little Mermaid 3D
• "Get a Horse!" [Mickey Mouse Short]
• Frozen [Animation Department]

May 2012 – Aug 2013 · 1 yr 3 mos · Online

• 25 articles on business web Hosting, dedicated servers / hosting, cloud servers / hosting, colocation, vps hosting, virtual servers / hosting, DDoS protection, data centers, grid hosting, and web proxy servers.
• 25 articles on wood flooring in London, solid wood flooring in West London, cheap solid wood flooring, cheap hardwood flooring, cheap oak flooring, solid oak wood flooring, real oak wood flooring, real wood flooring UK, and walnut flooring.
• 28 articles on telescopic forklift training prices, forklift instructor training, forklift training cost, forklift refresher training, rtitb forklift training, and forklift truck training cost.
• 10 rewrites on The London School of Modelling.
• 20 articles on home automation [audio and visual, home entertainment, home cinema] in London.

May 2012 – Sep 2012 · 4 mos

• Created character designs, storyboards, and animation on Sequence 2 of a non-profit environmental awareness short film [The Social Rules Project].

Nov 2011 – Nov 2011 · 0 mo

• An 11 hour event setting up for lecture, lunch, and clean-up at CalArts.

Aug 2010 – Aug 2010 · 0 mo · San Francisco Bay Area

• Speed Painting recorded of a model integrated into Creative Promo Video for company relaunch.

Jun 2010 – May 2012 · 1 yr 11 mos

• Storyboards and animation done for multiple potential 30 second commercial spots for companies [such as Nine West, Firefly Toothbrushes, and Luster White], as well as consistently pitching concepts for new marketable products.

May 2008 – Present · 17 yrs 11 mos · Worldwide

• Taking Photography + Digital Compositing Art to the next level by designing concepts for different themed visual concepts. Creates + Directs short films with similar themes to the photo sets. Also edits footage for Behind The Scenes for an ever-growing subscribed following. Content Creation for social media platforms and short format advertising.

Feb 2006 – Feb 2007 · 1 yr

• Art Assistant on Madonna's The English Roses children's books. Press kit assembly and mail orders to various review companies and individuals.
• Barnes and Noble Window design on 46th St. and 5th Ave, NYC for The English Roses II Promotion.
• Graphic Editor on Little Miss Spider book series.
• Researcher of new marketable products for Relations Department.